Court reinstates sacked tutor
An Australian academic whose sacking last year sparked an international boycott of the University of Wollongong was reinstated last week after a court ruled he had been illegally dismissed....
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Medics with cancer sue McGill
Two former McGill University medical students who have developed leukaemia are suing the university for failing to renovate a laboratory that they claim is the probable cause of their condition....
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HK revamps pay and funding
Hong Kong has insufficient resources to maintain eight equally funded world-class universities, according to the University Grants Committee. The Higher Education Report 2002, chaired by Lord...
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French council aids foreigners
Education minister Jack Lang and foreign affairs minister Hubert Védrine have set up a council to improve support for foreigners coming to study in France. The Conseil National pour L'accueil des...
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Italy backs off from reforms
Italy appears to be back-pedalling on university reforms that would put it at the forefront of European harmonisation through the Bologna process. Education minister Letizia Moratti has reportedly...
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Oslo in gender policy battle
The University of Oslo is facing an international legal challenge to positive-discrimination policies that reserve postdoctorate and teaching posts for female candidates. A case is being brought at...
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Stains on the panel
The University of Cambridge has begun the hunt for a new vice-chancellor - but eyebrows have been raised about the credentials of the committee set up to find the person to lead one of the world's...
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Off, not on-message
The e-university appears confused again. Last week, it extolled the virtues of attracting overseas students while launching a call for proposals in areas deemed attractive to this cohort. But it now...
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Building irregs
The rebuilding of the Cardiff Bay area has been bedevilled with disputes and disagreements. Leading architect Lord Rogers was sacked last year from the project to build new headquarters for the Welsh...
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Funeral views
Barry Sheerman, ever-popular chairman of the Commons' education select committee, found himself even more in demand this week. Mr Sheerman, as befits an MP of his status, enjoys one of the finest...
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Good luck Stavroula!
Students at the University of North London have finally elected a president. The university did not hold elections last year, leaving the union with no sabbatical officers, even though the university...
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Physics for rising-5s
Quantum transport expert Anton Zeilinger, of the University of Vienna, came up with a novel idea in his keynote address at a meeting last month to celebrate the 90th birthday of John Wheeler, the man...
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In at the sweaty end
Students at University College, Northampton, are to help out at the London Marathon on Sunday. But, as recruitment drives go, The Diary can't help wondering whether something a little less sweaty and...
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Don's diary: Loesses and gains
Sunday I set off for Kiev - the worst bit is getting from Leicester to Gatwick! I am met at Borispol by Academy of Sciences representatives and driven to Vorzel, where our conference is being held. I...
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In the news: Onora O'Neill
Some of Cambridge University's more mischievous dons have noted that Newnham College principal Onora O'Neill is well qualified to give this year's Reith lectures on the subject of accountability and...