Tutors failing hi-tech youth
Higher education risks failing to meet the needs of students because it is out of touch with modern life, writes Olga Wojtas. Mary Stuart, pro vice-chancellor at Sussex University, gave this warning...
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They're no mugs for diving
It is the lot of many students to wait on tables to make ends meet. But a team of Plymouth University divers found themselves in the murky waters of the city's Sutton Harbour after a waterfront cafe...
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£315m boost for best teaching
Universities and colleges were this week invited to bid to host one or more centres for excellence in teaching and learning (Cetls). Some £315 million will be ploughed into launching more than 70...
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College costs on election agenda
The spiralling cost of higher education is becoming a key issue among candidates vying for the support of middle-class voters in this year's US presidential election, and university officials are...
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'Don't up fees to fill gap'
Canadians overwhelmingly feel that governments, not students, should make up gaps in university funding, according to a poll for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). Tuition...
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Portfolio to pine for
Harvard University is believed to be willing to bid for large holdings of pine and hardwood plantations in ߣߣÊÓƵ that the New South Wales Labor government is preparing to put on the market. The...
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Critical science reports 'hidden'
Israel's National Academy of Sciences is suspected of suppressing international evaluations that recommended ways of improving the country's science. The national newspaper Ha'aretz reported that in...
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Professori face tenure delays until their 50s
Italy's government has attacked the job security and freedom from control enjoyed by Italian academics. The cabinet has approved legislation that, pending passage though parliament, will introduce...
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Leader of Yok intends to talk
The newly appointed head of Turkey's higher education council (Yok) has launched a charm offensive aimed at avoiding confrontation with the government. Erdogan Tezic's appointment comes as Turkish...
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Call to double EU budget
European Union research commissioner Philippe Busquin is pressing for Brussels' total research spending to be doubled by the end of the decade from about €5 billion (£3.45 billion) a year to more...
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Minister vows to cut red tape
German education minister Edelgard Bulmahn has promised to "debureaucratise" German higher education. Speaking at Berlin's Humboldt University, Ms Bulmahn said: "We in Germany want to become faster,...
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Invest in education and it will pay you all back
Adopting the Ivy League model could be a challenge to UK universities, students and society, says James Wright Many leading US institutions have deep British roots, but transatlantic differences in...
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Gary Day
The avalanche of papers spilling out of the pigeonhole can make a man suicidal -but just one good line could save him I don't often think about committing suicide, maybe twice a year. Once in winter...
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Kofi's bound to be impressed
Those celebrating Burns Night this week included Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, who now has The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns specially bound by award-winning...
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Princeton girls make history
Princeton University provost Amy Gutmann, nominated to succeed Judith Rodin as president of the University of Pennsylvania, is poised to make history as the first woman to follow another as president...