Women - don't buy this line
Performance- related pay is bad for women - it will not promote equality, argues Natalie Fenton. Women are paid less than men in virtually every grade in every academic post - this is one of the most...
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Harvard ponders animal rights
Harvard Law School will offer a course in animal rights law next semester for the first time in its 182-year history to deal with the increasing number of issues relating to subjects such as...
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Oz tax reforms signal research boost for academia
High-tech start-ups originating in universities may benefit from a sweeping reform of the ߣߣÊÓƵn tax system. The ߣߣÊÓƵn government's decision to scrap capital gains tax for ߣߣÊÓƵn and...
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Lettori turn on EU Commission
More than 1,500 foreign language lecturers who claim job discrimination by Italian universities have complained to European ombudsman, Jacob Soderman, that poor administration and possibly foul play...
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Economics elite to broaden view
A subtle but potentially radical revolution is under way at the Bocconi University in Milan. Rector Roberto Ruozi wants to transform the Bocconi's traditionally brilliant but coldly single-minded...
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Students could pay for reforms
A review of the Spanish university system is likely to recommend a significant increase in funding through both student fees and government grants. More money is urgently needed for radical reforms...
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European university planned near Paris
Seven higher education establishments in the region south of Paris have joined forces to set up a new European university centre. The universities and ecoles, which include the Pole Universitaire...
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Gates opens route for have-nots
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has pledged $50 million a year for 20 years in scholarships for American minorities - a total of $1 billion, the largest charitable gift in the history of higher...
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ILT chief urges the learning technology experts to join
Learning technologists will be able to join the Institute for Learning and Teaching with the same status as lecturers, writes Tony Durham. Addressing the Association for Learning Technology...
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Learned friends
The Butterworths Direct legal database is to be integrated with the news, business and legal information service Lexis, so that a single subscription will give access to an "unrivalled" collection of...
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Young at heart
Amaze, the spin-off company part-owned by Liverpool John Moores University, has developed Zoon, a rich media website for Volkswagen, (www.zoon.de) utilising the company's Navihedra three-dimensional...
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Web wordsmith
Brooklyn-based cyber-theorist Alan Sondheim is taking over as virtual writer-in-residence at Nottingham Trent University's trAce writing community. Sondheim's books include Disorders of the Real and...
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Platform on a pedestal
It costs $8 million a year, but Lord Dearing's favourite example of online course delivery is going strong, John MacColl reports It is now four years since the newly appointed dean of Harvard...
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An elite sector key to meeting Labour's aims
At the end of Labour's svelte presidential convention, higher education finds itself in an ambiguous position. Universities, and particularly those that regularly top league tables, are central...
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Societies for the future
Learned societies that unite enthusiasts for subjects as diverse as botany and politics fear for the future (pages 8-9). Many are 19th-century foundations whose financial mainstay has been journal...