In the year that memorial tables to the four colleagues murdered by Concordia University professor Valery Fabrikant were unveiled, there were several reminders that universities are not immune from...
University of Leeds Inge Bates, senior lecturer and director of the centre for the study of post-16 developments at the University of Sheffield, developmental chair in education and work; Peter...
University of Hertfordshire DSc: Brian Corby, retiring chancellor, former chief executive of the Prudential Assurance Company and the first chairman of the Association of British Insurers, president...
The University of Wales, Cardiff, which rose 20 places in The THES research assessment rankings this year, is set to receive degree-awarding powers from the Privy Council next year. The powers will...
Association of Commonwealth Universities The following have been appointed to the council for 1996-97: Chair: Brenda Gourley, vice chancellor and principal, University of Natal, South Africa. Vice...
Dearing: Daze in wait On February 19 higher education came to a hiatus when Education and Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard announced that Sir Ron Dearing was to head a Robbins-style inquiry into...
University of Edinburgh Research grants Dr E. Fraga, Pounds 148,702 from EPSRC (automated synthesis of large complex process flowsheets); Professor J. Ponton, Pounds 156,075 from EPSRC (automatic...
University of Aberdeen Britain's oldest working journalist, 101-year-old George Fraser, has been awarded an honorary MUniv degree from his alma mater, Aberdeen University. Mr Fraser, who still writes...
And here is next year's news: January Election fever mounts as Michael Howard promises to crack down on middle-class crime by imprisoning anyone who is slow repaying their student loan. Jack Straw,...
Attempts to set up a new Islamic studies course in Strasbourg are apparently being hampered by a fresh wave of anxiety about Islamic fundamentalism triggered by the recent bomb attack on the Paris...
law students and lawyers are embroiled in a bitter dispute over what enables someone to practise law in Spain. At the moment, anyone who has completed a first degree in law can set up a practice and...
Most South African universities have welcomed proposals for reform but some fear government interference. Karen Mac Gregor reports from Durban. The South African government is to secure far firmer...
UNITED STATES universities and colleges face a massive $26 billion r bill to wipe out their backlog of building repairs and maintenance, a report has found. The cost, $5.7 billion of which represent...
A student at the Ontario College of Art and Design who deliberately vomited on two museum paintings because he found them to be "stale, lifeless crusts" will not face expulsion or suspension from his...
SMOKE rises up into the air heavy with chattering voices and clattering trays. Denim-clad students sit at nicotine-stained plastic tables spilling over with books and files. A typical lunch-time...