GM feast or famine
Many plant scientists have been outraged by the success that anti-GM campaigners have had in persuading several African governments to refuse food aid from the US. The experts have now dubbed the...
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Don't take the U-HI road
Pay attention: The Diary has an important clarification about the institution formerly known as the University of the Highlands and Islands. Its head of communications, Martin Wright, has issued the...
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Science's sweet seduction
The latest attempt to lure youngsters into science was unveiled last week by the Institute of Physics. It wants pupils to calculate the speed of light by heating chocolate in a microwave, measuring...
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Fangs for the invitation
There are ways and means of attracting high-profile figures to speak at an event. The Whitby Conference, which aims to raise the profiles of the arts in the Northeast, has just bagged Sir Christopher...
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Don's diary: Tales of the transported
Saturday After 31 years in academe, the invitation for me to travel at public expense to the Australian National University, Canberra, is one not to be missed. My wife is keen to accompany me, not...
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Why I think the white paper's focus on performance is fine
Some words provoke instant responses: "performance" is one, "modernisation" another. Battered by overuse and infused with tawdry associations, they provoke instant hostility. So their appearance in...
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Tsar-tsar galore...
... but politicians' penchant for regulators won't fix universities' woes, argues Christopher Hood Another week, another regulator. The new access regulator who has emerged from the political...
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Go north to see how it's done
Tom Kelly cites the Scottish education system as proof that 'vocational' does not mean second rate Plans for expanding higher education always seem to touch a raw nerve in Britain. Up come the...
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Why Plain Jane beats Flash Harry
Critics may dismiss it as dumbing down but, says Richard Freeman, simplifying language and presentation helps students to learn online The average student is often unfamiliar with many words their...
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Teaching: On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Anne McBride Age: 45 Job: Programme coordinator and lecturer in animal behaviour, University of Southampton New...
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Past is in ruins, UK told
The government is so obsessed with opening up access to historical sites that it is neglecting to preserve them for future generations, says a report from a cross-party committee of parliamentarians...
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Russians flock to study in Britain
The number of Russians taking British university degrees has risen steeply in the past two years to almost 1,500, figures released by the British Council reveal. British universities saw a 40 per...
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Headhunters get Wellcome aid
It's your annual subject conference and it's somewhere nice and sunny. But the hottest thing there is a young postdoctoral researcher who just delivered a paper. You want him on your research team...
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Update: 13:15
Students protestors hound Hodge Hundreds of student protestors greeted higher education minister Margaret Hodge at Bristol University yesterday as she kicked off a nationwide tour in which ministers...
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Today's news
Graduate pay forecast hits £20K Graduate starting salaries will hit an average of £20,000 this year, according to data published today that will bolster the government's plans to charge students top-...