Nigerian lobbyists use old and new
When the University of Ibadan announced recently that it could no longer pay salaries or pensions to retired staff because of a lack of funds, the Nigerian government, under pressure from the media,...
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Italians launch research funds
The University of Padua and a local industrialists' organisation have set up a system of investment funds that is expected to raise €25 million (£16 million) to finance research. The scheme will also...
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Australia's campus revolution rolls on
Six months after the Australian government announced a review of higher education, followed by seven discussion papers setting out proposals for change, staff must now wait a further three months to...
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Rule boost for Malay students
A merit-based selection system introduced this year has resulted in more Malays gaining university places, according to Malaysian higher education department chief Hassan Said. The figure for Malays...
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Freshers' week for radicals recycles the traditional antics
Politically active Montreal students managed to distract almost 200 freshers from the usually inebriating and unconcerned fresher activities for first-year students last week with an alternative...
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In the news: Simon Lee
Simon Lee has spent most of the past decade fighting to keep the word "university" in the title of his institution. Having recently won the battle to keep the name Liverpool Hope University College,...
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Don's diary: A global nomad
Tuesday Setting off for an expert meeting on backpacking, I find, despite my supposed expertise in the subject, that I am overloaded. Every time I travel, I swear I will travel lighter next time. The...
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The gravy train
The Diary is pleased to announce the results of the competition to name the train that Universities UK was due to charter to transport vice-chancellors to its conference next week. The winning entry...
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Obscure pursuits
More entries have arrived in the search for the most outstandingly obscure academic journal. Suggestions include the Journal of Memetics , which contains a paper titled "The six essentials? Minimal...
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The science of profit
An interesting extra event is scheduled to take place at next week's science festival in Leicester. The British Association is advertising a talk called "The price of progress? Cashing in on the...
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An essay on deceit
The Diary wonders how many essays former lecturer Elizabeth Hall had to write to raise the sum she paid to her former employer this week. Ms Hall, who runs a business selling essays to students, is...
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Spin dry online
Students in the US need never worry that someone is interfering with their wash after the launch of a cyberlaundry service. The eSuds system uses washers and dryers linked to the internet to allow...
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True-blue boozing
Tory students at the University of Sheffield have an unusual approach to recruiting freshers. On the university's website, Richard Clough, the former president of Conservative Future Sheffield,...
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Elementary celebrity
Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood and James Bond are among the best-known Britons in Russia, according to a poll of Russian students conducted by the British Council. While royalty and politicians...
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Why so little attention to such a big disease?
As HIV/Aids sweeps through Africa, many universities are acting as if it is business as usual, writes Alan Whiteside. HIV is probably the most studied virus of all time. Since it was identified,...