Stake in spin-offs brings capital gains
Pumping state cash into new ventures pays well, reports Jessica Shepherd. University spin-offs have generated at least £1.3 billion for UK plc in the past three years, more than twice the sum that...
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Single out an August presence
Lifetime Achievement Award There was no one more delighted and surprised at London's Dorchester Hotel on November 23 last year than Lewis Elton when it was announced that he had won the inaugural...
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Leeds Met activists: 'condemn bullying'
Phil Baty provides an exclusive preview of this weekend's Natfhe conference. Vice-chancellor's e-mail on 'professionalism' has 'intimidated' staff, says union Natfhe activists are set to condemn "...
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Kline promises to open up his personal expenses to online scrutiny
Roger Kline launched his year-long election campaign to lead the 120,000-strong University and College Union this week with a commitment to be "transparent and accountable". The head of higher...
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Boycott plea to individuals
A campaign to prevent lecturers' union Natfhe agreeing a fresh academic boycott of Israel was under way this week as a senior British professor came under fire for refusing to work with an Israeli...
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Ucea insults those who have dedicated lives to welfare of students, says Mackney
Paul Mackney, the general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, will this week launch an impassioned attack against those who have questioned the morality of the union's boycott of student assessment...
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Rome
Within hours of the announcement that Fabio Mussi, a former Communist, is to be University and Research Minister in the new Italian Government of Romano Prodi, the Italian Rectors' Conference finally...
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Paris
The French Education Ministry has launched a website for lycee pupils, school-leavers and students seeking guidance on more than 20,000 higher education courses offered in France, and which...
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Melbourne
RMIT University has denied claims that radiation from mobile phone towers on the roof of its business school has caused brain tumours in seven of the staff. Margaret Gardner, the vice-chancellor,...
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Brussels
As the number of UK students in the Erasmus programme continues to decline, J n Figel, the European Education Commissioner, is to discuss future European student mobility at a conference organised in...
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Buenos Aires
For the fifth time in a month, militant students at the University of Buenos Aires have prevented its governing body from meeting. Last week, students blocked a move to appoint a vice-rector to...
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Prague
Czech universities will share a £2.5 billion funding boost between 2007 and 2013 thanks to the European Union's budget settlement. Petra Buzkova, the Education Minister, said the money, 20 times the...
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Togo
President Faure Eyadema has made a 50 per cent cut in tuition fees for students at the National University of Togo and established scholarship awards in each department to appease students who...
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Australian v-cs have the best packages
University heads in the UK come a poor third to those Down Under, says Geoff Maslen. British vice-chancellors are worse off in terms of their salaries, taxes and quality of life than their...
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Fee hike will limit pupils' options
Higher education in Japan has borne the brunt of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's market-driven reforms, leaving academics fearful that university could become beyond the reach of bright Japanese...