Professors in waiting
The Slovak conference of rectors has accused the new minister of education and science, Eva Slavkoska, of infringing university autonomy. She has delayed the submission of a list of 16 new professors...
The Slovak conference of rectors has accused the new minister of education and science, Eva Slavkoska, of infringing university autonomy. She has delayed the submission of a list of 16 new professors...
The Russian Defence Ministry wants to abolish deferment of military service for students because of a 25 per cent shortfall in recruitment. Lieutenant-General Vyacheslav Zherebtsov, head of the...
Students at the Greek technological and vocational institutes are in danger of losing a semester but even that is not enough to end a dispute over their demand for equality with the universities....
Farmers and the self-employed face cut-backs in grants to their student dependents if the Irish government accepts a recommendation to take assets and capital into account. At present grants are...
Anyone who has sat on a modern jury trying a case of rape knows about the DNA test. The matching of DNA in semen from the rapist with that found on the victim is a powerful piece of evidence. But it...
The research selectivity exercise presumes that the best papers get published in the best journals. The evidence suggests that on the contrary, the refereeing process discriminates against the best...
Between 10 and 15 per cent more students enrolled for higher education in Russia this academic year compared with the previous year, reversing a decline which started in 1991. An analysis of...
Israeli army and security service units raided the premises of the science and technology campus of Al-Quds University at Abu-Dis southeast of Jerusalem late last month in a move to crack down on...
Nigeria's 31 universities, which only re-opened late last month, may once again be closed down to prevent student activism during most of March when the Junior World Cup football tournament takes...
Twenty-seven university presidents breakfasted at the White House last week as President Clinton made a determined effort to win support from higher education for his proposed tax deduction for...
One measure of the huge political transformation taking place in the United States is that two grant-making bodies, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities,...
For the first time in more than eight years, the proportion of Australian students taking arts degrees has stopped falling. Latest statistics from the federal education department show that the arts...
The National Trust has launched a Pounds 3 million lifelong learning programme to enhance its links with higher and further education. The project, part of the trust's centenary celebrations,...
The Further Education Funding Council has launched its own bid to prove to the public that quangos should not be synonymous with secrecy and sleaze. Its chairman and chief executive have agreed to...
When James IV of Scotland applied to Pope Alexander VI to set up a university in Aberdeen, the foundation Bull the pope issued in response was enthusiastic. The proposed university's catchment area...