Media hard times
The press has given Oxford vice-chancellor Colin Lucas a hard time over the Laura Spence case. But he has had worse run-ins with the press. In an interview in UK Press Gazette, Boris Johnson, Lucas's...
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Changing standards
Amid all the talk of elitism, Oxford and Cambridge must be relieved that Prince William seems to have set his sights on Gordon Brown's alma mater. To gain his chosen place at Edinburgh University to...
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Not even if you pay me
Mention parking charges and most academics perk up. So Coventry University decided to try to raise the profile of its city via a competition offering a prize of a free parking permit. The catch?...
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On the move
Robert Stevens, master of Pembroke College, Oxford, has resigned a year earlier than planned for personal reasons and due to fundraising weariness. The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council...
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New York
Human Rights Watch this month accused the government of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic of trying to silence political opposition by harassing the student-based Otpor (Resistance) movement....
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Siena
The University of Siena is to promote its image with a merchandising project in Italy and abroad. Items from clothing to crockery will bear the image of Saint Catherine of Siena, the city's patron...
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Sanaa
More than 10,000 students took to the streets of the Yemeni capital last week demanding the execution of a Sudanese morgue attendant at Sanaa University who is accused of raping and murdering 16...
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Eyewitness
Rome, like many other parts of Italy, is under attack from tiger mosquitoes, a particularly aggressive and dangerous species believed to have arrived from Asia. Paul Reiter, head of the entomology...
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Knives out for Mr President
Economic problems and outbreaks of violence are giving the new Indonesian leader a bumpy ride, says Bill Watson. When Abdurrahman Wahid took office as president of Indonesia last November he knew...
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Cuts to degree places
Bulgarian prime minister Ivan Kostov has called for substantial cuts in university admissions to bring graduation rates in line with job prospects. The call was reminiscent of the admissions policy...
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Norway plans for niche market
Greater autonomy, higher quality and more but specialised universities will dominate the future of Norway's higher education sector if the recommendations of a government report are implemented. The...
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Ethnic unrest at school closure
Macedonia's fledgling Albanian-language university in Tetova may become an unexpected victim of last year's Kosovo war. Macedonia faces a growing Albanian irredentist movement. A quarter of its...
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Students and workers united
France will bring together university studies and the world of work with the introduction next October of a degree that will train students specifically for employment. Universities have submitted...
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Fiji coup tensions keep v-c job empty
Even before the University of the South Pacific suspended classes because of last month's attempted coup, racist pressure had forced it to suspend the appointment of a new vice-chancellor. In the...
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Higher education unions
* Higher education unions representing academics in ߣߣÊÓƵ and New Zealand have called on members to isolate tertiary institutions in Fiji in protest against the coup, writes Geoff Maslen. The...