Plans for reform of Poland's higher education system are to be revived following the forced departure of the country's education minister. Miroslaw Handke resigned following a parliamentary vote of...
A political row over the selection of rectors for universities is threatening the future of Turkey's higher education authority, Yok. A member of the ruling coalition government is proposing...
A Dutch academic has won a case at the European Court of Justice that forces European Union institutions to give detailed reasons for any refusal of access to public documents held in their libraries...
ߣߣÊÓƵn graduates are not the only ones to benefit financially from their degrees: the federal government makes a "profit" of A$2.7 billion (Pounds 1.04 billion) a year from its investment in...
Argentina's university rectors have criticised their government's decision to introduce lengthy bureaucratic procedures for the convalidation of academic qualifications obtained abroad. Under the new...
(Photograph) - A Peruvian university student in a makeshift gas mask joins hundreds of students, professional and construction workers whose demonstrations in Lima against the re-election of...
A study has found pervasive discrimination and sexual harassment of female clinicians, researchers and teachers at US medical schools. The study, which involved about 2,000 people at 24 randomly...
Uganda's Makerere University has become the fastest growing university in East Africa, but its accelerating student intake has been achieved without compromising educational quality, according to a...
Hype over the transformation of the national economy through the global network revolution has been punctured by a report on the jobless, writes Tim Greenhalgh. Research published by the Institute...
Robots that behave like humans are a step closer to being developed thanks to research at Staffordshire University, writes Tim Greenhalgh. Alex Kleiner, a postgraduate student studying for an MSc in...
(Photograph) - Double vision: identical twins Helen and Ruth Jay have graduated from the University of Northumbria with the same degree from the same course. The sisters, who specialise in embroidery...
The Surrey University company spin-off SSTL has followed the successful launch of the United Kingdom's first nanosatellite by winning the lion's share of funding for British National Space Centre...
A start-up company formed by three academics from Liverpool John Moores University has developed a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way of eliminating industrial waste by using bugs....
A masters degree in computing for industry will be launched this autumn by Imperial College, London, and accountants Arthur Andersen. The part-time course aims to help computing professionals better...
The space insurance industry and the Tsunami initiative, funded by the Department of Trade and Industry Sector Challenge, has given Pounds 120,000 to fund two research projects into the role of space...