Admissions staff will be given professional training under a scheme announced this week by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, writes Alison Goddard. The scheme - to be launched on July...
Next week sees the launch of the latest book by astronomer royal Sir Martin Rees. Secrecy surrounds the contents of Our Final Century?, but The Diary can divulge what Fortune magazine reported Sir...
Students from Hong Kong, southern China and parts of Southeast Asia have been warned not to return home for the Easter break in an effort to prevent their contracting the deadly severe acute...
Paul Mackney, general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, and Jane McAdoo, president of the Association of University Teachers, helped the Trades Union Congress team to a 150 to 120 points victory...
The award for the most glamorous science degree to be launched this year must surely go to the London College of Fashion. It is offering students the opportunity to get a BSc in cosmetic science. The...
News of another proposed merger has reached The Diary. The University of Bums on Seats - formerly Peckham Polytechnic - is considering whether to join forces with the Peckham Adult Network for...
Monday Ask students for the causes and effects of 9/11. They produce long lists, but I am dismayed that Palestine is not mentioned. Return to office to stick poster supporting the Palestinian cause...
Left in the lurch with more than 100 first and third-year design students, Jonathan Baldwin was forced to think on his feet. The result was a whole new take on assessment As a fairly green graphic...
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