Private boost for poor Turk region
A region of Turkey devastated by war is to be home to a new university. Bilkent University, one of the country's leading private institutions, plans to build a university in the predominantly Kurdish...
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EU to water down data law
A draft European Union directive that would have forced universities to release research data for immediate free commercial exploitation has been toned down after critics pointed out that it would...
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Italian fraud team unearths forged tomato paste and fake olive oil
The tin of tomato paste, its label gaudily decorated with a Neapolitan peasant girl in traditional costume and a smoking Vesuvius in the background, looks authentic. "This is the kind traditionally...
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Soros pioneer opens its doors to rest of world
The Central European University, founded and funded by US financier and philanthropist George Soros to promote western values in the former Communist bloc, is to broaden its intake to include the...
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Budapest debut marks return of German study
The first German-language university in central Europe for 57 years is to open in Budapest in the autumn. The region has lacked such an institution since the German half of Prague's Charles...
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Full Indian campuses face crisis
Tens of thousands of Indian students will miss out on higher education this year because there are not enough places. University admissions opened this week amid warnings of impending chaos if the...
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NZ debt forces rethink on loans
New Zealand's student loan scheme is to be revamped as public concern over spiralling debt grows. Two options are on the table - tweaking the current system to limit individual debt, or replacing it...
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In the news: Deborah Eyre
Deborah Eyre, the newly appointed director of Warwick University's National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth, does not have fond memories of her school days. "I did not really start to enjoy...
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Don's diary: road to redundancy
June 2001 An email from the vice-chancellor announcing cuts in philosophy posts (from eight-and-a-half to five) puts me on the spot. I have been teaching at Middlesex since 1972 and, as a friend...
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Fine parking policy
The British Society of Animal Science held its annual conference in York this year. While the conference seems to have gone well overall, it transpires that there were some snags. Apparently, York...
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Low expectations
News of a curious-sounding seminar has reached The Diary. The aspirational "Failing students in higher education" event takes place today at Lancaster University. Delegates will consider: the policy...
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On the trail of travellers
A researcher from the University of the West of England, Julie Wilson, is jetting off to Bangkok - to research backpacking. Ms Wilson, who is based in the faculty of the built environment, is...
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Bricks and mortar board
Alan Howarth, the former Tory education minister who crossed the floor to join Labour in 1995, last week pointed out some of the benefits of the research assessment exercise. Speaking in Westminster...
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Any other skills?
Advertisements for the next director of the London School of Economics appeared last week. Headhunters Heidrick and Struggles are leading the quest to identify candidates and have specified that "...
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Why do work that does not change lives?
That question sparked Janet Lewis's lifelong commitment to make social research reach out to the real world and make it a better place in which to live. David Walker reports. While some folk sunned...