Campuses adapt to overseas influx
Continued growth in the number of overseas students recruited by UK universities is forcing institutions to rethink campus culture and their student financial support arrangements. New figures from...
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Social work degree lifts off
Fifty-two universities have been licensed to offer the new social work degree. The degree will replace the two-year diploma as the qualification for social workers. It is part of a government drive...
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Minister: blow the whistle on bribes
Russian education minister Vladimir Filippov is planning to crack down on corruption in universities as he pushes ahead with higher education reforms. Mr Filippov, former rector of the People's...
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Harry Kroto
'"Jaws" was attacking my bumper, trying to shove me into the slow lane. Why are cars getting larger when we need greater fuel efficiency?' If we are to make better use of our resources, we need look...
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A little off colour
Sir Gareth Roberts may enjoy a high-flying academic career but, as a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur, he has also had to endure years of frustrated ambition. His review of the supply of...
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Degree of desperation
The Diary would like to congratulate St Jude's University College, which has come a long way in recent times. Casting an eye over the institution's website, the extent of the college's former...
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Getting tough on toffs
Two suggestions for the name of the access regulator - an independent body that will assess universities' performance in widening participation, announced by Labour this week - have crossed our desk...
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Germaine has Popstar rival
Feminist icon Germaine Greer is again in the frame for the rectorship of a Scottish university. Beaten in the St Andrews University rectorial by former Liberal MP Sir Clement Freud, she seems likely...
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Don's diary: raw face of forced migration in Ethiopia
Monday The sign over the (very imposing) main university entrance reads: "Get an Addis Ababa University Degree, not an HIV/Aids certificate". In Ethiopia, as in many other African countries, Aids is...
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Why I...believe there must not be any 'no-go' areas for research
Media speculation about Pete Townshend's encounter with child pornography centred on the question: Was he really doing research into the issue or was he just another sick punter? I have always found...
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Access tsar to penalise elites
Key points Universities must draw up an access agreement to improve access for disadvantaged students before they are able to increase tuition fees This agreement will be supervised by an access...
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Liverpool: balancing local need
Undergraduates 16,610 Postgraduates 5,840 Proportion from low social classes 21% Hefce teaching income £51m Hefce research income £22m Income from Hefce 36% Russell Group member Liverpool University...
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FE urged to work with HE
Key points Expansion of vocational degrees Streamlining of accountability burden Some further education colleges to receive direct funding from Hefce Further education colleges and universities are...
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The researcher: 'I was naive'
Les Jervis, associate dean of science at Plymouth University, set out to be a research scientist, but teaching and administration came to overshadow his research. Dr Jervis opposes any policy that...
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Union executive accused of racism
The National Union of Students executive has been accused of racism by its black students committee after an African student was barred from an executive meeting. The black students committee has...