Bosnian education rises from ashes
Four years of war have devastated Bosnia's universities: thousands of students and lecturers have quit, courses are out of date, and damaged university buildings remain in disrepair. Not only does...
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EC advances on Italy over lecturers' claims
European Commission officials have denied a claim by the Italian higher education ministry that it is about to drop infringement proceedings against Italy over an issue concerning the country's 1,500...
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Paperless thesis transports past into a potential future
The subject was ancient, the style postmodern. Cornelius Holtorf gained his archaeology PhD from the University of Wales, Lampeter with a paperless thesis presented on a CD-Rom. He chose his medium...
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Out of the morass
Step through one of the internet's subject gateways and you leave the information jungle behind, says Ayala Ochert Many academics have shied away from using the world wide web after discovering that...
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Revelations in the hidden sky
WINTRAK PRO. By Paul Traufler. (+1 256 837 0084 www.hsv.tis.net/wintrak). US$69.95. Windows 95/98/NT CD. Windows 3.11 and DOS versions also available. In the early days after the launch of Sputnik,...
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Koestler bust removed
Complaints from female students at Edinburgh University have led to the removal of a bronze bust of writer and philosopher Arthur Koestler. The students became uneasy after learning that Koestler had...
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Power players for the regions
Phil Baty looks at who has made it on to the RDA boards Five vice-chancellors and two college principals are among the 117 board members of the nine new regional development agencies. Ministers, who...
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Belgrade
Belgrade University's philology faculty has temporarily reinstated academics suspended for refusing to sign "loyalty" contracts under the new Higher Education Act.
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Pounds 10,000 for chemistry extravaganza
Salford University's department of chemistry has won Pounds 10,000 from the Millennium Awards Scheme for a chemistry extravaganza to attract more than 2,000 secondary pupils by involving them in a...
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V-cs impede colleges' bid for extra cash
Further education college heads have accused university vice-chancellors of hampering their bids for new higher education money. They claim that higher education funding chiefs are handicapping...
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Fifth Framework budgets approved
The breakdown of funds for the European Union's multibillion pound Fifth Framework research programme - due to kick off in February - has been agreed at a meeting of European research ministers. They...
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Woodhead limit 'will undermine research'
The push by the chief inspector of schools to limit educational research to work of direct relevance to teacher training and government policy threatens to undermine the development of new...
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OU bids twice for new medical students
Universities keen to cash in on the biggest expansion in medical education since the 1960s must this week confirm their intention to bid for 1,000 extra places. Among the bidders will be the Open...
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Business is fun for Scottish universities
Scotland's universities will create nearly 300 new spin-out companies over ten years, exceeding the 150 target set by Technology Ventures in 1996, according to the second Technology Ventures annual...
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Joined-up Scots start work
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council is born today, sharing premises, staff and some members with the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. And one office will be shared by Chris...