Stem-cell study may get £1.6bn
As Californians prepare to vote in a state referendum on the creation of a $3 billion (£1.6 billion) state bond initiative to fund stem-cell research, Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology Inc...
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Don't hark back, it's time for a new golden age
Be bold, says David Eastwood, and embrace the opportunity that the Tomlinson report offers The Tomlinson report maintains what we in higher education most value in the 14-19 qualification system and...
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Alison Wolf
The country needs a SAT-type test to clear the poisonous politicised air that is swirling around university entry. Once upon a time, an alarmingly long time ago, my sixth-form class was mustered to...
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Polite Acronyms Please
Those looking for a hobby other than ranting about the research assessment exercise might like to join in the latest academic parlour game - the naming of the new super trade union as the merger of...
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Never lost for the wrong word
The late Tory MP Alan Clark recalled in his diaries how civil servants might leave their minister stranded to answer tricky questions without leaping to their aid - a gentle reminder of who was...
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Schwartz wears criticism well
You've read his report, now buy the T-shirt. Following claims that the Government has sinister secret plans to force universities to take more state-school pupils, Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of...
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You can't trust a warm welcome
Some vice-chancellors may hope for omnipotence, but Cambridge University's Alison Richard seems to have no delusions. In her annual address last week to Regent House, the university's ruling body,...
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Don's diary: I've got UFO under my skin
March 2000 My students have fallen in love with extraterrestrials. They wear T-shirts bearing smiling alien faces, and the little green creatures on their key rings glow when I dim the lights to use...
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Why I... think David Starkey is wrong to dismiss the significance of Scotland's history
A peculiar aspect of the English psyche is a deep-rooted fear of the Scots. From Malcolm III's slave-raiding in the late 11th century to the descent of Scottish football supporters on Wembley in the...
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God is not dead yet
Atheism is in trouble and Richard Dawkins, its champion, is not helping, writes Alister McGrath Is atheism losing its appeal? At first sight, this might seem an absurd question. After all, leading...
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Historians making the front page...
... is not always good news, Maria Misra discovered on a recent visit to India. I will watch at least some of David Starkey's new 20-part series on the British monarchy with interest, even though it'...
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Get out of bed and into a new life
Losing a job can be a crushing blow, but if you take care and get all you are owed, you might see new opportunities once you have picked yourself up, says Harriet Swain. So, you've lost your job. No...
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My worst nightmare
I was delivering my first conference paper as a postgraduate student, and I had prepared my presentation in script form. As I was reading it, I started to stumble over the words. When I tried to say...
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Maths, but knot as they know it
How do you make a "difficult" subject more popular? With educationists bemoaning a crisis in maths, the Centre for the Popularisation of Mathematics at the University of Wales in Bangor certainly has...
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Department audit
Nigel Hemmington , head of school, gives the lowdown on services management at Bournemouth University. Total number of academic staff : 70 Permanent academic staff : 50 Number on fixed-term contracts...