Fees axe wins no support
German students are to be given a guarantee of no fees for a first degree under a government reform of the national framework law on higher education. But the reform leaves the door open for...
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Hopeful Turks aid Afghans
Turkish universities are to help in the reconstruction process for Afghanistan. Hacettepe, Bilkent and Istanbul universities have said they will provide training programmes in medicine and education...
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Pope decides to open access to Pius archive
The Vatican says it will open its secret archives from 1922 to 1939 with priority given to relations between the Holy See and Germany. So far, only documents up to 1922 have been made available to...
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In the news: David Begg
When David Begg called for the satellite tracking of motorists in order to levy road tolls, he showed characteristic confidence in the face of potential outrage. Such imaginative solutions to the...
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Don's Diary: a week of self-employment
Monday A self-employed academic needs project management skills. I am my own secretary, too, and the morning is spent arranging research meetings and coping with the gale-disrupted travels of an...
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London callings
Stephen Schwartz, former vice-chancellor of Murdoch University in Australia, arrives in London this week to take up his new job as head of Brunel University. Pilloried last year for taking a 65 per...
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Estelle's omission
Expectations were running high at a Guildhall banquet in London last week when vice-chancellors rubbed shoulders with bankers at the Institute of Financial Services' president's dinner. Education...
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'Es the man
Congratulations to John Beaumont, who has been appointed chief executive of the e-University. Mr Beaumont joins UK e-Universities Worldwide from troubled telecoms group Energis, where he was a board...
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Bum steer?
The Diary is relieved to hear that it's not just us with a schoolboy sense of humour. Apparently, several of the research councils's press officers suggested to their chief executives that the name...
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Sensitive strokes
The British women's curling team, who last week collected gold at the Winter Olympics, were given their winning edge by a team of academics from the University of Edinburgh. Led by Jane Blackford,...
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Britney joins Macca
Images of Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears and Eminem have joined the Beatles and other 1960s icons on the walls of the London Institute's new headquarters, the former Royal Army Medical College in...
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Flesh on bones
Any expectations that the university sector might be above compiling dubious calendars of nude staff were dashed this week - but at least it was in a good cause. Anatomy staff at the University of...
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The greening of greed
HSBC has promised £30 million to three environmental charities in what is said to be the biggest single charitable donation by any UK company. Do companies think long and hard before dishing out £30...
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Exam results are misleading
Universities should consider 'societal goals' when recruiting undergraduates, argues Ken Mackinnon. It is often assumed in discussions of widening access to higher education that "merit" and "...
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Why I ...think university careers services knowledge is underused
Wider-access advocates may debate the best means of improving access to higher education. But virtually all agree that the most effective incentive for potential students is the prospect of better...