Deng to guide scholars
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have been asked to study and adhere to the theories of Deng Xiaoping in academic work. The academy's leadership made the call at its annual...
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Japan shy of target
Japan is unlikely to meet its target of having 100,000 foreign students in its higher education system by 2000. The number of foreign students choosing to study in Japan has started to fall after...
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Rocky relations
(Photograph) - Indonesian students at the National University in Jakarta threw stones at police during a protest this week against the new cabinet of President Suharto, who was re-elected last week....
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University exam is Chinese torture
The world's largest education system has one of the lowest participation rates in higher education. In 1996, just under half the two million Chinese senior secondary school students who sat the...
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Class size surprise
JUST 20 students in a room will not necessarily make for a better learning experience than an auditorium of 250, according to a Canadian researcher. University of Guelph professor Sid Gilbert has...
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Graduate salaries take off
THE lowest unemployment rate in 24 years has sent demand soaring for United States university and college graduates, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a coalition of...
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Howard plans Pounds 400m grant cuts
The conservative government of prime minister John Howard plans to reduce its grants to Australian higher education just as graduates repay increasing amounts under the national Higher Education...
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Budget ups costs by Pounds 100m
Gordon Brown's budget could saddle universities with a Pounds 100 million a year bill, according to university finance officers. Miles Hedges, head of the British Universities Finance Directors Group...
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Scottish higher education has not benefited from funding package earmarked for education
There is considerable disappointment in Scottish higher education that the sector has not benefited from the Pounds 22 million funding package earmarked for Scottish education, writes Olga Wojtas....
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UFI flagship loses its crew
MINISTERS disbanded the advisory group behind the government's flagship University for Industry more than three months ago. Alienated members complained this week that the details of the project have...
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Discrimination rife, say women scientists
A CHARTER to ensure a fair deal for women scientists was launched this week. Valerie Ellis, assistant general secretary of the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists (IPMS), one of...
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Women lecturers taking the Open University to an industrial tribunal
Six women lecturers are taking the Open University to an industrial tribunal accusing them of sex discrimination for including clauses in fixed-term contracts under which they waive their rights to...
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Eye-opening experience
(Photograph) - Visitors to the National Artificial Eye Centre, which this week opened its doors for the first time for National Science Week, might be forgiven for thinking someone or something was...
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Under-18s dilemma for Scottish Office
The Scottish Office is facing the unpalatable choice of treating young Scots less favourably than young English or underwriting an extra tranche of student support. One of the public funding...
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Surveys differ on student response to fees
ONLY 10 per cent of final-year students in top universities say paying tuition fees would have made it less likely for them to start university, according to High Fliers, an independent research...