Business cash skews science
The academic integrity of UK research is at risk as the government tries to wean researchers off state support in favour of commercial income, the Royal Society said this week. Royal Society members...
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Ottawa
The number of students in Canadian universities grew by 39 per cent between 1991 and 2001, two and a half times the rate of its adult population growth. The increase, partly explained by demands from...
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Teaching-only staff suffer more stress, AUT poll finds
Evidence emerged today that teaching-only academics suffer greater work-related stress than colleagues who do research. A poll by the Association of University Teachers shows that 40 per cent of...
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Queen Mary, City alliance starts £10m collaboration
Two London universities have announced a joint £10 million health and engineering initiative. The aim is to combine the resources of Queen Mary, University of London, and City University to develop...
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Court overturns sacking of lecturer who criticised teaching standards
An American teacher at a Siberian university who was deported after managers sacked him for criticising the way English was taught has won a court case ordering his reinstatement. Tomsk district...
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Pope calls for return to Christian roots
The Vatican has mobilised Catholic university students in support of its demands that the new European Constitution include a reference to Europe's "Christian roots". Pope John Paul II spoke to a...
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Turkish reforms delayed
The largest reform of Turkish higher education since a 1980 military coup has been put on hold. The architect of the reform package, education minister Erkan Mumcu, has, in a surprise move, been...
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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...