Spirited suggestion
An email has arrived from Jeremy Bentham, philosopher and spiritual founder of University College London, who is campaigning against the speed of its proposed merger with Imperial College London....
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Objections to sworn statement
Christopher Todd Brown is suing the University of California, Santa Barbara, after it refused him a masters degree. Mr Brown included the phrase "**** you" in the "disacknowledgements" section of his...
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V-c pays for scholarship
Vice-chancellors who pump their alumni for cash for scholarships have been set an example by Diana Green, who is funding one herself as part of Sheffield Hallam University's tenth anniversary...
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Don's diary: Rubber possums at the ready
Sunday Touchdown in Adelaide at 6.30am. Customs staff sport a spray of flowers as a sign of respect for the Bali bomb victims. The arrivals hall is packed with relatives of the Australians on the...
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Why I...believe universities need more awareness of ethics in fundraising
"The moral high ground of the uninvolved" is a term Sir Adrian Cadbury uses to refer to the popular debate on corporate governance. He should know. His Cadbury Report almost invented modern...
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A rethink required
Imposing private-sector management on higher education is a mistake, argues David Robertson. Government comments on management quality in higher education have been followed by squawks of injured...
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Comrades, we are on your side
A union campaign to name and shame 'fat-cat' London v-cs is misdirected and dangerous, writes Deian Hopkin. Industrial relations in higher education is an odd business, especially where money is...
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New INNOGEN centre will help shape future science and technology policy.
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 Experts in science, technology, economics and law will explore the impact of genomics on society, and of society on genomics, at a new centre based at the University of...
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Ecosites and the Sixth Framework Programme
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 Researchers active in sustainable development and operators of ecosites will meet in Doncaster, UK on 10 December to discuss the contribution of such centres to research and...
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European aeronautics advisory group presents strategic research agenda
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 The Commission sponsored Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE) presented the findings of its first year of work in a comprehensive Strategic Research...
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Conference closing session looks beyond FP6
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 'Corner your representatives at the Convention, put pressure on them,' said EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin on 13 November. He made the plea with the aim of seeing...
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Update: 12:45
Hodge spells out student/parent HE cost responsibility The government is spelling out, at a conference in London, why students and their parents have a responsibility to contribute towards the cost...
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Today's news
Old degree grades may be scrapped Ministers are planning to scrap the centuries-old system of degree classifications and to replace them with a simple points score. Proposals to end the "blunt...
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Call for Cubie to return with sweeping remit
Alex Neil, convenor of the Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee, has called for the independent Cubie committee to be reconvened to investigate the funding of Scotland's...
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US grading to edge out 'firsts'
Traditional degree classifications would be scrapped in favour of a US-style average points score and a detailed transcript of achievement under government proposals to be put forward in the new year...