Malaysian campuses under severe strain
Malaysia's universities are being stretched to the limit as a direct result of the economic crisis causing more students to study locally. The government has cut university budgets by around 10 per...
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UK outclassed in pay league
Chris Johnston reports on the findings of a survey comparing Commonwealth academic salaries with those in the US The Big Mac Index, devised by The Economist magazine, has been used by two Australian...
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Scrutineers perpetuate reign of error
The assessment of research at Hong Kong's universities has confused quantity with quality, argues Orlan Lee Hong Kong's academic community must be one of the most closely scrutinised in the world....
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APHEN brings Asia together
A Unesco project is linking academics in 12 Asian countries via the Internet, writes Geoff Maslen in Melbourne Universities in Commonwealth and certain Asian countries are promoting multilateral...
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Grinding poverty, broken bodies, taxi wars - and hope
Diversity within the Commonwealth's universities will be high on the ACU's agenda, with contributions from writer Carol Shields and Canadian Indian university head Eber Hampton What can British...
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Great ideas, shame about the leadership
Diversity within the Commonwealth's universities will be high on the ACU's agenda, with contributions from writer Carol Shields and Canadian Indian university head Eber Hampton Chancellor and...
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Hunt elk, read Dickens
Diversity within the Commonwealth's universities will be high on the ACU's agenda, with contributions from writer Carol Shields and Canadian Indian university head Eber Hampton Canada's native...
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A plum for Victoria?
Victoria, Australia, is determined to become a key player in the global digital economy. Peter Thomas went to assess its progress Melbourne, in the Australian state of Victoria, is the home of the...
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University of the air nears blast off
Tim Cornwell talks to an African entrepreneur whose dreams of providing an information network for much of the Third World are about to take off The "university of the air", as Noah Samara calls it,...
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Network to transform the learning landscape
Gajaraj Dhanarajan (left) argues that though the Commonwealth of Learning venture has its risks, not taking part is not an option When Commonwealth education ministers met in Gaborone, Botswana, a...
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Under the yoke of the generals
Nigeria's military rulers have eroded universities' freedom and funding, Tunde Fatunde reports The iron fist of 15 years of military rule in Nigeria and the continuing unwillingness of the generals...
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Wealth of opportunity
Commonwealth universities offer just the jobs for academics at both ends of the career ladder. Natasha Loder reports Fancy a university post that takes you to the Zambian Rift Valley or the palm-...
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Eyes, ears and advice for hire
The Commonwealth Higher Education Management Service aims to help universities. John Fielden explains In the alphabet soup of agencies undertaking comparative research in higher education a new...
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Cane may hold sweet fix for rice
British and Indian researchers on a new way to reduce farmers' great dependence on nitrogenous fertilisers. Kam Patel reports After ten years of research by British and Indian scientists, a ground-...
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THES fellow off to Kenya
Michael Dutton, the 1998 Times Higher Education Supplement Exchange Fellow (pictured right), will use his award to visit Moi University in Kenya to foster closer links between its faculty of health...