The beat goes on
(Photograph) - American medical students are undertaking some of their training in Britain thanks to a transatlantic link between Ross University, with its medical school on the Caribbean island of...
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Big vision of bosses' champion
Mary Lord has a "big thinking" vision for universities. And it will not be welcomed by many in higher education, admits the Training and Enterprise Council policy chief. Director of education and...
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The double life of academic entrepreneurs
Given their intellectual resources, universities ought to be bursting with lucrative commercial ventures. But in the main, they are not. The few academics who have become successful entrepreneurs say...
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Down's doubts put to the test
PRE-NATAL screening for Down's syndrome is far from perfect, say health psychologists from a London medical school who are studying how best to convey that message to expectant mums. Researchers at...
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Ethical rights and wrongs
THE relationship between an individual and his or her genetic status raises a difficult ethical dilemma. Even in families at high risk of a genetic disorder, many people choose not to know. But do...
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Language lecturers claim victory at Euro-court
Pisa. THE CAMPAIGN by foreign-language lecturers for the right to equal treatment at Italian universities moved forward another step with a judgment at the European Court of Justice last month. The...
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Student demos plug quality
Hamburg. SOME 40,000 students marched on the government in Bonn last week in one of the biggest student demonstrations since 1968. They were protesting about deteriorating quality in German...
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Racist murder shocks Czechs
A Sudanese economics student stabbed to death by a skinhead in Brno on November 8 could become the founding sacrifice of a campaign to stem the tide of racism in the Czech Republic. So wrote...
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French tackle reform of the bac
Paris. FRANCE is preparing to reform state secondary education in order to improve students' chances of coping with university and reduce drop-out rates, which are among the highest in the developed...
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Teachers take Ozcars
Melbourne. THE Australian government last week awarded what it claims is the world's richest prize to ten academics for the quality of their teaching. In the first ceremony of its kind to be held in...
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ANC balances books and race
Durban. SOUTH AFRICAN universities are bracing themselves for another round of tight government funding in the new year. The size of the financial pie may be the same as this year's, but universities...
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China to train managers in Britain
China is to send more students to British universities for training as part of efforts to foster science and technology development and management reforms in the country's state-owned enterprises....
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Moves to revive Mediterranean campus links
Barcelona. Medcampus, the European Union programme for linking universities around the Mediterranean, is set to start up again after a break of two years. The move was announced at the European...
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Lab on the ocean wave
Las Palmas. The Canaries are an almost perfect laboratory for oceanography - "like having a ship in the middle of the ocean", says Santiago Hernandez, assistant dean of the University of Las Palmas...
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Five-star hotel training for degrees
For rector Francisco Rubio, the University of Las Palmas is characterised by its youth, technical origins and support from local society. "The university was something local people really wanted and...