Who took the Michael?
Readers wishing to emulate Tim O'Shea's rise from the Open University - via a short stint as master of Birkbeck College, London - to principal of the University of Edinburgh might like to note the...
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Biting talk
Disgruntled physicists, hit by budget cuts to pay for British membership of the European Southern Observatory, are biting the hand that once fed them. They are attacking Ian Corbett, who was director...
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Comprehensive first
Andrew Dilnot, director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, is to become the first head of an Oxbridge college to have been educated at a comprehensive school. Mr Dilnot, who has been elected...
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What a Parry on
Delegates at the Association of University Administrators's annual conference next month have a range of keynote speakers from which to choose. The offerings include a presentation by Lesley Parry,...
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Stunned by silence
While Middlesex University and its staff wrangle over the extent of the redundancies in the letters pages, The Diary has received a note from a retired lecturer at the university concerned about the...
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Party like it's 1410
Colin Vincent, deputy principal of St Andrews University, has revealed that party time is approaching for Scotland's most ancient university. St Andrews has been checking with various eminent...
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Regal eyed
Staff at the University of the West of England had better watch out: their boss is keeping tabs on them on behalf of Brenda. A note from the press office states: "Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of...
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Bit of monkey business
Famous alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford - exposed this week for offering university places for cash - include Michael Heseltine, described by an unofficial guide as a "jungle fugitive raised by...
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Time to push the secret art of built-engineering
Hundreds of skilled engineers are needed to help us fashion a better world, says Richard Haryott. We live in a wonderful world and a wonderful age. All around us there are opportunities for people to...
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Blair attacks 'cosy elitism' of opponents of access targets
Tony Blair has attacked the "cosy elitism" of those who oppose the target of half of young people going into higher education. The prime minister, speaking at the Abraham Moss High School in...
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Price of Pembroke scandal is autonomy
Oxford University is to reduce the power of its colleges through a new code of practice for admissions after Pembroke College was caught offering places for cash. The Rev John Platt and Mary-Jane...
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Hunt promises a 'rejuvenated' AUT
Sally Hunt became general secretary of the Association of University Teachers this week and immediately warned the government that it cannot widen participation or deliver world-class research on the...
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Students win suit over poor teaching
A class of students has made legal history by winning a lawsuit against their college for poor teaching, even though some gained their qualifications, writes Phil Baty. Six students won their case...
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Joint bid to cut casualisation
Deals aimed at ending inequality and cutting casualisation in universities have become the first breakthroughs for the new national joint negotiating committee. The committee, which brings employers...
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Survey finds divide in law
Law schools in old universities overwhelmingly employ external examiners from old universities, making it difficult to ensure comparability of degrees across the sector, according to one of the first...