Return-to-work-mums get dads singing
Modern dads are playing a greater role in stimulating their children when mothers return to work early, ensuring that they do not lag behind when they start school. Researchers have found no evidence...
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V-c steps down
The vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales is to step down after two years in the job. Rory Hume last week resigned from his A$750,000 (£309,099)-a-year job after informing John Yu, the...
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Serbia funding crisis prompts fears of closure
Six universities in the former Yugoslav republic of Serbia and Montenegro are facing possible closure after the government announced that their budgets would be cut by 70 per cent. The cuts would...
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Medic-turned-film-maker reveals female experience
Mary Ayubi was one of the first students to be accepted by the Kabul Medical Institute. It was renovated in 2002 under a USAid-funded project by the Coalition Joint Civil-Military Operations Task...
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Afghans renew call for support
Afghanistan's five universities are beset with corruption, underfunding and poor living conditions, despite the international community's expressed intentions. In February, entrance exams taken by 40...
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US faculty ups pressure to curb presidential pay rises
A walkout by staff at the University of Hawaii over salary issues has been narrowly averted. It was the first time a faculty union and its supporters have made a major issue of administrators'...
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Rome
A court has ordered Ezio Capizzano, a former law professor at Camerino University, to pay the university damages of €120,000 (£80,000) after it was found in 2002 that he obtained sexual services from...
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N'djamena
Lecturers at N'djamena University in the capital city of Chad have begun strike action after not being paid for two months.
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Montreal
Nudists have opposed new residences at Vancouver's University of British Columbia for fear of peeping toms. The Wreck Beach Preservation Society warned that the possibility of students using high-...
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Minsk
Yury Bandazheuski, former rector of the Homiel Medical Institute in Belarus, jailed on charges of taking bribes for entrance exams, has failed to get a transfer to a more open prison. Campaigners...
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Copenhagen
Two professors of politics, Ole Waever of Copenhagen University and Nikolaj Petersen of Aarhus University, have urged the government to launch an inquiry into the basis for the Iraq war and Denmark's...
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Dakar
At least e100,000 has been earmarked by the Senegal-based Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie for higher education and scientific research in Africa.
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Leaer: Find a balance in foreign equation
This week's spate of reports on international issues in higher education is not only timely, but also provides a nicely balanced starting point for a debate that is likely to become increasingly...
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Let's refocus efforts on building brighter future
A partnership between state, society and universities is key to the development of South Africa, writes Derrick Swartz. On Monday, South Africa celebrates ten years of freedom - and the role of the...
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Gary Day
...Quite a lot, actually. For a start we still don't know if Becks was unfaithful' Scientists can easily prove their value to society, but humanities tutors have a tougher job to justify their...