Brussels
The European Commission has announced a grant of €93 million (£63 million) towards an upgrade of the European Research and Education Internet, a communications network for research and education. It...
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Naples
Italy's Confederation of Students has claimed that university spending on competitive student recruitment advertising has increased by 45 per cent over the past year and said the money should be...
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Paris
Over the next year, between 15,000 and 30,000 French students are expected to take up an offer to buy a personal computer over three years for the cost of a daily cup of coffee, equivalent to 10 to...
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Grantham
Commonwealth education ministers have signed a protocol aimed at protecting education systems in developing countries from the harm done by developed nations' recruitment of teachers.
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Brussels
The European Commission is to spend €9 million (£6 million) from the Erasmus Mundus programme on building academic links with China. It will finance scholarships for Chinese students studying in the...
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Correction
Queensland's Bond University is no longer in Japanese ownership, as reported in The Times Higher (August 20), but is operated by Bond University Limited, a not-for-profit company, limited by...
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Research hit as Swedes feel market pinch
Swedish universities are more than 800 million kronor (£60 million) in the red after the first six months of the year, according to the Hogskoleverket, the national agency for higher education. The...
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Tories will take scissors to nightmare red tape
Shadow education secretary Tim Collins says his plans would cut debt for students and release cash for universities. All political parties and newspapers accept that UK universities, challenged by...
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Gary Day
The sinister Clarke had set Lecturer on the road to Vanity Fair armed only with a scroll called the 'White Paper'. But many obstacles lay ahead... As I walked through the wilderness of higher...
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Merger toasted with cup of tea
If the big cheeses at Manchester University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology want next week's long-awaited merger to go ahead smoothly they may need to think a...
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Southern route to success
Fancy a job as a vice-chancellor? It's easy - as long as you've got the words Southampton University on your curriculum vitae. A growing list of new vice-chancellors cut their teeth at the university...
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Branding worth every penny
In this competitive world, universities are rushing to bring in consultants to boost their brand. And what a worthwhile investment that can be. Rumour has it that after months of costly negotiations...
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Calamity James on audit trail
And finally, the Conservative Party this week promised savings of £1.1 billion a year on education. The savings will be driven through by David James, who proved his talent for resource management...
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Don's diary: diving down from olympian heights
Thursday It's 6am - time for a quick run before work. It's my birthday and I've been living in never-never land for two weeks already, where all food and drink is free, we all wear the same clothes,...
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Why I...think disabled research students need more support
" In theory, research study with a physical-mobility impairment should be easier than undergraduate study. However, in practice it is much harder. Research study is a lonely, isolating and anxious...