Italian dons come under scrutiny...
The Italian government has approved legislation that for the first time will establish systematic evaluation of universities, departments and individual academics. The laws will also introduce...
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Sacking risk for protestors
Malaysia's education ministry has warned university students and lecturers they will be expelled or sacked for taking part in demonstrations following the conviction of former deputy prime minister...
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Bram Fischer scholars take a tip from Oxford
South African universities face a big challenge in meeting the demand for higher education from excluded sections of society with reduced funds. Key to its post-apartheid development is the creation...
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Japanese academic in sex scandal
Sex, corruption and medical error are stalking Japan's universities in a flurry of adverse publicity in the past few weeks. At the University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa, an unnamed associate professor...
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Going to war over prime numbers
As the inventor of public-key encryption prepares to lecture in London, Duncan Campbell reports on revelations from the secret world of spying that raise key questions for both history and...
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Value debate live on web
A live email-to-web debate on the recently-published TASC report, Value for Money Considerations in Software Strategies for Higher Education, has been organised by NISS. Contributors will be able to...
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What counts cannot always be tabulated
League tables are loved and hated - with reason. A spur to improvement, they are necessarily uncomfortable. They are also unfair, open to manipulation and do not measure vital aspects of university...
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First meeting of body to promote languages
University language centres have set up a representative body to promote language teaching and research. The inaugural meeting of the Association of University Language Centres in the UK took place...
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'Bonkers' job index irks v-cs
Vice-chancellors and funding chiefs have hit out at government attempts to measure graduate employability. They are concerned that the performance indicator for employability, due to be published...
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UfI name does not suit the role, say employers
An Engineering Employers Federation survey of 90 companies, trade unions and financial bodies on the government's University for Industry has found little support for the title. They say the word "...
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Freemasons support research into ageing
Freemasons are ploughing Pounds 150,000 over the next three years into research into ageing - much of which will be undertaken in universities. The donation from the Freemasons' Grand Charity to the...
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Pre-election spending promises for education
Signs that the government may be planning to plough more money into health and education after the next general election have been welcomed by universities and colleges. The higher and further...
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Halton principal and deputy resign
Halton College principal Martin Jenkins and his deputy, Jenny Dolphin, have resigned citing ill-health. Both were seriously criticised last week in reports by the National Audit Office and the...
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Merger of institutions enters next phase
The prospective merger of the Northern College of Education with Aberdeen and Dundee universities has taken a further step forward with the formal draft merger document being issued for widespread...
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Scottish unions agree on parliament's role
Scotland's leading higher education unions avoided a damaging split at the Scottish Trades Union Congress, reaching agreement on joint support for a motion on the Scottish Parliament's role in...