Paying for the name
Nice to know the government is fulfilling its pledge to spend extra money on education. More than £56,000 - about 12 times the level of funding per student - has gone on renaming the Education and...
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Follow whose leader?
Whoever wins the Tory leadership contest will know he was not the first choice of his education team. Shadow education secretary Theresa May backed Michael Portillo from the start, while higher...
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Old scrubbers only
As St Andrews University awaits the arrival of new student Prince William, closely followed by a tabloid stake-out of any potential girlfriend, it must yearn for the constraints of the past. Patrick...
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Dancing to Ewan's tune
Film star Ewan McGregor got more than an honorary DLitt when he turned up at Ulster University last week. He is seeking banjo lessons for a film role and UU's Institute of Ulster-Scots has offered to...
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Laura takes leap back
The row over Oxford University's refusal to offer a place to state-school pupil Laura Spence generated reams of unfavourable publicity. But it seems they were right. "I don't feel that being from the...
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Eyewitness: First steps in Caucasus peace process
The long-standing enmity between Armenians and Turks could be resolved by a "reconciliation commission", which met for its first session last week. Commission members from Armenia, Turkey, Russia and...
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Beards are back, but no Che
On Moroccan campuses, revolutionary ideals have been supplanted by Islamic fundamentalism, says Hassan Bouzidi. In the heyday of the Union Nationale des Etudiants du Maroc, the beard was worn as a...
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World watch
Paris High salaries and job security are no longer what future managers demand most from their careers, a survey of European management students reveals. Carried out among almost 1,500 students at 11...
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Latest UK news
Scots students step up anti-fees campaign NUS Scotland is stepping up its campaign to ensure that fees are scrapped and grants returned for UK students in Scotland and Scottish students in...
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Latest international news
Funds halted after Johns Hopkins death Federally financed medical studies on human subjects at the Johns Hopkins University have been halted by the United States Department of Health and Human...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Leicester University and the British Geological Survey have discovered the oldest known crustacean fossils in Shropshire. Guardian The confidence of school leavers from the girl power...
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Grants revive mature interest
Mature students are returning to full-time study following the reintroduction of grants for them. The number of British people aged 21 and above who have applied for full-time courses is up 4.7 per...
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Next week
NEWS AS levels - a headache for universities FEATURES How did the universe begin? Sir Martin Rees tackles one of science's eternal questions BOOKS Which mattered more in the empire - race or rank?...
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For the record
Art school merger goes back to drawing board Governors of Wimbledon School of Art have thrown out any immediate plans for merger with the Chelsea School of Art, part of the London Institute. The...
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Expert calls for return of grants
Maintenance grants can and should be part of a system of student support designed to widen participation, a leading economist has said. Nicholas Barr, economics reader at the London School of...