Washington DC
Tuition fees at private universities and colleges in the US are to rise by 6 per cent in 2004-05, the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities predicted.
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Yaounde
Female students at the National University of Cameroon have displayed posters with the names of 31 lecturers they accuse of sexual and financial harassment on the university's main gate and passed...
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Washington DC
The US State Department has exempted the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana from new regulations restricting study in Cuba to programmes of at least ten weeks. About 80 US citizens are at...
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Central Asia
Ceremonies in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan this month marked the beginning of construction of the first two campuses of the University of Central Asia, which aims to foster economic and social...
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Beat bitterness with a little of le fairplay
Rules regulating peer review are not perfect, but, says Ruth Morse, the French believe they have a solution. Peer review is flawed, but, like democracy, it is a great deal better than the next best...
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Jobwatch: Well-funded fellowships
One of the toughest challenges for young academics is making the leap from postgraduate study into a full-time contract. Victoria Gittins reports on a scheme that might just help. Oxford Brookes...
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Who got that job?
Gabriella Giannachi Reader/Senior lecturer in Drama, University of Exeter Job advertised in The Times Higher , November 28 2003 An investment of £3.7 million in the drama department at Exeter...
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The lecture louts vs the academy's faithful
The rise of boorishness, indifference, arrogance and laziness in students is damaging all aspects of university life, according to Alan Clements. My best students have never been better. They use...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Serena Olsaretti Age: 32 Job: University lecturer in political philosophy and teaching fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. Salary : About £33,000....
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Students 'lack basics'
More than half of vice-chancellors fear that first-year students lack the basic skills needed to study for a degree, according to a survey by the Conservative Party. Fifty-four per cent of vice-...
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OU professor revives call for Israel boycott
UK academic Stephen Rose has renewed calls for an international academic boycott of Israeli universities at a conference to find solutions to Israeli-Palestinian hostilities. Professor Rose, a...
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Surrey engineer one of two women honoured by academy
Maria Petrou, professor of image analysis at Surrey University, is one of only two women to be elected fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering this week. In total, 42 academics have been elected...
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We must build bridges - our future depends on it
Universities are in a prime position to develop relationships between disparate cultures, writes Hans van Ginkel Connectivity, change and convergence are generic features of the world in which we...
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Gary Day
If all about you are losing their heads, keep your cool and remember, learning is all about being led astray. I work in a university so I don't usually think about education, but I did last week-end...
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Redirect first-class male?
With a July Cabinet reshuffle looking likely, the Westminster rumour mill is working overtime. A hot contender for a move is Alan Johnson, the ex-postman-turned-Minister for Higher Education. House...