Cochabamba
Bolivian undergraduate students on law, psychology, sociology and economics courses at the Universidad Mayor de San Sim"n have been granted equal say with their professors in appointing teaching...
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Mixed ratings for teachers
Australia's new university graduates have mixed feelings about the quality of teaching they received. A survey of 1999 graduates found that only two in five rated their teaching as good. They were...
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Dribbling drivel
Administrative staff at the Association of University Teachers' headquarters clearly feared an outbreak of verbal diarrhoea when a fax machine jammed, blocking all incoming messages. A memo was...
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Kosice
Plans are under way for Slovakia's first Romany university, to be founded in Kosice. The university will have 11 faculties, with tuition conducted in Romany and English. The United Nations, European...
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Washington
The student loan default rate in the United States has fallen below 7 per cent for the first time since official records began. The proportion of borrowers who defaulted within 12 to 24 months after...
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Bucharest
Two university rectors were suspended in Romania after allegations that their institutions were awarding degrees illegally. The two are Dolphi Drimer of the Ecological University in Bucharest and...
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Virtual learning demands a harsher regime
Virtual universities built without redesigning the basic structures of institutions are doomed to failure, according to new research, writes Alison Utley. James Cornford, of Newcastle University's...
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Elite logs out of e-university
A complete rethink of the government's proposed e-university risks repeating the problems of the University for Industry. Plans for an elite core of institutions to lead the project - unveiled as...
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ILA message not getting through
* The government has been accused of baffling students and college heads over individual learning accounts after ministers admitted that there had been problems with the new service. Phil Willis, the...
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Marconi man to take over at Cardiff
(Photograph) - David Grant, director of technology for Marconi, one of the world's leading communications and information technology companies, is to be the next vice-chancellor of Cardiff University...
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Oxford joins Ivy League trio in virtual venture
Oxford University is teaming up with Princeton, Stanford and Yale universities to create a $12 million virtual college. The University Alliance for Lifelong Learning will provide online courses in...
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Cubie to set Scottish education bill rolling
Andrew Cubie will next month give the first evidence to the Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee as it begins its investigation of new student support legislation. The...
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Ig Nobel prizewinners flushed with success
Uncovering a bizarre health hazard that dethroned three unlucky Glaswegians has won a team of British medical experts the spoof Ig Nobel Prize for public health. Jonathan Wyatt, of the Cornwall...
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Belfast college tries to narrow the divide
A Belfast Catholic teacher training college is celebrating its 100th anniversary by becoming a full university campus committed to the peace process. St Mary's College, on the Falls Road, was given...
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VSO recruits may take degrees in the bush
Teachers working in Voluntary Services Overseas may soon be able to study for a masters degree at the same time, thanks to an initiative being piloted by Manchester Metropolitan University. In a...