Italy's university ministry expects 1999-2000 to be the year in which the country's university system experiences radical change. It anticipates a host of reforms bringing about a new climate of...
Spanish rectors believe they should have more power, a survey has revealed. The survey of Spanish rectors, council presidents and other senior higher education figures found that 95 per cent wanted...
Forty-five of the 50 overseas university branches that have applied for licences to operate in Israel have not received them with the start of term only weeks away. Unlike the parent universities,...
(Photograph) - Adult learners in North Yorkshire are the guinea-pigs in a pilot project for the University for Industry launched last week. Knowledge Base, a joint venture between the University of...
One adult Dane in five is so bad at English that computers, the internet and the information highway are forbidden territory. Even everyday conversations can be difficult when the people they talk to...
Alberto Broggi, professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Pavia, last week rode in a robot-driven car along 100 kilometres of motorway from Parma to Bologna. As the car cruised...
Chris Batt tells Sylvia Simmons why the new public library network will change lives, particularly those of academics "The clearest measure of my performance over the next three years will be that by...
THE PRIVATE SECTOR. UK public universities will have to move closer to the private sector in order to survive. In which case, they will have to change their ways, says Marcel Van Miert. The choice of...
ACADEMIC-RELATED STAFF. Any employment structure for academic-related staff should enable their careers to flourish, says Stephen Court. Academic-related staff are the unassuming backstage...
PARTICIPATION. Participation in higher education has risen but many entry barriers remain, especially for the poor. Diana Green says new developments could help bring down the hurdles. It is now a...
There seems to be little governments can do to stop Craig Venter and other genome capitalists making hefty royalties from human genes. This week the British and US governments are planning to do what...
Little by little, support for mature and part-time students is improving. Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone used her speech to the vice-chancellors last week to announce extra money in...
Is the Quality Assurance Agency in too much of a hurry to implement its framework and methodology of quality assurance? As one much involved with the agency over the past two years, I sympathise with...
UK scientists agree money should be spent on European projects. But why are they not doing more to lead the challenge against the Americans? Steve Farrar reports. It split the last Conservative...
Collaboration between Sheffield Hallam and industry has unlocked the commercial potential of high-speed machine drilling. As a result of an interview between a Sheffield Hallam University professor...