Universities fear trade talk ploy will backfire
The United States government has quietly proposed a change in trade policy that non-profit universities say will favour their for-profit competitors, making it easier for them to offer distance-...
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Venture derided for being research-lite
Melbourne University Private has been warned that it must develop a research profile or stop calling itself a university. In a statement released with the report of a government-commissioned review...
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In the news: David Hopkins
David Hopkins, professor of education at the University of Nottingham, next week starts work as director of the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the Department for Education and Skills. Professor...
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Trampling on tradition
As part of its inquiry into the research assessment exercise, the House of Commons science and technology select committee will today take oral evidence from the University of East Anglia. Normally,...
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Trips and trannies
A leaflet for a student competition to win a trip to Thailand that featured a picture of a "ladyboy" was criticised this week by the Advertising Standards Authority. The leaflet - showing a...
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In my own good time
Hot news on interdisciplinarity from management consultants Evaluation Associates. The firm last week received a scintillating reply to its survey on the subject from a professor of chemistry at a...
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Best feet forward
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has trumped her boss, education secretary Estelle Morris, in the power list published last weekend by the Express on Sunday . Ms Hodge appeared in 136th...
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Salmon scoops skills
Congratulations to Margaret Salmon, who will chair the Sector Skills Development Agency, the body that will oversee the government's drive to increase skills and productivity in industry and business...
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Backing the Balkans
The London School of Economics will establish a development programme for academics from the Balkans after receiving a £1.4 million grant. The money comes from the Open Society Institute, founded by...
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Running cliffhanger
The revelation that David Hopkins (In the news) saved Chris Woodhead from falling off a cliff reminds The Diary of another sporting association. Mr Woodhead, the former chief inspector of schools,...
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Well-read top
Allegations that The THES has dumbed down can be countered by a visit to the library at Birkbeck College, London. The Diary notes that, far from being lumped with any red tops, our esteemed organ is...
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Don's Diary: travels with islam
Wednesday Spend half a day in Blackwell's, catching up on the latest books on jihad . I wonder at how terms such as jihad , terror and Islamic fundamentalism have overtaken the serious debate on...
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How UK can sell more '1st class tickets for life'
It is now more than two years since prime minister Tony Blair launched his initiative to attract more international students to the United Kingdom from non-European Union countries. The package of...
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How to break that cheating art
It's a whole new world of plagiarism and we need regulation fit for the 21st century, argues Wilfried Decoo. Modern technology allows a new level of cheating on written assignments. Whatever the...
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HE=skills+knowledge
Is this all universities are for? The life of the mind is more important than ever, says Grenville Wall. Given the government's desire to increase the age participation rate in higher education to...