V-cs in funds limbo
Nigeria's vice-chancellors have called for talks with president Olusegun Obasanjo to press their case for immediate extra funding for universities amid a dispute over a World Bank loan. The...
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The legs have it for choosy Italy
Italy's universities have increased spending on advertising by more than tenfold over four years, from €2 million to €22 million (£1.25 million to £14 million). With advertising campaigns in...
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Banda Aceh
A human rights activist who until June lectured in Asian studies at the University of Tasmania was this week charged with visa violations by Indonesian authorities. Lesley McCulloch, a travelling...
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Shanghai
Worldwide Learning, a division of TSL Education Ltd, publisher of The THES , has developed a training programme in topics including client management and risk assessment for 6,000 middle and junior...
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Montreal/Paris
Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien has inaugurated a brain tumour research centre at McGill University as part of the country's drive to be a world leader in the treatment of tumours of the...
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Canberra told to loosen reins
Australia's vice-chancellors have called for greater freedom for their universities, arguing their institutions labour under a "one-size-fits-all" policy that must be changed. Deryck Schreuder,...
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Sponges soak up bonus for Papua
A landmark agreement has been signed in Vancouver that offers a developing country a share of funding for its contribution to drugs research. The terms of the agreement between the universities of...
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In the news: Ken Boston
Ken Boston has weathered the occasional storm. As the new chief executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, he was this week pitched into the row over whether exam boards deliberately...
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Don's diary: Happy as a pig in mud
Sunday Back to the Pig's Nose Inn in East Prawle, Devon, to prepare for the next group of Earthwatch volunteers. Dinner tickets, field emergency plans, clipboards, first-aid kits, fluorescent jackets...
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Attractive package?
Some plain Yorkshire speaking emanates from the University of Sheffield, from where Mahesan Niranjan, a professor of computer science, has posted a job advert to an email list. It reads: "The...
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Doctors' rounds a must
While the National Union of Students urges freshers not to get drunk, the first students of the Peninsula Medical School may well be tempted to turn to the bottle on their first day. Prime minister...
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Chuff luck
Readers will remember how vice-chancellors abandoned plans to hire a special train carriage for the journey to and from their annual conference in Aberystwyth after a ribbing in The THES . So,...
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Alarming behaviour
More late-night fun and games at the UUK conference involved semi-naked people and a cigar. Nothing Clintonesque about it, though. Merely that some bon viveur was apparently enjoying a fine cigar at...
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In by a whisker
Literary critic Terry Eagleton, professor of cultural theory at the University of Manchester, has made it into the Beard Hall of Fame, announced last week. Professor Eagleton reached the final 30...
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Working life's a circus
Efforts to banish Monday morning blues have plumbed new depths. Delegates attending an international conference at the University of Edinburgh last week discussed the role of dance and drama at work...