Dropout rates on the Government's flagship foundation degree courses have reached up to 55 per cent, according to a report by quality watchdogs, writes Phil Baty. In an otherwise positive report,...
The struggle of children in care to progress from school to university - and then complete their degree - was highlighted this week. Academics at the Institute of Education, University of London,...
Strathclyde University students are complaining that while the library may meet their thirst for knowledge, it is ignoring their thirst for liquid. The students' association is seeking to overturn a...
Spain's multidisciplinary humanities degree programme is threatened with extinction as the country prepares for the Bologna Process. In a shake-up of arts courses, 14 language degrees will be merged...
Universities' control over quality assurance in the projected European Higher Education Area tops the agenda for higher education ministers who will this week set the path for the final stage of...
Italian authorities and politicians have condemned anti-Israeli protests at universities, but one lecturer believes that prejudice is widespread and, as a result, the official response has been muted...
The founder of a private university in Kiev is at the centre of a political scandal after publishing an open letter demanding that Jewish organisations be outlawed and blaming Jews for "genocide"...
Fierce competition is erupting behind the scenes at US universities as they bid to secure the best commencement speakers. Some schools will shell out as much as $125,000 (£68,000) for a celebrity...
Poor black students are the likely losers if the South African Government goes ahead with plans to slow the rapid growth in enrolments, and improve drop-out rates, which have soared to 50 per cent....
Australia's vice-chancellors have called on the Government to reconsider its refusal to allocate more money for staff salary rises. In its annual budget last week, the Government announced a surplus...
French private higher education needs more government support, according to a report that recommends setting up partnerships between the state and private grandes écoles . The report on the future of...
University and college students could get a substantial reduction in tuition fees as a result of a backroom deal aimed at keeping Canada's minority Liberal Party in power. Under the agreement with...
With the aims of the Bologna Process within reach, ministers must now look beyond 2010, says Kristin Clemet Ministers from all over Europe will gather in Bergen, Norway, this week to discuss the...
Churchill was short - 5ft 7in - yet cartoonists always made him look much bigger than he was. Only in failure did he shrink. After his electoral defeat in July 1945, Vicky in the News Chronicle...
Bill Rammell, the new Higher Education Minister, reveals that he took a call from his old chum Ricky Gervais - star of The Office - during the election campaign. Mr Gervais had just watched Tony...