Sex and the city
A highbrow museum of sex is to open in New York later this year. Curators say the institute, to be located on Fifth Avenue, will provide a serious study of the city's history as a refuge for every...
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Bordering on ridiculous
How's this for a great research project to keep you occupied over the summer? Ann Kennard, head of German at the University of the West of England, is to undertake a "border trip" as "borders, border...
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Dubious legal feet
Judges in Holland were last week given a selection of bare-footed volunteers as part of an unusual identity parade to help them decide if a man on trial for taking his shoes off in public exceeded...
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Domain attraction
The Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication has hit on a novel way to recruit students. The college - whose mission is to "creatively apply digital technology to design and communication" -...
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Self-Xplanatory?
The Diary has received a late entry for the Pseud's Corner of The THES . The centre for educational research at Canterbury Christ Church University College is leading a project to look at good...
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A few things bound to dampen your party spirit
Academics have little to celebrate as Labour reaches its fifth year in power, says Stephen Court Today is the first anniversary of new Labour's second administration and - for higher education - the...
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A divisive strategy
Labour is promoting a three-tier system with a white, middle-class elite, argues Patrick Ainley There is no need for the Higher Education Funding Council for England to survey academic opinion on the...
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Knowledge is a team pursuit
It is time to restore communal values to academia, writes Ros Ollin As universities suffer from the repeated fragmentation and division caused by government policy experiments, a lack of shared...
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Why I...recommend fudging the 'happy sheets'
The government's explicit mantra was "education, education, education", but some believe history has proved it to be more like "evaluation, evaluation, evaluation". Teachers and lecturers now face...
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Cuts at Defra condemned
Across-the-board cuts in research at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have been condemned by science campaigners. The first joint research budget for the merged Ministry of...
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Institutions bid for World Cup glory
Beckham, Henry and Ronaldo are not the only ones looking for glory in the World Cup. Their counterparts in university media relations have been working hard to highlight links between their...
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Racial quota plan to boost black enrolments
Days after announcing plans to cut the number of South African tertiary institutions from 36 to 21, education minister Kader Asmal this week warned that he may introduce a racial quota system if...
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Online course keeps civil servants at desks
Top civil servants are learning on the job thanks to an online leadership skills programme developed by Lancaster University Management School. The "Prime Leadership" package is designed to hone...
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Degrees of fitness rise with education levels
People with more education have better physical and mental health, according to a study from London University's Institute of Education. The study, carried out in the UK, Europe, Australia, the US,...
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OU's summer model adds to Stirling beauty
Stirling University claims it has the UK's most beautiful campus, and it will now be able to add that the students at its annual Open University summer school look pretty good, too. The Open...