FE warning over foundation degree
Further education college heads have warned that foundation degrees are being developed too quickly and are in danger of being hijacked by universities eager to pocket funding for expansion. A...
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'We can't be on call for firms'
Industry is making unrealistic demands on universities, researchers have told the Treasury-initiated Lambert review of links between business and higher education. The Association for University...
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High-flier aptitude tests reveal alarming gaps
The first national aptitude test for UK entrepreneurs and prospective businesspeople has identified serious knowledge gaps that could contribute to commercial failure. The test was devised by Colin...
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French reform 'elite' school
France's elite Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA) is to lose its monopoly on recruiting and training top civil servants and senior diplomats under reforms proposed by a committee appointed by the...
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Stellenbosch is top of the pops
South Africa's school-leavers rate the University of Stellenbosch as their most desired study destination in South Africa, according to a survey of popular campuses. Stellenbosch was picked by 22 per...
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Cash boost for EU e-learning
Extra funding for a European Union scheme to create virtual campuses will increase from €5.4 million (£3.7 million) to €8.1 million if changes made by the European Parliament to a planned 2004-06 e-...
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Aussie graduates escape debt
Increasing numbers of Australian graduates are leaving the country to escape having to repay their deferred tuition fees or to make enough money overseas to cover the bill, a report concludes. The...
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Ottawa
The Canadian government has given C$41 million (£17.7 million) for Arctic research. The money will help to refit an icebreaker and support study of the ecosystem and climate impacts of melting ice in...
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Melbourne
A Chinese student who allegedly shot and killed two students and wounded five others at Monash University in October is expected to plead insanity at trial. Huan Yun Xiang faces two charges of murder...
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Harare
University of Zimbabwe lecturers, who went on strike over allowances on February 21, have returned to work after the government met their demands.
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Enschede
Twente University's Center for Higher Education Policy Studies and the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Higher Education Management have launched a programme for higher education managers.
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Prague
Czech universities should welcome as mature students people once banned from higher education under communism, Craig Stapleton, US ambassador to the Czech Republic told a conference.
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In-term jobs become the US norm
Eight out of ten full-time university students in the US are balancing work with school to help pay for tuition and other expenses. The American Council on Education reports that 77 per cent of...
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Canadian research chairs 'sexist'
A Canadian government scheme to encourage university research and attract academics back from overseas is being challenged by a group of professors who say it may discriminate against women and...
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Faculty-student love matches called off
It may be spring, but romance between US university faculty and students is being nipped in the bud, writes John Marcus. While there have long been unwritten rules discouraging faculty from engaging...