QAA revises framework
The Quality Assurance Agency this week caved in to pressure from the higher education sector and is to rethink its national qualifications framework. Criticism from groups representing university...
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Scots extend bursary right
Almost half of Scottish students will benefit from a new support package, according to Wendy Alexander, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning. The Scottish Executive is set to...
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'Sir' José woos Latins with dodgy degrees
Universities in South America have been alerted to the activities of the self-styled England and Wales University, which has attempted to engineer exchanges of its honorary degrees with legitimate...
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What's in a name?
Relief all round at victory for the Ivy League in its long-running trademark battle against a New Zealand company. Pacific Dunlop Asia tried to launch a range of "Ivy League" fashion accessories, but...
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Danger lurks at buffet
Michael Delany, former professor of environmental science at the University of Bradford, had numerous brushes with danger as he researched small rodents in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Uganda, Arabia...
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Pointed support of logo
Stress levels may be high at the University of Luton but this has not shaken the dedication of Matt Adcock, the university's press and media officer. So committed is he to his institution's new logo...
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Eyewitness: Czech plant causes reaction
The diplomatic fallout over the opening of a nuclear power plant near the border with Austria has raised questions over the political readiness of the Czech Republic to join the European Union....
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Toronto: university tops poll again
Canada's Maclean's Magazine has named the University of Toronto as the country's top university for the seventh year running. Simon Fraser University achieved the highest score in the comprehensive...
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Buenos Aires: more staff working for nothing
A census at the University of Buenos Aires has revealed that 6,605 of the university's 24,508 teaching staff are working for nothing - 37 per cent more than in 1992. University rector Oscar Shuberoff...
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Lima: kidnappers get 20 years
Six gang members who kidnapped the former rector of the University of Particular, Inca Garcilaso de La Vega, at gunpoint and held him for a ransom of 2 million soles (£397,000) in December 1998 have...
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World view: Developing better citizens
A bid to bring a sense of community to American students could work well in the UK, writes Gordon Marsden. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." President...
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Cutting edge: Kevin Butt
Ground-breaking research into worms could be vital for the environment and life itself Earthworms have been studied closely for more than a century. Charles Darwin produced a book on the creatures...
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Clawing at a life on land
At some 75cm across and capable of cracking open a coconut shell with its formidable claws, the land-dwelling coconut crab is your beach lounger's worst nightmare. Fortunately for the sunbather, the...
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Not mushroom left for pickers
The camera focuses on the small, white circle. The robot sizes up its target, then an arm extends downwards until the suction cup on the end is pressed against the helpless mushroom. It is captured...
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How green was my valley
World leaders pondering the possible consequences of man-made climate change would be wise to consider the fate of the Roman Mediterranean. Computer modelling has revealed that the now-arid region...