In the news: Bob Fryer
Bob Fryer's appointment as chief executive designate of the National Health Service University this week seems appropriate. Professor Fryer, director of the University of Southampton New College, has...
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Just £332m to raise
The Diary extends a warm welcome to Sir Anthony Cleaver, who has been appointed chairman of UK e-Universities Worldwide, the new name for the e-University. Sir Anthony, a major collector of public...
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A first kiss with Laurie
Poet Roger McGough last week revealed the identity of the person with whom he shared his first kiss. Step forward Laurie Taylor, the man who brought you Professor Lapping, his long-suffering...
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Better than Beckham
Congratulations to the 13 new Royal Society Wolfson research merit award winners, announced yesterday. Launching the scheme to boost the pay of top researchers, Bob May, then chief scientific adviser...
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Memory of Maggie
Sir Alan Langlands, principal of Dundee University and former chief executive of the National Health Service in England, told last week's Scottish knowledge transfer conference that former prime...
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Auburn alumnus killed
The CIA agent killed while interrogating Taliban prisoners before the Mazar-e-Sharif uprising last week was a graduate of Auburn University, the Alabama school where students celebrated Hallowe'en...
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A hard life for freshers
University College London's student magazine, Pi , paints an unappealing picture of life as a fresher at the college. Term started with weeping first-years unable to contact their mummies because the...
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Tony caught on the hop
Tony Blair had an uncomfortable encounter last week when he bumped into students from the Campaign for Free Education in the House of Commons. The leftie protestors were having a fag break in a handy...
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Shelf-serving offer?
The University of Texas is lobbying to host the presidential library of George W. Bush. Larry Faulkner, university president, has plans for two possible sites: one in northwest Austin on university-...
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Don's Diary: Cuban cinema lecture tour
Sunday As I arrive in Chicago en route to Toronto, an immigration officer calls out instructions on how to fill in our arrival cards, then adds, less officiously: "The only place where we like to see...
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The next 100 years
The Nobel prize is celebrating its 100th birthday. A statement by Nobel laureates marks the occasion. The most profound danger to world peace in the coming years will stem not from the irrational...
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Why I believe science and technology should have no borders
The 20th century was the century of scientific inquiry and technological innovation. It filled our lives with new gadgets and new understanding. More profoundly, science and technology have informed...
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This is the £3.7 billion question
Stephen Court looks at what 50 per cent participation in higher education really means and asks if it is achievable. Although education had a low profile in the chancellor's pre-budget report last...
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Listen to learners
Student feedback has a crucial role to play in evaluating institutional performance, writes Lee Harvey. Student feedback surveys have a unique element: they provide an insider view of what is really...
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We have the way, but is there the will?
To rid the world of chemical weapons requires sustained political and financial commitment, argues John Hart Chemical weapons have been a feature of conflict throughout the 20th century, employed by...