Funding and flexibility: keys to the future
Finland's universities must adapt to survive in the competitive international market, says Raili Seppänen Finland's universities are going through turbulent times. External pressures such as...
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Dual system is singular success
A dynamic polytechnic sector with a status on a par with universities attracts many students and prepares them to succeed in the knowledge economy, says John Pratt It is hard not to be impressed by...
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A worldly wise tradition
Finland's international intellectual links have been a central part of its history, says Marjatta Hietala From the Middle Ages onwards, Finland's location on the outskirts of Europe has not stopped...
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Campus created in an acre of pixels
It was raining in the city but Edinburgh University's e-learning MSc tutorial convened on the beach regardless. The students discussing a text about social networking with their tutor were quite...
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Ministers vilify researchers
Politicians are accused of discrediting academics and distorting results, report Phil Baty and Jessica Shepherd. The Government stands accused of undermining academe's "vital independence" after...
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'It will be an exciting and challenging time... and we will have a key role'
Rick Trainor will take over as president of Universities UK at a crucial time for the vice-chancellors' group As the next president of Universities UK, Rick Trainor, principal of King's College...
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British academy
The British Academy awarded the following medals and prizes for 2006: Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies: Graham Stanton , Lady Margaret's professor of divinity, Cambridge University; Derek Allen...
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UCU 'surrender' over pay deal
University and College Union activists deliver an official rebuke to their leaders over their actions in the national dispute this year, Tony Tysome reports The many thousands of lecturers who took...
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Iraq aid appeal amid violence
An emergency fund for Iraqi academics was launched in London this week as a spate of killings followed the kidnapping of 150 scientists in the Higher Education Ministry. In the ten days after last...
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V-cs fight Mouse's corner
Vice-chancellors have launched a robust defence of so-called Mickey Mouse degrees in a paper that champions the worth of courses such as golf studies, surf science and brewing. The report, nicknamed...
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Next week
Take one... A Westminster lecturer is videoing himself marking essays as feedback enters the 21st century PLUS Research misconduct revealed: net is closing on academics who fiddle research results
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V-c to leave Sussex
Alasdair Smith, vice-chancellor of Sussex University, will step down in August 2007 after nine years in the post, it was confirmed this week. Professor Smith, who will leave a year before the end of...
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Cambridge investment
Cambridge University has appointed its first chief investment officer to manage its endowment funds. Nick Cavalla, chief investment officer of Man Global Strategies, will join the university and take...
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Making better medics
A £4.5 million Centre for Excellence in Medical Education has been launched at Liverpool University. The centre will develop a programme of teaching to help students graduate with the "professional...
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Prize for chip spin-off
A Manchester University spin-off company, Transitive Ltd, which develops computer chip technology, has won £500,000 in the inaugural Knowledge Transfer Challenge, run by the Engineering and Physical...