Apology for Holocaust denial
Waikato University is to apologise to the Jewish community for the anguish caused by its handling of the case of a researcher accused of Holocaust denial. An independent inquiry by Bill Renwick,...
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Canada's young get campus bug early
Thirteen-year-old Maddie Gordon first thought of going to university when she was ten. She is not the only one. The fingers flipping through university ranking magazines are getting smaller as...
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EU entry could aid title bid
The Cypriot government is to reconsider a decision to prevent private colleges from becoming universities due to the expected impact that joining the European Union will have on student numbers....
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Morocco phases out international programmes
Morocco's private higher education institutions have been given until December 2003 to phase out programmes run in collaboration with overseas universities. The higher education ministry is caught...
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Suicides blamed on exam overload
The suicides of two sisters have highlighted the growing pressures facing Turkey's young people as they scramble for a coveted university place. The sisters killed themselves with a shotgun in a...
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In the news: Sir Richard Sykes
Sir Richard Sykes has already overseen one big merger. As chief executive of pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoWellcome, he managed its union with SmithKline Beecham on December 2000. Now Sir Richard, 60,...
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Don's diary: virtual new student world
Monday From a quick scan of the other students, I pick up that black is still the new black and congratulate myself on getting something right at least. This is my first day as a full-time mature...
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No handicap on quiz
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge - who graduated with a third-class degree - has ticked off vice-chancellors for failing a test on the new disability laws. Disability group Skill asked...
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The name's the game
Just weeks before Imperial College London was due to unveil its new identity - no comma between "College" and "London" in its name and the replacement of the cat-with-a-furball-sounding ic.ac.uk...
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Context is everything
The Diary has had its knuckles rapped for suggesting that the re-creation of a wedding at a motorway service station did not constitute research. Apparently, it failed to locate the "wedding" in the...
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Still Germaine
Fears that feminist icon Germaine Greer had been dumped as a candidate for rector of St Andrews University have proved unfounded. She was merely a victim of student dilatoriness. She was nominated...
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Joined in bickering
Eager to find out why government departments are bickering over higher education spending settlements, The THES has discovered an example of where joined-up government is actually working. Following...
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Telling a real whopper
A cafe owner is on the warpath after posters falsely offering cut-price burgers were plastered over student accommodation at Rhodes University, South Africa. Pete Burger, owner of Mr Burger, said he...
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Bath seeks sweet FA
The University of Bath is just one match away from playing in the FA Cup as we know it. Last weekend, Team Bath won its third-round qualifier against former football league team Newport County 3-0....
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Hepple steps up to chair
Bob Hepple, master of Clare College, Cambridge, has been named chairman of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. He will succeed Sir Ian Kennedy. Professor Hepple, an academic and barrister specialising...