In the news: Michael Shattock
Academics must have greater say in the running of universities and colleges, according to Michael Shattock's damning verdict on university governance. It states that there is no evidence that...
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Don's Diary
March 2001 My first meeting with fellow Booker prize judges at the Savile Club in Brook Street. A lively lunch with Kenneth Baker, Philip Hensher, Michelle Roberts and Kate Summerscale. In the months...
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Eyewitness: Zimbabwe
A Commonwealth mission to Zimbabwe left last week with a fudged conclusion to its effort to resolve the crisis over land reallocation. Meanwhile, European Union foreign ministers have taken the first...
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Where to go from here?
The atrocities of September 11 have split progressives in the US into two hostile camps, says Harvey Kaye The morning after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon I received a call...
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The pilgrim province in which to rebuild an ideal
Patrick Masterson says the EUI is key to overcoming problems in Europe and the wider world. It would be hard to think of two places further apart - in the popular imagination at least - than Florence...
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Why I ...think Bosnia holds some general lessons for Afghanistan
Soldiers, as the cliche goes, are forever fighting the last war; so are analysts, commentators and contemporary historians. The opinions of such oracles, be they disgusted air vice-marshals (retired...
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Help students - rent a video
A leisure technology levy could help cut financial barriers to access, says Gordon Marsden. "Wider and wider still" rightly remains the thrust of this government's policy for higher education. But to...
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Here's to our health
The NHS University is no threat to institutions - it can work only in partnership, argues Chris Ham. In a people business such as healthcare, the quality of service offered to patients depends first...
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Agony aunt
Q Students can use computers to assess essays by peers before they submit their own work. Isn't that plagiarism? A Of course it is. The idea that students might learn anything, especially the skills...
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How to: Be a Karl and not a Groucho in groups
Making a group from a collection of people is no easy task. Paul Kleiman explains how to ensure that the experience does not turn into a health hazard. While Karl Marx believed in the power of the...
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It's a hellish title
Education minister Margaret Hodge has been clarifying her title. At this week's launch of the learning and skills research centre, a government-funded body looking at post-16 education, she said: "I...
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Fearful of falling at the first hurdle
Libraries are treasure troves of information but some students do not have the key. Barbara Hull explains. Most lecturers need no reminding that some students today start their undergraduate careers...
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Star Turn: Angela Jacklin
Sharon Ann Holgate meets a Sussex lecturer who finds that the best way to understand special-needs children is to experience learning as they do. Angela Jacklin has an effective way of showing...
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A sorry tale of BSE blunders
Even before the botched experiment on BSE in sheep made the news, shortcomings in Maff's studies of BSE had been pointed out by Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, who thinks the government should change how its...
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Cutting Edge: David Cantrill
Growing up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, I often escaped to the bush to explore. The variety of unusual plants held a fascination that I suspect stemmed largely from my father's work as a...