World events have fuelled growing demand for Arabic language courses at American universities, but visa restrictions have created a shortage of people who can teach it, writes Jon Marcus in Boston....
More than six months after a Japanese university professor unveiled the fastest car in the world - running on lithium ion batteries - only the troubled Mitsubishi Motors has expressed interest in the...
The Bologna Process of convergence of higher education systems across Europe is largely on track but more resources are needed to ensure that its universities keep up with the rest of the world,...
A Spanish rector has criticised the digital divide between Spanish universities as a university in Barcelona was named host to Europe's most powerful computer. The supercomputer, to be known as Mare...
Austria's universities are facing the worst overcrowding problems in the country's history. School pupils who make the grade are entitled to a university place. But overcrowding is so bad that many...
'Have you noticed how the idea has spread that academics might be "overteaching" at the expense of activities such as packing in more students?' Teaching, the original raison d'êre of universities,...
After a kidnap false alarm, the appeal of Cambridge palled for Haleh Afshar, but 1960s York reignited her revolutionary zeal Revolutionary activity got Haleh Afshar into trouble as an eight-year-old...
Students may be customers now, but in these days of sliding standards it seems some departments have no qualms about offering a service that is more Woolworths than Harvey Nichols. An official memo...
Some vice-chancellors might use a spot on a public panel alongside Sir Howard Newby, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, as a chance to do some thorough sucking up....
The crusade by Michael Sterling, vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, to derail the next research assessment exercise seems in danger of running out of steam. Backing from the top end of the...
Pubs have long been believed to have a magnetic quality when it comes to students - from the thirstiest fresher to the president of the National Union of Students. Kat Fletcher, the feisty president...
It is two years since the Government published its pension Green Paper Simplicity, Security and Choice . New Labour's new slogan is "choice". With pensions you can choose to die in poverty or die in...
The critics who attacked Bristol's admission policies are now being proved wrong, says Eric Thomas The appointment of Sir Martin Harris as director of the Office for Fair Access has precipitated yet...
It's time we gave temporary staff a break, says Sharman Kadish The Queen braved the pouring rain to open the new Manchester University last month. The new institution looks remarkably similar to the...
Bob Brecher refuses to be fobbed off by marketing speak. It's tempting to deal with the huge amount of management and marketing speak that plague our screens, pigeonholes and meetings by ignoring as...