Whistleblowers: Ejecting don under fire
Denis Galligan, the Oxford don at the centre of a row over his decision to have an international scholar ejected from university premises, was already facing complaints about aggressive behaviour...
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No strings on extra staff pay
It will be up to individual universities to determine how they spend their share of the £330 million awarded for staff pay structures over the next three years, the government has confirmed. As part...
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Tarnished classics
Inspectors have delivered a stinging critique of Leeds University's classics department, warning that its traditional teaching methods are alienating students .The Quality Assurance Agency narrowly...
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Union: RAE lies skew funding
Public funding for research will be wrongly allocated "on a massive scale" because universities have falsified their submissions to the research assessment exercise, lecturers have claimed. Lecturers...
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Hostages to fortune
Tony Blair on investment and reform of public services, May 24 "Good education is the best way of releasing the talents of our young people." Gordon Brown, speech to CBI, May 23 "So for Britain to do...
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Don's Diary
Wednesday I am one of several academics taking part in the Monte San Martino Trust sponsored walk from Sulmona to Sangro in the Abruzzi mountains. In 1943, many Commonwealth prisoners fled south to...
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On the move
Imperial College , London, has announced the principals of its new faculties: John Perkins , head of chemical engineering and chemical technology, will become principal of the faculty of engineering...
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Good snooze for prince
Move over, Tracey Emin. St Andrews University's School of Art History yesterday presented a landmark lecture on the Melville State Bed, one of the country's most significant pieces of 17th-century...
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A bit of an eggo boost
John "Two Jabs" Prescott could learn from former US president Bill Clinton, who was pleased to be pelted with eggs when he visited Northern Ireland last week. Mr Clinton, who announced a University...
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Wery wexing
A Glasgow University academic has just returned from a Strasbourg conference on children's issues, addressed by a Norwegian speaking in English. In common with many Norwegians, she pronounced "v" as...
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Glittering prizes
The University of Wales, Aberystwyth , has announced its honorary fellows: Rachel Davies , barrister and vice-president of the University of Wales, Swansea; Hywel Edwards , former professor of Welsh...
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In the news: Jerry Ostriker
Jerry Ostriker, provost of Princeton University, this week announced his return to the University of Cambridge in September as Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy. Professor...
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Indonesia's neglected universities look ahead
At the Asian Physics Olympics in Taiwan last month, Indonesian high school student Rezy Pradipta won the special prize for the most creative solution to a theoretical problem. It was a boost for...
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World Watch
Brussels A World Trade University to give the world's poor access to training in international trade and finance is to be funded jointly by United Nations agencies and private contributions. It hopes...
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A gamble on the college crapshoot
Even with the best prospects and preparation, deciding on a university is no easy task, writes Harvey J. Kaye. My wife and daughter left me in mid-April. They flew to Boston, the Mecca of American...