Top-up fees are neither our saviour nor Satan
US experience shows that a focus on access must not be lost in the debate on variable fees, says Jamie Merisotis The political storm in Parliament over top-up fees in many ways mirrors the US debate...
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Don's diary: Under the knife and over the moon
July For the first time in two years I have a proper family holiday - one not tagged on to an overseas academic conference. While coming down a giant water slide with my two youngest children, I...
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With a song in their heart
The following Christmas entertainment is being advertised in the corridors of lecturers' union Natfhe: "Andrew Adonis Productions in association with Mandy Partners proudly presents The Top-up Fees...
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Brunel's card is marked
Brunel University vice-chancellor Steven Schwartz has emailed his friends worldwide to explain the lack of Christmas cards this year. He's decided to give the money the university normally spends on...
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The cruellest gag
The Diary was bemused by the response to its request to attend a conference of the Higher Education External Relations Association at Warwick University last week. One of the organisers grumpily...
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Nobel pursuit
Your help is needed in tracing almost 1,000 winners of the 1993 Ig Nobel prize for literature. Cardiologists E. Topol, R. Califf, F. Van de Werf, P.W. Armstrong and 972 co-authors were awarded the...
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Why I... believe you should retire if you want to be an academic
I am enjoying being an academic more this year than at any time since the 1960s, when I started. With three books coming out next year, time to do two research projects, teach undergraduate and...
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Expertise required
Do not pander to the public's 'distrust' of science or exaggerate it, advises Lewis Wolpert Lord Winston argued last week that the public should be much more involved in the direction of science....
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Independent thought essential
Critical thinking skills must be more widely taught if we are to broaden access, says Alec Fisher Many university courses have too many "good" applicants for the number of places available. For...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Ian Keirle Age : 43 Job : Lecturer in countryside management at Aberystwyth University. Salary : c . £32K...
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Misunderstood? Try a more positive approach
If students never read your feedback, it may be because they simply can't interpret it, says Margaret Price. Most lecturers find marking a pain but recognise its value in providing feedback for...
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Leap into nude lecturing - a true extreme sport
Tim Birkhead finds that practice makes perfect when it comes to exposing yourself in a room full of people Lecturing nude is not something I would recommend. But every time you get up to give a...
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Jobwatch: middle earth works
Oxford University is looking to fill its Tolkien chair, while in New Zealand, where Lord of the Rings was made, enthusiastic film scholars are being hired by the University of Otago. Pat Leon reports...
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Who got that job?
Stan Brown, 44 Job advertised in The THES , February 14 2003 Ecumenical Chaplain to Kingston University Karaoke carols in the student bar is how Kingston University's new chaplain is celebrating his...
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List of species under threat 'flawed'
The red list that identifies endangered species itself risks extinction unless the scientific methodology that underpins it is radically changed, a leading conservation biologist has warned. Nicholas...