Middlesex investigated
'Middlesex University has been asked by Hefce to answer a number of points raised with the National Audit Office' Funding council auditors are investigating alleged mismanagement at Middlesex...
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Hue and cry
(Photograph) - Students celebrate the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war by raising flags at Tu Do (freedom) stadium in Hue in central Vietnam. Hue was the second South Vietnamese city to...
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Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea has penalised ten students for their actions during last year's boycott of classes in protest against a proposed rise in student fees. After being found guilty of...
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Equality quotas mooted
A quota system monitored by the funding councils is being considered to boost the number of women and ethnic minority staff in higher education. Under pressure from government, the Higher Education...
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Act now, these are borderless times
The global e-market is here and institutions had better prepare to sell their wares. Tony Tysome dissects a warning from the CVCP It is one of the biggest money-spinners for universities and colleges...
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Eye witness
Plans to build a $400 million heavy-crude oil pipeline through a sensitive area of virgin forest in Ecuador have alerted conservationists to a potential ecological disaster. Analysts say the pipeline...
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Oslo
Norway's new prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, has appointed Trond Giske minister of research, education and the church. Mr Giske has represented the Social Democrats in parliament since 1997.
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UK lags in green research
The United Kingdom has the lowest expenditure per capita on environmental research and development of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, MPs were told this week....
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Students learn a bit of 'can do'
Pipe dreams? Careers advisers have been struggling to make part-time work relevant to students' future vocations Tony Tysome What is the connection between stacking shelves in a supermarket and...
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Heavens saved from bad waves
The imminent destruction of the 66 Iridium satellites - possibly the most expensive firework display in history - will be watched with particular glee by radio astronomers. The global telephone...
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Database boob may delay loan payments
The Student Loans Company is set to repeat last year's fiasco in which a botched database threatened to delay loan cheques for thousands of students. Last week, the company was due to issue local...
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Troubleshooter heads for LJMU
Mike Brown already had a reputation as something of a troubleshooter before he agreed this week to step into the breach as the new vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. His 12-year...
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Gaelic gets a shot in the arm
There are hopes of a boost for Gaelic in Scottish colleges and universities following the United Kingdom's decision to back Council of Europe protection for minority languages. The Westminster...
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Basildon slated by FEFC
College funding chiefs have launched an investigation into Basildon College, after "an extremely poor" inspection report and a financial collapse, writes Phil Baty. The Further Education Funding...
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MPs investigate student finance
MPs could influence the government's inquiry into top-up fees and university funding with their own investigation of student finance. The education and employment sub-committee announced this week...