Istanbul
Omer Dincer, a Turkish academic who last year took part in a national debate on ethics and corruption, has been stripped of his doctorate and barred from working in public life after two commissions...
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Tripoli
Libya's Attahdi University and the University of Sousse in Tunisia on Wednesday signed a scientific and cultural co-operation agreement to undertake joint scientific research projects and programmes.
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Dresden
A German visa scandal has thwarted plans by 29 Ukrainian exchange students to attend classes at the Technical University in Dresden to improve their knowledge and understanding of the German language...
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Abuja
Peter Okebukola, executive secretary of Nigeria's National University Commission, and Ben Njoku, vice-chancellor of the Owerri Technology University, are facing trial. The Economic and Finance Crime...
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US sells the benefits of education on the box
A coalition of US higher education associations hopes to raise $1.5 million (£700,000) for a campaign to convince people that it is important to support universities. The three-year public trust...
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Red-faced South Africans seek statistical help
Statistics South Africa, the country's official data agency, is mounting a global search for staff after errors made in calculating economic figures undermined its credibility. Pali Lehohla, the...
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Change cuts NZ intake
Early indications are that numbers of first-year enrolments have declined at New Zealand universities because many applicants have not met new entrance requirements. According to figures from the...
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Swedes struggle to write in English
English departments in Sweden are in crisis and English proficiency among new students is a major concern, writes Jon Buscall in Stockholm. Many students speak excellent English, but growing numbers...
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EU backs cash boost and fees
European Union funding of universities could increase dramatically between 2007 and 2013 under proposals released this week by the European Commission. But the Commission controversially threw its...
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Rectors pan 'DIY' venture
Italy's academic establishment is furious at a government decision to award degree-awarding powers to a private university that has no students, no faculty and that will be based in a former cinema....
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Welcome to St Anne's...not
Election purdah may have muted discussions during last week's Higher Education Funding Council for England conference, but Oxford University still upset most university heads present. Despite...
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Trips down memory lane
Another delegate, Alan Gilbert, vice-chancellor of Manchester University, chose to stay at the swish Macdonald Randolph in the centre of Oxford. As an Oxford student, he apparently dreamt of staying...
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Keep it clean, it may be seen
It is never a good idea to allow your friends to send rude emails to your work address. But staff at Bath University need to be especially careful. In an effort to avoid falling foul of the 20-day...
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Past its expiration date
Students at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry must have wailed louder than most when news of the Pope's death broke. Their rag magazine went to press some weeks...
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How to upset friends and foes
The open letter from John Clare, education editor of The Daily Telegraph , advising Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary, of the only four education experts worth speaking to continues to ruffle...