The making of a vice-chancellor
An analysis of the curriculum vitae of UK vice-chancellors shows the impact of the old grammar schools on higher education. Well over three-quarters of vice-chancellors are grammar school boys (and...
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Third-class degree dying out
The third-class degree, affectionately known as a Douglas Hurd after the former Conservative government minister, is on the verge of extinction - in particular at Cambridge University, Lord Hurd's...
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British still pro space voyage
UK space scientists remain firmly behind manned space missions despite the safety concerns raised by the investigation into the Columbia shuttle disaster. A straw poll of leading British figures in...
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Students pushed to spend a penny
Students do not want to be encouraged to spend a penny when they visit campus toilets. After a 15-year funding squeeze, Canadian universities are using washroom advertising to raise revenue, writes...
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Findings: They all look the same to me
People are biased in recognising faces of their own sex, a new study has found. Dan Wright and his colleague at Sussex University's department of psychology found that women were much better at...
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Findings: My husband made me do it
Men who drink heavily turn their newlywed wives towards alcohol, according to research. In a study that examined the influence that husbands and wives had on each other's alcohol consumption,...
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Scots lag behind on spending
Funding increases for Scottish higher education are set to lag dramatically behind spending plans south of the border, a Scottish parliamentary committee was told this week. A briefing paper for the...
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Strategy 'ignores' HE role in skills provision
The government's skills strategy is disjointed and incomplete because it ignores higher education, the University Vocational Awards Council has said. The strategy fails to recognise the contribution...
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Regulator intervention key to wider access
The government's aims for widening participation in higher education will not be met unless a wider range of students is targeted and the proposed access regulator is given stronger powers of...
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Moscow boasts model students
Not many student job agencies boast a cover girl on their books, but Moscow's Studenchesky Stroitelnyi Otryad (Student Building Group) is different from most. Daria Sobol, a 22-year-old student at...
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Jesse Jackson backs Yale strike
The Reverend Jesse Jackson and US Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean have lent their support to efforts to resolve a strike over pay and pensions by workers at Yale University that...
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Japan's exam policy 'racist'
Japan's national universities want Korean and Chinese high-school graduates to be given the same admission concessions as those graduates of western-accredited international high schools. Earlier...
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Hall crisis hits overseas bid
Student unions in Germany have warned the education ministry not to over-promote a multimillion-euro international marketing campaign without first ensuring the country's cities can accommodate an...
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ACU: Delegates split over free trade in courses
David Jobbins and John O'Leary report on the Association of Commonwealth Universities conference in Belfast. As trade ministers prepare to review progress towards the goal of unfettered trade in...
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ACU: University isn't a hiding place
David Jobbins and John O'Leary report on the Association of Commonwealth Universities conference in Belfast. Universities in the world's trouble spots cannot act as islands of tranquility separated...