North and South unite
Universities in the North and South of Ireland have signed up to a collaborative research partnership. The presidents of Queen's University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin and University College...
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Testing the turf
Lincoln University has held a turf-cutting event to celebrate the start of the second construction phase of a £3.5 million extension of the university's Holbeach Technology Park. Holbeach campus is a...
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Talk Welsh
The North East Wales Institute of Higher Education has launched a Welsh Language Policy, which recognises the equality of the Welsh and English languages and promotes the use of Welsh in the...
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Split over power shake-up
College heads struggle to reach consensus on new governance plans for the University of London, Rebecca Attwood reports The University of London has laid out plans for a new governance structure, but...
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Boring image is holding back Bologna
The language of the Bologna Process and even the name itself are a turn-off and may be hampering efforts to increase academic engagement in the initiative, according to MPs, writes Rebecca Attwood. A...
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Learning at the highest level
The University of Kashmir can boast some tremendous achievements but political freedom remains an issue. John Kirkaldy reports from Srinagar If there were to be a competition for the most beautiful...
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Demographic decline threatens Europe
European universities will need to shrink by 2020 or recruit large numbers of overseas students to adjust to demographic changes, researchers have said. A paper in the journal International Higher...
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India's quota system sparks row
The Indian Supreme Court is to review its suspension of a higher education admissions quota for poor students in the wake of a row between the Government and universities. The court had ruled that...
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Academics lose battle against BP
A group of US professors has lost a David and Goliath-style battle against petrochemical giant BP over academic freedom. The senate of the University of California, Berkeley voted out a motion...
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Taiwan shock at mock attack on university
The Taiwanese Government has launched an investigation after two of its MPs staged a mock attack on the island's top university to test police response times in the wake of the mass shooting at...
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Finnish objection to merger go-ahead
More than 1,000 people in Finland have signed a petition against the merger of three of the country's top universities. The Government has proposed to combine Helsinki University of Technology, the...
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Chinese students abide by rule of thumb
A Chinese college has gone to extreme lengths to get its students to come to class. Meiya College of International Studies at Hunan University has introduced fingerprint scanners in its classrooms to...
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US campaign to ban positive discrimination
An anti-affirmative action campaigner is pushing for Colorado to overturn legislation intended to help students from minority groups get higher education places. Ward Connerly plans to place an item...
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Narwhals to check sea temperatures
Scientists are set to a recruit a different sort of research assistant to help them plumb the depths of the icy seas. Marine biologists at the University of Washington and the Greenland Institute of...
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Jena scientists catch the drift
German scientists have discovered the mechanism behind continental drift. A team at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena said water could allow the silicate layer in the planet's mantle to...