Disappointment with the role of many east European great universities in the reform of higher education has been expressed by Lord Dahrendorf, warden of St Anthony's College, Oxford. Speaking in...
Britain and Israel have announced an increase in support for a bilateral science and technology research fund. Following last week's meeting between prime ministers John Major and Yitzhak Rabin, a...
Quality monitoring processes in Australia's public universities have improved markedly over the past 12 months, according to the government's quality audit committee. In its second report since 1993...
The University of Swaziland has become the focus of a political storm which has little to do with academe but may jeopardise future government funding of higher education in the small kingdom....
Nelson Mandela has accused vice chancellors at historically white South African universities of "racism in reverse" for allowing unruly black students to disrupt campuses. His comments came as a...
American millionaires who donate large sums of money to their alma maters are increasingly doing so with strings attached. So the decision of Texas billionaire Lee Bass to give $20 million (Pounds 13...
A Bill approved by the United States House of Representatives economic and educational opportunities committee, will prevent legal immigrants who have not applied for citizenship from qualifying for...
To receive a letter saying "Welcome to Cornell" and "We are delighted to welcome you to the university", would tend to give the impression you had gained admittance, writes Lucy Hodges. Elizabeth...
Members of Canadian universities fear their institutions will lose as the provinces exercise greater control over spending under changes introduced in the 1995/96 budget. Cash payments are expected...
An effort to reform quality control in United States colleges and universities is running into such stiff opposition that it may be ditched if a consensus cannot be reached. Some university...
The Government has been criticised for closing a loophole over course fees for overseas students without offering protection from the full cost for asylum seekers. Tim Boswell, further and higher...
Julian Hunt, president of the Institute of Mathematics, yesterday held out the promise of mathematicians in the future being able to differentiate between natural and man-made variability in the...
A controversial approach to providing research and information back-up for health professionals is the focus of a centre opened in Oxford this week. "Evidence-based medicine" is an idea imported from...
A new model of the effects of global warming predicts that wheat crop production could drop by a third in drought-prone countries and those of low latitude. But crop production could surge elsewhere...
A multi-disciplinary approach to problems faced by heart surgeons is producing significant progress in the treatment of coronary disease, according to Gianni Angelini, professor of cardiothoracic...