Findings: Algae growth uncovered
The scope for damaging growths of algae in seas and rivers may be severely underestimated, according to a chemist who is pioneering alternative ways of analysing sea and river water, writes Martin...
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Virt-u dies with nothing to show but cheap porn
The failure of an online university for Europe has cost the public £1.4 million and sparked a series of legal rows. Phil Baty reports Almost £1.5 million of public money has been wasted with the...
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'We must learn from this failure'
Enimm commissioned Brighton University business academic David Francis to report on the collapse of the project, hoping to extract some positive lessons. Dr Francis noted the irony that he was never...
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Chomsky attacks boycott of Israel
The academic boycott of Israel is wrong, says linguistics professor and political dissident Noam Chomsky. Academics angered by the failure to resolve the Palestine issue should instead focus on their...
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Canada revels in C$1.7bn boost
Canadian universities have won back much of the research funding lost in the devastating cuts of the mid-1990s in a federal budget that has also poured cash into student scholarships. The budget,...
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Faculty forces delay on merger
A plan to merge the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Chinese University of Hong Kong into a single "world-class" university has been put on hold after meeting resistance from...
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Jesuit parachuted in to end turmoil at Prague
Years of internal conflict at Prague's Charles University have been brought to an end with the appointment of a new dean of the university's Catholic theological faculty and plans to concentrate on...
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Turks regain self-rule
Turkey's universities are to regain autonomy under reforms passed by the new government that strip the central higher education authority of most of its powers in the biggest shake-up since the...
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Border controls hit isolated Kaliningrad
Lithuania's preparations for accession to the European Union are creating difficulties for students in Russia's far-western Kaliningrad exclave. New rules covering transit between Kaliningrad and the...
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Far right grows on Serbian campuses
Rightwing anti-western and anti-democratic student groups are rising in popularity among Serbian students. History students at Belgrade University have founded a group to campaign for the...
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Toronto
The University of Toronto's endowment and pension fund has lost C$400 million (£165 million) - equivalent to 10 per cent - in the past two years.
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Bogota
The Colombian government has agreed to cut student fees by between 25 and 50 per cent at 120 universities and higher education institutes in an effort to aid low-income families.
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Astana
Young people applying for higher education in Kazakhstan will have to take a compulsory drug test from this year onwards. Those applicants who are identified as drug users will have to adhere to a...
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Ankara
Turkey has joined the European Union's Socrates programme, which aims to increase ties between universities in the EU and higher education institutions in accession states.
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Bangkok
Thai students are being asked to report on university administration and staff performance. From June, 1,500 students from 78 universities and colleges will assess research papers published by their...