Dhaka creates e-map to halt Aids
Geographers from Dhaka University are giving 100 of Bangladesh's leading non-governmental organisations the high-tech tools they need to stop HIV and Aids spreading into the country from neighbouring...
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War brings Upeace message into focus
The University for Peace in Costa Rica has overcome a culture of indifference to meet the twin challenge of expansion and global development set by UN secretary-general Kofi Annan. The university (...
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Beijing
Huang Minxiang, , from Fuzhou, who confessed to the bombings at Beijing and Qinghua universities on February 25 that injured nine people, has told police he carried out the attacks "to achieve fame".
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Rome
Archaeologists from Rome's La Sapienza University have announced the discovery of what they believe are the world's oldest swords. The nine swords, several spearheads and other implements were found...
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Findings: Crows change MO for kin
Thieving northwestern crows steal food more "politely" from their immediate kin than from birds that are less closely related to them, according to scientists in the US, writes Natasha Gilbert. The...
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Milan
Eighty-year-old Aldo Paramatti last week discussed his final thesis for a degree in philosophy at Milan University, bringing his score to three degrees. Mr Paramatti received degrees in engineering...
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Brussels
The European Commission has launched an online guide to higher education opportunities available to students across the European Union. The Ploteus internet portal indexes all institutions and...
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Vienna
The European Investment Bank plans to lend €35 million (£23.7 million) to help Austria's Danube University Krems complete a €70 million expansion, transforming the institution into an international...
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Armenia
An e-library designed to give researchers from former Soviet republics access to electronic journals and databases is now online. Researchers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,...
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Rome
Turkish pediatrician Ihsan Dogramaci, 88, the only surviving signatory of the 1946 charter that created the World Health Organisation, has received his 26th honorary degree. The degree in medicine...
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Give staff voice to spread word on good practice
A proposed teaching academy can unite institutions and faculty to promote excellence, argues Cliff Allan The higher education landscape is changing as a result of the recent white paper and policy...
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It's now or never to bring on Bologna
As the EUA conference gets under way in Bristol, David Jobbins reports on European integration Europe is rarely high on the agenda for British universities but 2003 is the exception. It is the crunch...
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Gary Day
'What if you don't fancy "servicing the local economy", a phrase that makes what's probably a respectable activity sound like an arrestable offence?' The government wants academics to quit what they...
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A chance for Birks to shed label
Students at Birkbeck College will get the chance next week to rid their institution of their unfortunate "Birks of Birkbeck" label by becoming the champions of University Challenge 2003, writes...
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Who won't keep mum on where to study?
Students should dig deep for a special present this Mothering Sunday as research has revealed that mums have transformed the university applications process by becoming dedicated researchers for...