Policy update
The Conservatives' revamped higher education policy may be ready in time to present to the party's annual conference in Bournemouth in October, it emerged this week. But Chris Grayling, the shadow...
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Kelly elected rector
Dundee University students have elected Lorraine Kelly, the GMTV presenter, as their rector. Ms Kelly will be their representative on the university court for the next three years. She beat David...
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Help is at hand for droop-outs
Long-term study not only affects students' psychological and physical wellbeing but can also affect their sex lives, even leading to impotence in males, according to a German study. Its author,...
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US intervenes to see justice done in Turkey
US secretary of state Colin Powell has intervened in the case of a student allegedly tortured to death by Turkish police more than ten years ago. Mr Powell's intervention has put the case of Birtan...
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Right tries to curb leftwing faculty
A key legislative committee in the US state of Colorado has endorsed a measure giving students the right to file grievances if they believe they have been subjected to a "hostile environment" because...
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Minister tries to head off stampede over top-ups
Australian education minister Brendan Nelson has attacked the Queensland University of Technology for following the lead of the University of Sydney and considering top-up fees. The institution says...
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Scientists force the release of £200m
The French government has released €300 million (£202 million) for research just days before scientists had threatened to resign en masse unless research funds were unfrozen and more posts for young...
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EU to fast-track visas for non-European scholars
The European Commission is about to issue a directive to introduce accelerated visa clearance for researchers from countries outside the European Union and from the candidate states that will join...
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Harvard waives the fees for low earners
Harvard University has announced that families with incomes below $40,000 (£21,400) will no longer have to contribute towards their children's tuition, as middle-class anger over the cost of...
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Why we should welcome an influx from overseas
Don't be alarmed by a big rise in the number of EU students coming to Britain. The benefits far outweigh the costs, says Libby Aston The UK is by far the most popular study destination for European...
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Martin Ince
'Blair, Schroder, Chirac and their lesser kin seem to do deals in a manner that Louis XIV or Charles II would have understood immediately' The Baroque era can teach us a thing or two about how to...
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Striking ideas
Descriptions of various forms of picket line have been reaching The Diary after last week's strike by the Association of University Teachers. Plans by three Heriot-Watt academics to picket a small...
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A dress me as professor
Germany's most famous drag queen has been made an honorary professor at the University of Hamburg. Oliver Knöbel, better known in Germany as drag queen Olivia Jones, will teach queer theory in the...
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The root of all happiness
Each month, the Annals of Improbable Research selects a report worthy of closer scrutiny. The Diary is pleased to bring you this month's choice: Does Money Matter? Older People's Views of their...
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Students take a dim view
Following the recent update on how many students it takes to change a light bulb comes evidence that some don't undertake such tasks. Students at the University of Bristol last week issued a press...