Forsyth in Highland fling
Michael Forsyth, secretary of state for Scotland, has come under fire for positive discrimination in his enthusiasm for a university of the Highlands and Islands. At this week's Scottish Grand...
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A light on those who lack lustre
What motivates students and how can universities ensure that students do not just coast through their courses, doing just enough to pass? These were the questions exercising speakers at the...
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Sector eyes profit-related pay
News that profit-related pay may be introduced in universities caused consternation among unions and triggered denials from university authorities this week. Alison Utley explains how such schemes...
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Bath sets up GNVQ file
Bath University is setting up a national database at a cost of Pounds 300,000 for tracking the progress of vocational A-level students in higher education. More than 6,000 students completing the...
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Early birds catch sun holidays
Not booked your summer holiday yet? Better get on with it, according to tourism expert Allan Beaver from Surrey University. Mr Beaver says his research shows cheap last-minute packages will be rare...
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Dreamtime's place in history
Australian historians writing since the 1960s have helped create the climate in which a landmark judgment on aboriginal land rights became possible, says an academic expert in the field. Bain Attwood...
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Prison link to increase in crime
Expanding our prison population may increase the level of violent crime on our streets. Research by Monika Platek, assistant professor of law at Warsaw University, suggests that the Government's...
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Votes for women equalled votes against drink
Leading members of the temperance movement believed that the emancipation of women would bring about prohibition in Britain. Research from the University of Manchester suggests an unusual link...
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Sex attacks fuel student drop-outs
Sexual violence and other related forms of harassment against female students in universities in sub-Saharan Africa are a major obstacle to the advancement of women's higher education in the sub-...
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Radical reforms in firing line
Jairam Reddy, the mild mannered chair of South Africa's National Commission on Higher Education, flinched as he took flak from a vice chancellor and a student during a national television debate on...
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Kenyan lecturers face axe after rolls fall
Kenya's state universities could scale down departments and declare lecturers redundant, following falling student enrolments. Philosophy, religious studies, geography, history and sociology are...
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Apathy rules Japan youth
At the beginning of Japan's academic year in April new students at the country's 500 or so universities have to endure a week-long campaign to persuade them to join campus clubs and societies. Most...
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Top pay revelations fail to shake Canadian students
Ontario is the most recent province to make public its highest university salaries. Public institutions were given until March 31 to disclose the salaries and taxable benefits of employees earning...
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Elite scramble for research cash
Vice chancellors have begun warring with each other over moves to create an elite group of research-based institutions. The so-called Group of Eight is accused of trying to insulate member...
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Malay move to educate at home
Malaysia has promised students who study in local universities priority in the queue for scholarships and study loans. The move will hit intakes in Britain and other countries which enrol large...