Ivy League cleans up fraternities
Boston A small, select New England college's decision to end traditional fraternities and sororities has fanned a smouldering debate across the United States about how much colleges should regulate...
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V-cs fear copyright loophole
MELBOURNE Australian vice-chancellors fear their universities will become involved in costly legal battles because the current law on copyright does not cover electronic copying and transmission. The...
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From Rome's reformer
Rome When Ortensio Zecchino took over as university and research minister last October with the creation of the latest Italian government, pundits expected him to take the wind out of his predecessor...
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German students rate east the best
Hamburg Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, students rate universities in the former communist east among the best in reunified Germany, according to a league table compiled by the news...
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Don's diary
On Vesting Day St Andrew's College merged with the University of Glasgow to form a faculty of education. Four days to Vesting Day Draft a bid for the Economic and Social Research Council's Teaching...
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Sofia
Bulgarians see corruption as less of a problem in universities than in other state sectors. A survey put university professors and administration staff 18th out of 21 professions in a corruption...
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Kuala Lumpur
Four polytechnics will open in Malaysia this year in Jahore Baru, Kota Kuala Terengganu, Seberang Perai and Kota Melaka. Five more, in Kota Kinabalu, Muadzam Shah, Kulim, Tanjung Malim and Merlimau,...
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Stockholm
Sweden is to fund an extra 10,000 higher education places in 2001 with another 10,000 in 2002 on top of planned expansion of 68,000 places from 1997 to 2000. The budget allocates an an extra Kr779...
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Online debate
Can league tables ever be fair?. Join the THES/Nexus debate at www.thesis.co.uk Debate
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Readers' reactions
LAST WEEK IN THE THES.... David Weatherall argued that scientists doing industry-sponsored research risk being gagged. Jeremy Hoad General secretary National Postgraduate Committee For postgraduates...
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Radical reform of post-16 predicted
The government wants to shake up post-compulsory education in England. Tony Tysome and Phil Baty look at who stays and who may go Post-16 education and training in England is facing "the most...
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The THES Diary
Conference mouthful Delegates to the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England's annual conference last week were racking their brains over a new name for Heroic, the ÌÇÐÄVlog Reach Out to...
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On the move
Neil Small, senior research fellow in palliative medicine at Sheffield University, has been appointed to a chair in community and primary care at the University of Bradford. The post has been created...
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In the news
Calm, reliable and genial, George Quigley is not a man who inspires cross words. He has put his qualities to use not only as a civil servant and businessman, as chairman of Ulster Bank, but also...
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Glittering prizes
The late Diana, Princess of Wales will be commemorated tomorrow in an awards ceremony in her memory held by Leicester University. Winners of a Diana, Princess of Wales award for research and practice...