Don's diary
Thursday In Bournemouth the political biography launch season is in full swing. The Labour Party conference has everything from Glenda Jackson's story through to the Dictionary of Labour Quotations....
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Prostitution rife on Thai campuses
BANGKOK A team of undercover agents has been dispatched by Thailand's parliament to investigate reports of rampant prostitution at Bangkok's universities. Claims by two campus newspapers at Thammasat...
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Keen to lend a gland
More than 850 eager freshers have volunteered to take part in a study at the University of Edinburgh on glandular fever. The study, to find out why the illness is so common among students and why...
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Going solar
(Photograph) - Martin Stevens at the wheel of SunSurfer, built by engineering students at the University of Southampton to compete in the World Solar Cycle Challenge. Photograph by NEIL TURNER
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Industry prefers slower reform
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds Captains of industry have fired a broadside at the government's plans for an overhaul of post-16 education and training....
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World watch
Croatian education minister Bozidar Pugelnik, has resigned after a row with his deputy, Miroslav Doresic. Prime minister Zlatko Matesa has accepted his resignation but has proposed to President...
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Blair idea benefits big-wigs' children
Allegations of cronyism are dogging government plans to raise the number of prestigious scholarships for overseas students to study in Britain. The Foreign Office was quick this week to scotch...
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Stress buster
(Photograph) - Students at Coventry University had lessons in tai chi chuan to coincide with World Mental Health Day. University mental health coordinator Diane Cunningham organised workshops on tai...
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GM hot potato is a burning issue
The Lancet's publication of Arpad Pusztai's genetically modified potato research today has drawn heavy criticism from leading scientists, including two of the experts called in to peer-review the...
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Job body blow to coastal studies
A budget crisis at the Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences has led to the loss of 51 mostly scientific posts at laboratories in Plymouth and Merseyside. Staff were told of the redundancies last...
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Loans delay irks student union
Student leaders are demanding a review of the new loans system as the latest figures show that one in seven undergraduates is still awaiting payment. The National Union of Students is to ask the...
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United front on salaries holds
Lecturers' unions and employers met this week to hammer out a joint submission to the government's comprehensive spending review, despite being at loggerheads over pay. Both sides have agreed to push...
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Starring role
(Photograph) - Powell, one of Britain's greatest film directors, is having the building housing Canterbury Christ Church University College's department of radio, film and television studies named...
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Charity accused of X-ray site bias
The row over the siting of Britain's Pounds 200 million X-ray source for researchers deepened this week with unions at Daresbury saying they "strongly suspect" the Wellcome Trust of vetoing the...
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Cubie lists options to widen Scottish debate on fees
The Cubie inquiry into Scottish student finance is setting out the options that emerged from its gruelling round of public inquiries. Written and oral evidence from contributors will form the basis...