Paris, 12 Dec 2003 ESA's X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has returned tantalising new data about the nature of the Universe. In a survey of distant clusters of galaxies, XMM-Newton has found puzzling...
Washington, 12 Dec 2003 The adoption of agricultural biotechnology in the United States continues to grow, offering increasing economic and environmental benefits, according to results of a study...
University-business collaboration must be geared up before the UK falls farther behind, says Richard Lambert As an outsider looking into the UK's university system, I have had a fair number of...
Free driving lessons and touch-typing instruction are what the government could be doling out to grab some positive headlines this Christmas In the past few weeks, much of the Cabinet must have...
Tuesday Have I received the pink card? It's a call from my publishers. My collection of neurological tales, Into the Silent Land , has been shortlisted for The Guardian First Book Award, but I haven'...
While the Lambert review recommends that business should better exploit universities, there's one institution that's rather miffed at being exploited by Lambert. The Open University has written to...
A column purporting to identify the best physics jokes appears in this month's Physics World magazine. The Diary particularly likes the following, sent in by Ruth Hamilton of the Yorkhill NHS Trust....
Cary Cooper's move from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology to Lancaster University has not reduced the number of times his wise words have graced the pages of our national...
Parents are being encouraged to send hampers to their offspring at university. The web-based company studenthampers.com will dispatch a parcel containing "easy-to-prepare hot meals, treats and snacks...
From April, the option of bankruptcy will suddenly become much more attractive to students looking for a way out of their debts, when new legislation comes into force aimed at helping entrepreneurs....
The government should invest at preschool level and up to widen access, argues Leon Feinstein Tony Blair recently referred to the benefit of public-sector funding of programmes for preschool children...
The proposed national satisfaction poll would be a costly and pointless exercise, says Lee Harvey The Higher Education Funding Council for England's proposed national student survey is a misleading,...
Fewer students are dropping out of UK universities but the improvement is unlikely to continue if top-up fees are introduced without bigger maintenance grants, vice-chancellors have warned. Dropout...
Gas company chief James Ross has been appointed the first chairman of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. Mr Ross, 65, chairman of gas-piping company National Grid Transco, will head the...
* The University of Oxford has made the following appointments: Marilyn McCord Adams , chair of historical theology at Yale University, regius professor of divinity and canon professor at Christ...