Greek graduations in doubt
No end in sight to the struggle over plans to allow private universities. Makki Marseilles reports Fears are growing that students hoping to graduate from Greek universities this year may miss out as...
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US Act to tempt 1 million overseas
A Bill introduced in Congress with strong bipartisan support would quintuple the number of Americans studying abroad by 2017, especially in the developing world, writes Jon Marcus. The Senator Paul...
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Verne-like idea to visit core
A theoretical scientist has captured the imagination of the US public with the Jules Verne-style idea of sending a probe to the Earth's core, but his fellow scientists have shown less enthusiasm for...
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Research boom for Baltic states
The Baltic states are the European Union's boom region for research spending increases, according to the latest figures from Eurostat. Annual real-terms growth rates in research spending between 2001...
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Unesco warns of rise in degree fraudsters
Fake courses and low standards proliferate as the market grows, says Rebecca Warden Unesco researchers are warning of a growing tide of fraud and corruption in higher education. One of the most...
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French foreign student fears
Foreign students in France experience greater problems than French students with basic needs such as housing and money, are less confident that their studies will secure them a job and are not very...
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Austria given time to defend quota
Austria has been given more time to present its arguments to the European Commission on the country's restrictions on international students at Austrian universities. The Government has until May 29...
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Powerful imperatives to redraw the cultural map
John Gilmore argues it is time to end the marginalisation a subject that is part of the history of everyone in Britain. My 11-year-old has twice studied the career of Mary Seacole at primary school....
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'Here, in a literary context, is the public versus private funding debate that resonates through the academic world'
The London Magazine has been going since 1732 and now finds itself at the centre of a contemporary funding row. The story so far: On February 23, The Times Literary Supplement reports that Arts...
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Never mind the bollocks if the job gets done
There is more to the pop star politician than just a cynical bid to sell records, argues John Street In December 1976, the Daily Mirror 's front page denounced "The filth and the fury". Nearly three...
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Share it, with passion
The UHI Millennium Institute is known for its state-of-the-art technology that allows lectures to be held across its member institutions in the Highlands and Islands. Two students were recently...
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Tongue-tied tutors
A debate about foreign students' poor command of English on Lancaster Business School's blog shows there's even more cause for alarm. Several posts by tutors feature spelling mistakes - one had three...
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Uncomfortable bedfellows
The inaugural University and College Union Scotland Congress raised alarm over claims that the Natfhe/AUT merger heralds the end of the AUT's legendary conviviality: the traditional dinner and disco...
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Footweary optimists
Perish the thought that some speakers at the UCU Scotland Congress went on for too long. Vice-president-elect Lesley McIntosh had an interesting definition of an optimist: "Someone who, when the...
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Science loves a screen test
The popularity of TV series such as Silent Witness is often cited as a good way to market scientific careers to youngsters. But it appears the concept has morphed into an altogether less helpful...