The European Union has agreed guidelines to encourage members to remove administrative and cultural barriers to students and lecturers working across the EU. The decision by the European Parliament...
A German university on the border with Poland has started an anti-far right campaign to protect its international students from racist attacks. The Europa University Viadrina, in Frankfurt on the...
Irish students have hit back at claims that excessive consumption of alcohol is responsible for high dropout rates at some colleges. Don Thornhill, chairman of the Higher Education Authority, told a...
Haifa A German non-Jew has been appointed Haifa University's chairman of governors despite opposition from some members of the senate. Manfred Lanstein is president of the Israel-Germany Friendship...
Latin American academics are keen to foster international links, but not at any price, despite a increasing enthusiasm for regional networks and developing ties with European universities. Ari...
New Zealand vice-chancellors have accused the Labour-Alliance government of reneging on a deal that tied extra state funding to a temporary freeze on tuition fees. Last year, institutions agreed to...
Canada's humanities community is afflicted with a "profound malaise", according to a report published last month. The study, commissioned by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, was...
The Nigerian government has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open universities on June 11, which will in effect end a nine-week strike by academics over the implementation of a pay agreement. The...
Academic alliances are strained as rivals pile on pressure. Clashes between commerce and universities seem inevitable following a series of deals that could result in potential conflicts of interest...
Next Thursday, more than 50 pioneering projects funded under the £30 million Research Support Libraries Programme will demonstrate their progress at an event in London. Online demonstrations will...
Refugees and asylum seekers in England, Finland and Sweden are being brought together by a multilingual website developed at Nottingham Trent University. Sue Thomas, artistic director of trAce Online...
The corporate market's appetite for e-learning is unaffected by the global economic slowdown, according to a new survey. More than half of the 223 corporate training managers and human resources...
Higher education is losing sight of its true purpose, write Toni Griffiths, Stephen Rowland and Michael Worton. A new government will need to think strategically about higher education. But in doing...
Michael White says it's time we all took a stand against the long-hours culture. For the past two decades, a long-hours culture has pervaded most areas of working life in Britain, including higher...
In a society that has commodified knowledge, plagiarism is no big deal, argues Frank Furedi. Last month, the University of Virginia was stunned to discover that 122 students in its introductory...