Rectors of Brazil's federal universities say that a government plan to reform the pay conditions and recruitment of contract professors would violate the principle of university autonomy, complicate...
American universities are becoming more sensitive to environmental concerns, not only in what they teach but in how they operate. Several are banding together to develop strategies for reducing waste...
The Scottish Executive wants to see the Scottish higher and further education funding councils use their financial muscle to boost "information and communications technology (ICT) pervasiveness"...
United States president George W. Bush and Congress are being urged to put e-learning at the centre of America's education agenda by the bipartisan, congressional web-based education commission. Its...
An alliance of 24 Italian universities has created an internet portal for Italian language and culture studies, which, from the next academic year, will also become a "virtual university". Italian...
When a car dealership in Hampshire decided to move into selling clothes, it asked for help from second-year students at Winchester School of Art. Undergraduates on the fashion degree course were...
A computer-based training course on organic farming, developed by the Scottish Agricultural College, has been named online course of the year by the Institute of Information Technology Training. The...
Concerns have been raised about the implications of advertising being allowed on the academic computer network. The Joint Information Systems Committee, which is responsible for the Joint Academic...
A research project involving five United Kingdom universities looks set to revolutionise the way that computer systems are designed. The £6.8 million research collaboration between City, Edinburgh,...
A partially sighted mother now has a "touching record" of her baby thanks to Exeter Advanced Technologies at Exeter University's school of engineering and computer science. The firm helped build a...
Top-up fees are not necessary with so much extra money going to higher education, argues David Blunkett. It is a year since my speech at the University of Greenwich. Some commentators described it as...
Plans for a merger between Aston and Birmingham universities suffered a setback this week when Aston students signalled their opposition to the move. Two-thirds of students voted for an end to merger...
The issue of consent that was at the centre of the Alder Hey scandal could pose a threat to gene patents. Academics at Sheffield University believe the question of gaining permission to exploit a...
An academic scandal that rocked the Soros-founded Central European University comes before the courts in Hungary next week when a feminist historian dismissed from the gender studies programme sues...
London's universities are in danger of becoming closed to all but well-off students, claimed a student finance expert this week. Claire Callender, of South Bank University, said that unless measures...