Pension figured out
Nobody can challenge the expert knowledge behind Sir John Kingman's recent criticism of the Office of National Statistics in his role as head of the Statistics Commission. Attacking flaws in its...
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Merc perks
The Asia Pacific Management Centre in Singapore has hit on a novel way to recruit and retain students - offer them the chance to win a Mercedes-Benz. Every student who enrols on a degree or higher...
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Water coincidence
The authors of those "Ten Things You Didn't Know About..." newspaper columns have obviously been redeployed to work on The Dolphin , the University of Southampton magazine, which is marking the...
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Don't get too excited
There was excitement this week when it seemed that science would receive a lot more loot than the £1.25 billion announced as part of last week's spending review. Your correspondent was "invited to a...
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Birkbeck's new master
Congratulations to David Latchman, who has been appointed master of Birkbeck College, University of London. Professor Latchman is currently dean of the Institute of Child Health and professor of...
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Buffy's capital role
Sarah Michelle Gellar - the actress who stars in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - is being considered for a film role as a tough New Yorker who attends an elite London university. The actress is favourite...
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Believe me, I'm sorry
The Diary wishes to apologise for suggesting that Believe Nothing , which stars Rik Mayall as Adonis Cnut, would be any good. The first episode was not so bad as to quash hopes that the second would...
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Like pulling teeth
Mutterings are emerging from the merger of London Guildhall University and the University of North London, due to take place next week. Staff say they would rather have root-canal work - top and...
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In the news: Iain Anderson
Iain Anderson's inquiry into the foot-and-mouth crisis reported this week. His was the last of the three inquiries. He listed a catalogue of failures by the government and officials. His report said...
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Hi-tech hope will never blossom amid chaos
E-learning could take off in a big way - but Europe must standardise its delivery first, says Richard Straub Expectations of what e-learning can do have been unrealistic, leading to false starts and...
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Why I...recommend a considered approach to plagiarism
At convent school, adhering to the ten commandments was never easy. They had to be rote learned, which was difficult enough. But the details were then unpicked, with terrifying precision. The tiniest...
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Reel in red tape to free sector
Excessive bureaucracy is the bane of the sector. Matti Alderson offers a burden-busting solution For those who prefer the grind of an uncomfortable status quo to the uncertainty of new initiatives,...
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Best way to a plumb job
Young people should be warned that doing a degree can damage their employability, says Ruth Lea Among the main concerns of the Institute of Directors, as a business organisation, are the educational...
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Correction
Angela Thomae is a senior lecturer in broadcast journalism at the Northern Media School, Sheffield Hallam University, not Sheffield University ( THES , July 19).
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Clinical cures aren't enough
Our continuing attack on pathogens is great, says John Sulston in the latest in our series of Big Science Questions, but wouldn't it be better if we just applied the expertise we've acquired so far...