Milosovic warned
A warning to Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosovic to respect academic freedom and autonomy of Serbian universities has been issued by Unesco director general Federico Mayor. In a letter to Mr...
A warning to Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosovic to respect academic freedom and autonomy of Serbian universities has been issued by Unesco director general Federico Mayor. In a letter to Mr...
Britain slapped visa restrictions on Slovakians last week in the wake of a disturbing influx of gypsy refugees. Ironically, the clampdown coincided with the publication by the University of...
Vladimir Fillipov, rector of the People's Friendship University in Moscow, has been appointed Russian education minister in a reshuffle following the rouble crash. Fillipov, the fourth education...
Monash University has linked with Radio Australia to produce a 13-part series about the global economy to go out by short-wave radio, satellite and the Internet. It is the first time an Australian...
Prejudice against media degrees could damage the media, argues Ivor Gaber Knocking media studies is almost as fashionable as knocking Will Carling. Both will eventually bounce back, but collateral...
Swedish prime minister Goran Persson has announced his cabinet following the general election. Former tax minister Thomas Ostros has succeeded Carl Tham as minister of education and science, while...
Crucial information about the web browser war with Netscape, gleaned by professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University for an as yet unpublished book, cannot be used by...
Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for trade and industry, will meet John Chambers, chief executive of the networking giant Cisco Systems in San Francisco today for talks that may include Cisco's...
Rei is a pretty 19-year-old Japanese student at University College London. She likes shopping, music and rollerblading. The only catch is that she does not exist. UCL's online virtual student is a...
The Memorial Auditorium at California's Stanford University, shaken earlier that morning by two earthquake shocks, was the scene for the opening of the sixth Hot Interconnects conference on August 12...
Computing scientists at Glasgow University are asking educationists and others to challenge them to find new ways of using three-dimensional computer technology to communicate information. Glasgow's...
Frank Furedi believes the massive increase in disability claims among students may be a case of swinging the lead The university examination system in the United States is fast turning into an...
Last week the British Academy held a one-day symposium on standards in education. Good timing. The same day saw the publication of maths scores for 11-year-olds which showed fewer reaching the...
The last month has seen our twin sons depart for universities, one in England and one in Scotland. At the same time the full implications of the government's changes to student funding have been...
Four more universities plan to quit as THES survey reveals widespread discontent Fears of a mass exodus from teacher training by universities were exacerbated this week as a THES survey revealed...