Ancient influence on innovation
Claire Sanders reports from the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth A leading Tory academic is playing a prominent role in a think-tank that is aiming to raise the profile of higher...
Search
-
-
Lunch with Boris: sceptical Tories and no Jamie Oliver
Claire Sanders reports from the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth Poor Boris. Followed to every fringe event by a peculiar combination of Tory ladies and hacks, he was bound to come a...
-
'Unacceptable' harassment claimed by 9% in survey
Nearly one in ten staff at the former Luton University believes that they were subjected to "unacceptable" harassment, an internal staff survey has revealed, writes Phil Baty. The survey, released to...
-
HSE must act decisively to protect our staff, union says
Lecturers' union accuses health and safety watchdogs of paying lip service to tackling stress, unreasonable workloads and bullying in the sector, reports Phil Baty Stress and other work-related...
-
President calls halt to university growth
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has criticised the proliferation of universities in the country. As president of the republic, his role extends beyond that of a figurehead and he has important...
-
Anger at ban on books on terror
Study of polemic by bin Laden mentor is crucial to fighting extremist threat, argue academics. Geoff Maslen reports Australian academics and university librarians have protested about the forced...
-
Moscow
The right-wing Movement against Illegal Migration is targeting foreign students in Russia, claiming there are too many students from the Caucasus. Last month an Indian student in St Petersburg died...
-
Luxembourg
The European Investment Bank is planning to lend E50 million (£34 million) to Turin Polytechnic to help establish an automotive industry research centre, in partnership with GM.
-
Seychelles
The Virtual University for Small Commonwealth States is to launch its first two programmes in August 2007, Sir John Daniel, president of the Commonwealth of Learning, announced.
-
Bangalore
Springer has signed a deal with the Indian Academy of Sciences to publish its ten journals and provide access to their content worldwide online. Springer will distribute the print version of the...
-
Dhaka
A professor at Dhaka University in Bangladesh was shot dead in an attack at his campus home. Aftab Ahmad was the third professor to have been killedJin recent months.
-
Hard cases show soft side
A Spanish academic has helped transform a fledgling gang in Barcelona into an organisation working for social integration. Carles Feixa, lecturer in anthropology at Lleida University, began work with...
-
France shakes up student selection to cut dropout rate
France is to introduce a university pre-enrolment scheme to try to cut the failure rate by helping future students choose the right course. The announcement coincided with a demand from university...
-
Institution draws fire as older staff let go
Ontario campus accused of last-minute cost-cutting, writes Philip Fine The province of Ontario has introduced an age discrimination law that will make it illegal to force university staff to retire...
-
EU looks to developing world as it mulls FP8
The European Commission has started considering the potential shape of the Eighth Framework Programme for research - which would start in 2014 - even as the final details of FP7 are still being...