Rise in female students
Women are becoming more numerous in Ugandan higher education but remain underrepresented in traditional courses, particularly in science. At Makerere University's recent graduation ceremony, 44 per...
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US bid to boost foreign study
Thirty-four higher education organisations in America have called for more emphasis on teaching foreign languages, politics and culture in universities. The groups, which issued a 28-page plan for...
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Italy recasts life in public sector
Italy's civil service ministry is to compete with the private sector and the judiciary to recruit the best-qualified graduates from the country's universities. Franco Frattini, the civil service...
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Universities ban Muslim headscarf
Some higher education institutions in Azerbaijan have banned female students from wearing headscarves on campus. The institutions, which include Baku State University and the Medical University,...
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'Research must be freed from ministries'
Danish research should be made more independent of the government, a report says. Institutes carrying out ministry-funded research should also contribute more to higher education and training, it...
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French business school expands
Theseus International Management Institute, a French business school specialising in technology, is expanding into executive education, international collaboration and research in leading high-tech...
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Baroness's £138,000
The newly published register of Lords' interests has revealed how much Universities UK head Baroness Warwick earns - £138,000. The Labour peer gets £97,000 a year as chief executive of the vice-...
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Flagging patriotism
Warwick University officials were forced to swiftly tackle claims this week that they had banned football fans from flying the England flag in halls of residence. Students dubbed hall wardens...
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The flat-rate fee fuels inequality
Differential fees are one way of achieving broader participation, argues Wendy Piatt Margaret Hodge's refusal to rule out any funding options at last week's select committee revived speculation about...
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A victim of vocabulary
The meaning of 'university' has been debased, and with it the place itself, argues Andrew Oswald The term "university" is becoming increasingly debased. New Labour, whose University of the Labour...
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Why I believe we need to divorce widening participation from mass participation
Joe Baden, project manager, Agency for Non-traditional Students, Goldsmiths College,London. It is time that the debate surrounding widening participation moved on. Because of its immediate, and...
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Fund science at City levels, Blair urged
Universities must pay researchers City-level salaries, said the government's chief scientific adviser, David King. He was responding to a speech by prime minister Tony Blair yesterday in which Mr...
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Rise in funds per FE student
Real-terms funding per student in further education has increased by 12 per cent over the past five years, government figures reveal. Core funding for further education is estimated to have grown in...
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Scots need funds to pay £6.2 million NI bill
Universities Scotland has called for government funding to help meet an estimated £6.2 million rise in National Insurance contributions. The estimate, from a survey of Scotland's 21 higher education...
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Gender views underlie social ills, Oakley says
Popular views of the roles and relationships of men and women underlie many social problems, said Ann Oakley, director of the social science research unit at London University's Institute of...