Overseas agent probe
Potential foreign students are misled about what to expect at UK universities, reports Tony Tysome Some overseas agents helping universities to lure international students to the UK are giving...
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Gay staff forced to 'hide sexuality'
Despite the sector's dozen 'diversity champions', there are still concerns not enough is being done elsewhere to assuage career and bullying fears. Olga Wojtas reports. Gay academics are reluctant to...
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Inside track...
Our occasional column keeps youJabreast of developments in the jobs market, from tip-offs and career pointers to who's on the move in your field. HEAVY LEGAL LOSSES Birmingham University has acquired...
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Spotlight turned on US loans industry
A power shift in Congress is bringing pressure to bear on the student borrowing business, reports Jon Marcus. America's $17 billion-a-year (£9 billion) student-loan industry has come under scrutiny...
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Democrats pledge to slash interest rates
Democrats who won control of the US Congress in last month's elections are promising more financial aid for students and their families, writes Jon Marcus. While critics question where the money will...
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Spanish dictator loses honorary status
Spain's Santiago de Compostela University is to remove General Franco from its list of honorary doctorates. The university's ruling council voted unanimously for the move, saying the former dictator...
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Prodi Government fails to deliver cash
Anger erupts as Italy cuts university spending, writes Paul Bompard Italian academics feel disappointed and betrayed by spending cuts made by the centre-left coalition Government led by Romano Prodi...
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Indian talent heads for home
Indian scientists and researchers are returning home, attracted by an expanding economy and a flood of investment in research and development. Migration from India to the West has fallen from 70 per...
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EU firms up plan for FP7 spend
The European Union's seventh framework programme (FP7) is in its final stages of discussion, with the prospect of greater emphasis on research projects that will generate economic growth. The...
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Paris
The first French higher education institution in the Gulf region has opened. Last month, 200 students paying fees of €16,600 (£11,200) began courses on secular programmes at the co-ed Paris-Sorbonne...
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Makerere
Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda, has said that Makerere University, which has been closed since early November, will reopen with new lecturers. The university was shut after lecturers went...
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Seoul
Margaret Spellings, the US Education Secretary, last week led the first delegation of university presidents to South Korea to build bilateral academic links.
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Strasbourg
The city will gain a super-university in January 2009 when the universities Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg 1), Marc Bloch (Strasbourg-2) and Robert Schuman (Strasbourg-3) all merge.
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Paris
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is seeking "model employers" for case studies for a conference next September on workplaces where staff can thrive and succeed. Details: www...
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Why should some get an easier ride than others?
Progress to higher education is still not determined solely by ability, and Bill Rammell refuses to stand for it. It is socially and politically unacceptable that participation in higher education is...