Warning of elite of just 50 for Europe
Europe can support only 30 to 50 top-rank universities, according to David Ward, president of the American Council of Education. "It takes 5 million taxpayers to support one world-class comprehensive...
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Kosovan rector fired
The Serbian education ministry has replaced the rector of Kosovo-Mitrovica University in a move that has angered Kosovan Albanians and sent shivers through the European academic establishment. The...
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Standard cvs for EU graduates
The European diploma supplement, a linchpin of the Bologna process, is to be incorporated into Europass, a comprehensive curriculum vitae system designed to help graduates gain recognition for their...
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Distance learning will offer the winning move
Off-campus study is the only cost-effective way forward for higher education, says Brenda Gourley In the US, the number of students aged 24 and over has long since overtaken the number of "...
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A bit of chemical bonding
With an axe hanging over many chemistry departments, embittered chemists often point the finger of blame at "dumbed down" media studies courses that get so many bums on their cheap seats. But they...
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Science gets clinical for cash
Rumours are rife about when the Treasury will unveil its spending allocations and the ten-year investment plan for science - the good-news story the Chancellor hopes will take the sting out of a...
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Can't access no satisfaction
Academics drowning in paperwork are doubtless grateful to the DFES for devising a lengthy careers questionnaire for them to complete in their "spare time". Sources suggest that the shoestring project...
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Scientists mad for arts scene
Science and art, once separated by a healthy dose of snobbery, are increasingly allied on research proposals. So it is the logical next step that science bigwigs should muscle into the arts social...
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Reunited: 'rather uncharitably, i feel cheated'
Sue Nelson studied physics at University College Cardiff from 1979-82. She is now a BBC science correspondent Five years ago, I filmed at Cardiff's hands-on science centre, Techniquest, for...
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Why I ... believe cultivating scepticism is the real value of the university
In February, I argued that it was time to initiate a "campaign for real dissent" in the university sector to counter the growing threat of fundamentalism and dogmatism in our society. Two weeks ago,...
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The fairer the better?
Moves to widen access may in fact create even greater social divisions, argues Yanina Sheeran Controversies abound over fair access and widening participation, and some access initiatives appear to...
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Slaves to the factory rhythm
By turning universities into a production line, the US is killing innovation, says Lindsay Waters While we were sleeping, the American university has been corporatised, turned into a version of a...
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Today's news
Exam board to bury Latin and Greek Latin and Greek are being scrapped at GCSE and A level after June 2006 by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, the country's largest examinations...
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Text of Proposed Decision of the Council and the Member States on the Promotion, Provision and Use of Galileo and GPS Satellite-Based Navigation Systems (link)
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 Full text of Document 9941/1/04 Revision 01 Suite of documents 9941/1/04 Subject: Proposal for a Decision of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member...
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Galileo: Security of operations (Other Items Approved - Extract from: Provisional Version, Telecoms and Energy Council, 10 June)
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 The Council marked its political agreement on the text of the draft Council Joint Action on aspects of the operation of the European satellite radionavigation system (GALILEO)...