Leader Courts Ridicule With Gay Denial

IT CANNOT have been long into the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's rambling remarks, that some of the Columbia University academics in the audience must have questioned their principled use of free speech.

Iran Leader Met With Ridicule

IT CANNOT have been long into the rambling remarks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before some among Columbia University's academics must have questioned their principled use of free speech.

Research Boost

La Trobe University has teamed with Microsoft to build a campus centre with cutting-edge technology for students, academics and small businesses. It will help them start new facilities and research new products. La Trobe's vice-chancellor, Professor Paul Johnson, says the centre, based on Microsoft technology, will encourage the innovative abilities of the university's students to extend their entrepreneurial skills and careers. Microsoft will provide mentoring and access to the latest IT tools, ...

Academics Attack Outgoing Arts Head Over Budget Cuts

TWENTY professors wrote to the head of Melbourne University's prestigious arts faculty expressing "grave concerns" about her handling of proposed staff cuts, a week before it was announced she had resigned due to personal reasons.