Executive's relief
It's all right for some. As admissions officers toil over the exam-board results this weekend, they will do so in the knowledge that the chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions...
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Keep a straight face
The Diary wonders if cash-strapped medical schools in Britain are planning to follow in the footsteps of the Johns Hopkins medical school in Baltimore. It recently held a "Botox Night" where 40...
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Loan appointments
Congratulations to Jean Tomlin, Angela McCusker and Tanvi Davda, who are the new non-executive directors of the Student Loans Company. Ms Tomlin is a former human resources director of internet bank...
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Don's diary: Education in Afghanistan
Saturday The descent to Mazar-i-Sharif is spectacular. As we veer sharply down towards the small airfield I can see the jagged brown snow-capped peaks of the Hindu Kush disappearing on our right and...
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In the news: David Coleman
David Coleman is keen not to be dismissed as a right-winger. The reader in demography at the University of Oxford expressed concern this week about the rate of immigration into the UK. Dr Coleman, a...
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English regions need to know their place
Regional development agencies for England are now getting going, and the people who run them share an enthusiasm for innovation as the key to creating new jobs and industries. The problem is that the...
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More to third mission than counting pounds
Jeremy Klein calls for a deeper investigation into wealth creation by universities in the UK In 1998 the government introduced wealth creation as a third mission for universities in addition to...
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Philosophy of widening access must be fairness
Fairness in student admissions may not have been a high priority for leading universities until recently, but the sheer variety of initiatives under way this summer shows how seriously it is taken...
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A case of quantity over quality
We need more enhancement and a little less regulation in quality assurance, argues Roger Brown. A major obstacle to developing higher education is the imbalance between regulation and improvement....
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Not broke, don't fix it
Cambridge's plan to take ownership of most campus-generated intellectual property will do untold damage, writes Ross Anderson. Insurrection is brewing at Cambridge University over proposals to take...
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Why I... believe Britain's public services need practitioner- academics
Jonathan Shepherd Professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at University Hospital of Wales and director of the Violence Research Group at the University of Wales College of Medicine Public...
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New cold war turns McDonald's grills off
The Belarusian State University has taken on a symbol of global capitalism - and seems to be winning, to the dismay of the United States. The Minsk university began constructing a new building for...
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Vacation plan to axe unit is foiled
A retiring Lancaster University academic has accused its vice-chancellor of using the vacation to rush through proposals to close down his department. The independent studies unit has been under...
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Site sale row may cost King's College £14m
King's College London stands to lose up to £14 million as its partner hospitals' trust digs its heels in over the potential sale of a prime Thames-side site to one of the world's richest men. KCL,...
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Space technology and its earthly uses
Paris, 08 August 2002 New uses for smart materials drew much interest last month at the Farnborough International Air Show 2002, for a range of applications from astronauts’ gloves to kids’ braces....