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 Higher Education Funding Council for England's annual conference last week were racking their brains over a new name for Heroic, the Higher Education 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...
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Rome
Aldo Bernardini, a professor in international law at the University of Teramo, southern Italy, has sent telegrams to premier Massimo D'Alema and to university minister Ortensio Zecchino saying that...
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Paris
A new E50 million (Pounds 333 million) National Institute of Art History will open in 2003 in the historic buildings of the former National Library in central Paris. Including a library with a...
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Rome
An official survey by neurologists and psychiatrists at Rome's La Sapienza university has revealed an alarmingly high incidence of depression and anxiety disorders among Italy's two million...
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Eye witness
Tension is high in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor following clashes between pro-independence groups and factions who want the island to be integrated into Indonesia. Indonesia's...
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First casualty - democracy
Nato's 'morally motivated' war has left a fledgling Serbian opposition in tatters, argues Celia Hawkesworth Many commentators have observed that the effect of the Nato bombing against Yugoslavia has...