On the move
Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, 65, chairman of British Airways, has been elected chairman of Chatham House. He will take up the appointment in late September, succeeding the present chairman, Lord...
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Don's diary
Thursday I am on my way to Abu Dhabi to deliver a five-day training package on police management skills for women to the city's policewomen. With little knowledge of the levels of educational...
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Warwick saga
The letter from the vice-chancellor of Newcastle University defending Diana Warwick was utterly perfect ("Warwick and conflict of interest", THES, July 16). Was it actually written by Laurie Taylor?...
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Warwick saga
Of course Warwick should resign. It is very worrying that the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals council could not see this: does it view universities as just another government department...
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Visitor is out in QAA draft code
The Quality Assurance Agency blueprint for complaints and standards is under fire Objections from universities have forced the Quality Assurance Agency back to the drawing board with its code of...
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The THES Diary
Cafe society He's back. Roger Ward, disgraced former head of the Association of Colleges, opened his new cafe-restaurant this week in London's Muswell Hill. Champagne-loving Ward was upbeat as he...
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Kazak deal saves Russian space mission
Kazak astronaut Talgat Musabayev is to command a Russian mission on a new Soyuz-TMA spacecraft in October 2000. The announcement coincided with an agreement ending the row between Kazakhstan and...
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Canberra
Australian universities face millions of dollars in additional costs as a result of the federal government's adoption of a goods and services tax. Legislation approving the new 10 per cent tax comes...
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Bangui
Troops were called into the Universite Nationale Centre-Africaine in Bangui, capital of the francophone republic of Central Africa, to protect students from neighbouring Chad against reprisals for...
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Venice
A tribunal this month ruled that three British foreign-language lecturers were victims of illegal discrimination when the University of Verona denied them the right to apply for temporary...
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Trainee medics rules relaxed
France's rigorous system of medical training, which rejects up to nine out of ten students after their first year, faces wide-ranging changes to broaden the intake of students, weed out failures less...
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Tehran campus leader resigns
The student unrest in Iran has led to the resignation of Tehran University leader Khahlili Araghi. Although the protests were sparked by the closure of a reformist newspaper, they also reflect...
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Malta's state nurseries pave way for university growth
Malta University's monopoly as sole provider of higher education on the Mediterranean island republic will end next year when the government sets up a national technical college. Education minister...
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V-cs press for staff sex equality
Australian vice-chancellors are taking action to redress the severe gender imbalance among senior academics. Women form the majority of tutors and junior lecturers but represent barely one in four of...
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More athletics for women means less for men
After nearly 30 years of operation a law requiring equal opportunity in sports for women in the United States has led to a rise in the number of women athletes, according to a government study. But...