Ducati, the legendary Italian manufacturer of high-performance motorcycles, is becoming increasingly involved with higher education. The Ducati Museum has been organising lectures for the engineering...
Two rival student unions that broke up for ideological reasons 30 years ago have found they have more interests in common than disagreements, and are preparing for reunification. The 700 delegates at...
ߣߣÊÓƵn higher education faces another year of cost-cutting and industrial turmoil after the federal government last week rejected the pleas of academics, vice-chancellors and students for more...
* The government has split Aus$10 million between two ߣߣÊÓƵn studies centres - the Sir Robert Menzies Centre for ߣߣÊÓƵn Studies at the University of London and the Centre for ߣߣÊÓƵn and...
Makerere University in Uganda has postponed the admission of 2,000 government-sponsored students until the ministry of finance confirms the funds are available. Last year the university suffered a...
Nationwide protests have forced the Argentine government to shelve plans for drastic cuts to education funding. The budget, drawn up by the government under pressure from the International Monetary...
Cuts in government and philanthropic foundation funding is hitting international research, graduate study and academic exchange hard, according to a report to be released this month. The Association...
ߣߣÊÓƵ needs Pounds 49 million more in research funding this year just to stand still. Geoff Maslen reports The ߣߣÊÓƵn Academy of Science has called on the federal government to back a five-...
INFORMATION RULES: a strategic guide to the network economy. By Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian. Harvard Business School Press, 362pp $29.95/Pounds 22.95 - ISBN 0 87584 863 X. This book is a must read...
Software giant Oracle has signed up more than 40 United Kingdom institutions in an academic site licence scheme which supporters say offers flexibility and saves money. The scheme also helps students...
Last week in The THES... we asked whether the genetic engineering of disabilities from people should be welcomed. Andy Miah De Montfort University There is a need to ensure that the direction that...
A special interest group for the growing number of universities that provide further education courses has been established amid concern that funding allocations may soon "bear no relation" to actual...
A former minister has called on public funding watchdogs to investigate the Further Education Funding Council, amid concerns that it has been too slow to act on failing colleges, writes Phil Baty....
The London Business School has signed a multi-year, flat-fee agreement with Dow Jones Interactive that provides students, staff and alumni with a news and information service. The deal gives users...
A University of Dundee professor whose work in developing information technology systems to support elderly and disabled people is to advise government and business on IT futures as part of the...