On the move
Roger Brown, principal of Southampton Institute, has been elected vice chairman of the Standing Conference of Principals. The other vice-chairman is John Carter, chief executive of Edge Hill College...
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Glittering prizes
Jagdish Gundara of London University's Institute of Education, has been elected president of the International Association of Intercultural Education, which is based in Sweden and publishes the...
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Language and power in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan president Sapar-myrat Niyazov has decreed that the 21st century will be a "golden" age in which "science, education and learning will become the great pillars of the nation and social...
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Verona
A professor sacked two years ago for accusing medical staff of professional negligence has been on hunger strike since December 7. Michele Nigro, 56, head pathology consultant at the state hospital...
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Ouagadougou
University campuses in the capital of Burkina Faso and at Bobo Diolasso, the country's second biggest city, have been closed indefinitely following a wave of protests by students and human rights...
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Perugia
Italian children up to nine years of age are determined to believe in Father Christmas, according to a study by the Observatory of Magical Phenomena at the University of Perugia. From a sample of 500...
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Study entente set to continue
Canada and the European Union have announced six new joint university teaching projects, at a time when their education officials are negotiating an extension to the agreement that funds such...
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Rector dispute fuels fee strike
MEXICO CITY Students who have been instrumental in closing down the National Autonomous University of Mexico for the past seven months in a dispute over tuition fees have accused the government of...
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Rally as Turks head for EU
ISTANBUL The decision at the Helsinki summit to recognise Turkey as a candidate for European Union membership has prompted nationwide demonstrations against a ban on the wearing of religious...
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US goes Y2K 'nuts'
BOSTON A public college in Wisconsin is under fire for spending $130,000 (Pounds 208,000) on a millennium disaster plan that includes stockpiling enough food, fuel and water to sustain 500 people for...
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Minister backs health plans
DUBLIN Irish education minister Michael Martin has backed proposals for radically changing the training of health-care professionals. If the proposals are implemented, they would mean that students...
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Serb staff stay away after third murder
PRISTINA The rectorate at the University of Pristina stands empty two days a week - reserved for the Serb rector and his staff, who never come. In contrast, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays the...
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Paris to get lion's share of massive millennium spend
PARIS France will invest E7 billion (Pounds 4.4 billion) in higher education over the next six years to develop research, new technologies and university-business links, renovate campuses and improve...
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Smart mast created
Intelligent masts that warn sailing crews when they are about to snap have been created by a team of British scientists and engineers. The carbon composite mast has optical fibre sensors and...
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Open letter warns against new rank for researchers
ROME A group of senior Italian academics has written an open letter to university minister Ortensio Zecchino warning against plans to eliminate the job definition "researcher" in state university...