Scholars told: think globally
Universities should improve communications to share expertise and learn from one another, administrators and academics at the International Association of Universities conference said last week. Eva...
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UBC shuns global red tape
One of the world's leading universities has turned its back on traditional international relationships to pursue strategic alliances through organisations such as Universitas 21 and the Association...
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Brussels proposes fivefold boost in Erasmus funding
A fivefold explosion in funding for the European Union's Erasmus exchange programme has been proposed by the European Commission, which wants to increase spending to €5.8 billion (£3.8 billion) in...
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Tehran
An Iranian university professor sentenced to death for blasphemy has been freed after two years in prison. Hashem Aghajari, a history professor at Tehran's Tarbiat Modarress University, was convicted...
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Honolulu
The president of the University of Hawaii, has resigned after accepting a $2 million-plus (£1.1 million) package offered when the university withdrew a decision to fire him. He had threatened to sue...
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Columbo
Sri Lanka's Sri Jayawardhanapura University has reopened with a government-devised security system. The university was closed for eight weeks after the second political murder of a student. A...
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Cotonou, Benin
A 9.5 billion CFA franc (£9.5 million) grant from the Islamic Development Bank will be used to upgrade agricultural and information technology research programmes at the National University.
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Libreville
Three Gabonese student leaders have been jailed for ten months for assault and "breach of trust" after their arrest during demonstrations demanding payment of bursaries and improved conditions. A...
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Weimar
Students at the Bauhaus University of Weimar are designing souvenirs and memorabilia for sale at the former Nazi death camp at Buchenwald. Opponents of the project say selling souvenirs to tourists...
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Creative minds enjoy the challenge of change
Howard Newby embraces the opportunities that the HE Act offers to a cash-strapped but energetic sector A residing strength of the higher education sector is its ability to look beyond itself: its...
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My revolting past: Lisa Jardine
Lisa Jardine recalls her fear of being expelled when a man climbed up to her room at 2am - to talk politics Lisa Jardine was supposed to have been a mathematician. That she did not fulfil...
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Lose friends and irritate people
Since the job advertisement for higher education's most unpopular new position - director of the Office for Fair Access - appeared in The Times Higher four weeks ago it seems that vice-chancellors...
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Speculation proves groundless...
It appears that Alan Johnson, the Higher Education Minister, is staying put for the time being after Tony Blair decided to give Peter Mandelson a ticket to Brussels and shuffle off on holiday instead...
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...but the rumour mill grinds on
Whitehall gossip now predicts that the Prime Minister will give his ministerial team only a minor tweak after the summer break. Science Minister Lord Sainsbury is still widely tipped to be one of...
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May as well talk to the animals
Sex and football aside, it is clear that animal-rights extremism has become the story of the summer, with anyone who is anyone rushing to comment. Anyone, that is, except higher education...