Stronger links will benefit Sri Lanka
Higher education in Sri Lanka would benefit from a more systematic partnership with government, rather than the current dependence on links among individuals, the country's ambassador to France has...
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Protest over hikes in fees ends in campus violence
Ten students were hurt in recent protests against radical fee increases at the Medical University of South Africa (Medunsa). A class boycott turned violent when police moved in and used tear gas to...
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Artist weaves a wordy web
Artist Alicia Felberbaum's video Fading is part of the "Textures of Memory: the Poetics of Cloth" touring exhibition that links with her award-winning website. Felberbaum has used internet technology...
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Rural business help
Women in farming are responding to prime minister Tony Blair's call for rural areas to explore diversification opportunities. A "Women in Rural Enterprise" conference was held at Harper Adams College...
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Better informed
Coventry University has launched a communication, authoring and design degree course to help combat incomprehensible technical manuals and badly designed new media. The course will equip professional...
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Industrial action to continue
Australian academics are preparing to take further industrial action in their campaign for a 19 per cent pay rise when universities reopen for classes later this month. In the last months of 1999...
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Coup leader promises regeneration
General Robert Guei, head of state of Cote D'Ivoire, who seized power in a miliary coup late last year, has promised better living conditions for students at the University of Abidjan but warned them...
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Professor ends hunger strike
A German university professor is claiming a cautious victory after his hunger-strike forced his university leadership to reconsider axing his interdisciplinary institute for the philosophy of humans...
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Talks begin over jailed Kosovans
The plight of unknown numbers of Kosovan academics and students held in Serbian jails was high on the agenda at the first official contact between the Serbian and Albanian academic and student...
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Form-boosting drugs claim rocks sport research centre
The University of Ferrara, home of Italy's leading centre for medical research related to sports, is at the centre of allegations concerning the use of performance-improving drugs by Italian athletes...
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lnstitute for Islam opens in Paris
An institute of Islamic studies is opening in Paris to carry out research into the Muslim world and provide continuing education, including courses for non academics. The Institut d'Etudes des...
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Visually impaired get media look-in
The advantages and pitfalls of video and multimedia for visually impaired students are being investigated by Edinburgh University's department of equity studies. The department has already produced...
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Oz sets up first global Chinese language course
A senior lecturer in Chinese studies at La Trobe University, Victoria, has set up what he claims is the world's first online Chinese- language teaching programme. Zhang Lizhong created an internet...
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Shanghai authorities have closed 127 internet cafes
The Shanghai authorities have closed 1 internet cafes in a crackdown days after new policies emerged from Beijing to control the internet more tightly. The authorities said the action was also in...
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Huddersfield plans virtual campus
Huddersfield University is developing a virtual campus that it believes will one day enable students to obtain degrees without ever setting foot in the town. The university's Pounds 500,000 Learning...