Semantic debate over PM honour
Only at Oxford could the word "now" cause so many problems. The reply "no, not now" by Oxford's chancellor, Lord Jenkins, to a question posed in last week's Spectator about the chances of the prime...
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Merger wrangle delays rector job
Sir Richard Sykes's expected appointment as rector of Imperial College, London, has been delayed by wrangling over the merger of Glaxo Wellcome - the pharmaceuticals giant that he currently heads -...
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Retailers: 'don't sell us short'
The "uneasy and uncertain" relationship between higher education and the retail industry must be resolved if Britain is to maintain a competitive advantage, according to a consultation paper released...
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'Progress files' to highlight failures
Graduate "records of achievement", which are expected to replace traditional degree classifications, are likely to include details about exam resits, dropped courses and failures. A consultation by...
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Honours degree classifications
* Honours degree classifications will be remembered as "quaint relics of academic indulgence" long before the children of current graduates come to university, said Jeffrey Sanderson, vice-principal...
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Sacking investigated
Lecturers at Southampton Institute's faculty of media arts fear a staffing crisis and are calling for an audit of lecturers' departures. The call from the local branch of lecturers' union Natfhe...
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It's tough at the top for Britain's research elite
Birmingham is one institution fighting to remain competitive in a global age. Tony Tysome reports Birmingham University has become one of the first of the Russell Group institutions to face up to the...
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Student number targets raised
Further education funding chiefs are raising the growth targets that colleges must achieve if they are to avoid having money clawed back from their budgets. The move comes as a growing number of...
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Support is sought for degrees tailor-made for UK's athletes
Universities are teaming up with sports bodies to create adaptable degree structures for athletes, for use both during and after their sporting careers. The Athlete and Career Education programme is...
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Lecturer treads on Derby.org domain
A senior academic at Derby University has been suspended for gross misconduct for trying to sell website addresses bearing the university's name. Senior lecturer Mark Challinor bought the rights to...
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Backache project benefits from Pounds 12 million grant
Scottish higher education institutions will aim to help guard against miscarriages of justice, improve the understanding of back pain, investigate lifestyle changes and tackle land erosion, in a...
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Don's Diary
Weekend Combination of catching up on piles of reading marked "not urgent", domestic matters put off for weeks; and preparation for a visit to Kyrgyzstan. It is here, in Central Asia (formerly part...
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Fender a mite fidgety
Funding council chiefs Sir Brian Fender and Bahram Bekhradnia might be forgiven for looking a little uncomfortable when they appeared before the Commons select committee on education last week....
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A bitter taste
Campaigning against GM-food toting multinational food companies such as Monsanto and Novartis can be thirsty work. So Friends of the Earth activists were happy to celebrate the end of Real Food Week...
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Cheap limbs for sale?
Today and tomorrow you can help the finances of one of Britain's less prosperous universities while adding to your cultural life. The London College of Music and Media in west London is selling a...