Petaling Jaya
Malaysia's private institutions of higher education are to be responsible for the quality of their own courses under a new self-assessment scheme introduced by the National Accreditation Board.
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Brussels
Italian rectors have opened a Brussels office to help universities to make the most of European Union projects and to maintain contact with decision makers.
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Course tries to heal old rifts
Academics in Thailand are trying to break new ground in the study of regional history to defuse national rivalries. They blame an outbreak of anti-Thai rioting in Cambodia's capital city and a rift...
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Lula faces lecturers' strike over pay
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's honeymoon period is over, say the country's university lecturers. They say he has broken promises to increase their pay and is, instead, following...
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Prostitute myth has strong pull
Students at Russia's top universities who engage in casual prostitution are falling for the Pretty Woman myth, research suggests. A survey by US student Shonda Werry, who is studying international...
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French radicalism of 1968 replaced by cash concerns
Student confidence in the value of university diplomas has plummeted in the past three years to its lowest level for more than a quarter of a century, according to a survey that also reveals that...
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Berlin threat to first-years
Three of Berlin's universities are threatening to close their doors to first-year students this year after it was announced that their subsidies would be cut by almost €200 million (£140 million) a...
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Our survival depends on serving both masters
Greater collaboration is one benefit of devolution for Northern Ireland's universities, writes Richard Barnett Elections to the assembly are postponed and the political process in Northern Ireland...
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Filming the foreign exchange
The European Union's Erasmus student exchange programme might seem an unlikely focus for a film, but French director Cedric Klapisch has managed to get it on the big screen in his latest feature, Pot...
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Moore like Marge
An admin assistant at Loughborough University this week starred as the UK equivalent of Marge Simpson. Tania Moore and her family were chosen from more than 1,000 hopefuls to form the basis for a...
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Chair swap at 'top' club
The Coalition of Modern Universities is to hold its next meeting at the Oxford and Cambridge Club - clearly keen to trample on the ground of "top" universities. The meeting will see Michael Driscoll...
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Education's a drag
Australia has acquired something of a reputation for drag queens, thanks to the film Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Sydney's annual Mardi Gras parade. Now Melbourne University is running a course...
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Scalps of the rich and clever
Julia Margaret Cameron - From Life
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Old age and new identities
Age, Narrative and Migration
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Cockney captive turns the tables
In Search of the Red Slave