Laggard students drain the resources in Spain
Less successful students tend to use far more of a university's resources than students who pass course units first time, a study of Spanish universities has found. Students who fail exams and take...
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Lecturers present petition to UK ambassador in Italy
A petition by the 1,500 foreign language lecturers who have accused Italian universities of discriminating against them was formally accepted last week by Tom Richardson, Britain's ambassador in Rome...
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Scientists split over fall of Superphenix
French scientists are divided over the closure of Superphenix, the world's largest fast breeder nuclear reactor, and the reopening of the smaller Phenix fast breeder reactor to study incineration of...
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Deng to guide scholars
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have been asked to study and adhere to the theories of Deng Xiaoping in academic work. The academy's leadership made the call at its annual...
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Japan shy of target
Japan is unlikely to meet its target of having 100,000 foreign students in its higher education system by 2000. The number of foreign students choosing to study in Japan has started to fall after...
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Rocky relations
(Photograph) - Indonesian students at the National University in Jakarta threw stones at police during a protest this week against the new cabinet of President Suharto, who was re-elected last week....
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University exam is Chinese torture
The world's largest education system has one of the lowest participation rates in higher education. In 1996, just under half the two million Chinese senior secondary school students who sat the...
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Class size surprise
JUST 20 students in a room will not necessarily make for a better learning experience than an auditorium of 250, according to a Canadian researcher. University of Guelph professor Sid Gilbert has...
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Graduate salaries take off
THE lowest unemployment rate in 24 years has sent demand soaring for United States university and college graduates, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a coalition of...
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Howard plans Pounds 400m grant cuts
The conservative government of prime minister John Howard plans to reduce its grants to Australian higher education just as graduates repay increasing amounts under the national 糖心Vlog...
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Budget ups costs by Pounds 100m
Gordon Brown's budget could saddle universities with a Pounds 100 million a year bill, according to university finance officers. Miles Hedges, head of the British Universities Finance Directors Group...
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Scottish higher education has not benefited from funding package earmarked for education
There is considerable disappointment in Scottish higher education that the sector has not benefited from the Pounds 22 million funding package earmarked for Scottish education, writes Olga Wojtas....
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UFI flagship loses its crew
MINISTERS disbanded the advisory group behind the government's flagship University for Industry more than three months ago. Alienated members complained this week that the details of the project have...
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Discrimination rife, say women scientists
A CHARTER to ensure a fair deal for women scientists was launched this week. Valerie Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists (IPMS), one of...
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Women lecturers taking the Open University to an industrial tribunal
Six women lecturers are taking the Open University to an industrial tribunal accusing them of sex discrimination for including clauses in fixed-term contracts under which they waive their rights to...