Bureaucracy buster on cards
A "gatekeeper" body to check government policies for excessive red tape is likely to be set up next year. The Department for Education and Skills' Better Regulation Review Group says in its interim...
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Belgians bemoan the Dutch invasion
Inhabitants of Belgium's frontier villages are losing patience with students from the University of Maastricht who are attracted to the area by cheap accommodation. Vroenhoven and Kanne - less than...
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French fear course loss
France's professional university institutes (IUPs) fear that European harmonisation plans threaten their courses and the degrees they award. In statements issued after an extraordinary general...
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Most US students crib from internet
The majority of US undergraduates use the internet to do research and most say they know of classmates who use it to cheat, according to an annual survey of university students. The National Survey...
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Swedes' funding focus call
Sweden's academic community wants increased competition for research grants between universities, with some concentrating on research, while others focus more on teaching. A paper drawn up by the...
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Senate shuns 'dangerous' reform bills
The ߣߣÊÓƵn government's plans for higher education reform have been rejected by the senate. In a scathing report on the reforms proposed by education minister Brendan Nelson, a senate committee...
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Rectors lean tentatively towards fees
German university rectors have expressed cautious support for fees as the Bonn government seems to be backtracking on electoral promises to block any such move. In Berlin recently, the president of...
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Anger at plan for Italy's own MIT
The Italian government's plans to spend €100 million (£70 million) a year on a new national research institute while cutting resources for universities and existing research institutions have divided...
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Fight back now, or you'll buckle under the burden
The Better Regulation Review Group is waging war on excessive red tape and winning, says David VandeLinde Because universities are in receipt of public funds, they can never expect to exist in a...
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Who got that job?
Trevor Watkins, 54 East Midlands Universities Association Policy Adviser - 0.4 fte Salary £50,000 per annum pro rata Job advertised in The THES , February 14 2003 The East Midlands Universities...
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I teach in the Caribbean - from a French chateau
Distance learning has much to offer students - and lecturers - yet it remains underexploited, says Barry Blundell A November mist leaches colour from the parklands surrounding this 15th-century...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Elisabeth Skinner Age : 57 Job : Principal lecturer in local policy (the study of policy as it affects local...
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Royal Society calls time on dual support
The Royal Society this week urged the government to scrap the current "outdated" system for funding university research in favour of a more straightforward and less bureaucratic system. In a formal...
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'Guerrilla war' over bursaries predicted
New universities have threatened a "guerrilla war" over the government's higher education bill, in a split that threatens both the bill and the future of Universities UK. The Coalition of Modern...
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Email threats and egg-throwing spark fears of Hindu extremism
Academics fear increasing attacks from militant Hindus after a lecturer faced an ugly confrontation with egg-throwing protestors. Wendy Doniger, professor of the history of religions at the...