Mob's mixed message
Varsity , the University of Cambridge's student newspaper, has clarified its report of the national shutdown day two weeks ago. It had said that protesters were chanting "let's go beat up the Germans...
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Not shaken by quake
A survey of the recent Seattle earthquake by United States journal Annals of Improbable Research produced a response from Angela Close, an archaeologist at the University of Washington, who was...
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On the move
The University of Sheffield has appointed to its committee of university chairmen: Ron Haylock , chairman of council at the University of Nottingham and chairman of the committee; Karen Morgan ,...
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In the news: Lawrence Summers
Harvard University's next president, Lawrence Summers, is characterised by friends as driven and energetic. Even his tennis game, they say, is aggressive. The nephew of two Nobel prize winners in...
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Eyewitness
Language use and teaching in the countries of the former Soviet Union and its satellites are politically charged. "Educators worldwide believe in the importance of the native language for concept...
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Foreigners need not apply
Lioba Simon-Schuhmacher is disturbed by Spain's unwelcoming attitude towards foreign academics. Spaniards with degrees obtained in their home country are to be found teaching at almost every European...
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World watch
Oslo Norwegian minister of education and research Trond Giske has tabled a bill to set up 14 universities and university colleges, bringing the total to 18. Applications for university status are...
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Iraq pleads for help to rebuild universities
An Iraqi education official has made his first visit to the United Kingdom since the Gulf war to press to re-establish academic relations between the two countries. Mazin al Jumah, president of the...
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India offers overseas study loan
India's offer of bank loans for students who study overseas is likely to increase the scramble among the middle classes for a foreign degree, according to the country's communists. Finance minister...
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Moves to curb NZ market forces
The move from a competitive market model to a more interventionist and cooperative system for New Zealand's higher education took shape this week with the release of a report the Tertiary Education...
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Pretoria moderates ambitious overhaul
South Africa's education minister Kader Asmal has backed away from wholesale mergers, a three-tier system of teaching, comprehensive and research institutions and longer undergraduate degrees in his...
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Berlin attempts to woo émigrés
The German government has launched an €87 million (£55 million) campaign to attract top foreign academics and to win back young researchers who have emigrated to other countries in search of better...
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Vote-hungry MPs admit reject group
A decision by Italy's parliament, probably influenced by general elections scheduled for late April or early May, means that about 1,000 students originally rejected for degree courses in medicine...
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Dutch renege on work fee plan
The Dutch National Union of Students (LSVB) has set up a telephone helpline in response to an increasing number of complaints from students about work placements. Students at colleges of technology...
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E-learning guru joins IT centre
E-learning guru Steve Molyneux has been appointed director of a national research centre that will investigate the impact of information technology on education, training and employment. The...