Welsh unis face merger plan
The Welsh Assembly could soon be examining plans to slash the number of universities in the principality from 13 to just three or four, the sectors' leaders believe. The Higher Education Funding...
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Email libel ends in apology
A former senior university manager has won an apology from Exeter University in an out-of-court libel settlement. John Hankinson, former director of Exeter's foreign-language centre, claimed he was...
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DIY lectures a success
A psychology lecturer conducting a six-year-long experiment into the use of undergraduates as lecturers has concluded that this novel approach to teaching is extremely effective. While admitting that...
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Brussels moots plans for a European Community-wide patent
Brussels is proposing to introduce a single European patent. Cash-strapped university technology-transfer offices believe this could save them money and allow more of their research to be patented....
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Dons warn over expansion
Continued expansion of higher education is misguided, two of the government's most prominent education advisers have warned. John Field and Tom Schuller, members of the advisory group that has helped...
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MPs denounce 'poor' college audits
Financial audits at one in five colleges are so poor they "cannot be relied upon", the House of Commons' Committee of Public Accounts has warned, writes Phil Baty. In its long-awaited report on the...
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Tardy marking delays graduation day
A postgraduate student is seeking compensation from Nottingham University after its school of education took four-and-a-half months to mark one assignment, causing him to miss his graduation date by...
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A prescription for a capital's health?
As London's medical sector continues to consolidate its resources, Steve Farrar considers the future of the capital's remaining independent institutions and asks whether bigger really is better When...
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French university enrolments
Paris French university enrolments continued to fall in 1998-99 for the third year running, though there were more first-year students after a high baccalaureat success in 1998. There were 1,424,395...
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Qinghua University
Qinghua Qinghua University has given the go-ahead to a number of students who want to open or join businesses. Students will retain their student status for two years. Half of the 16 businesses at...
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Don's diary
Sunday Arrive in Perth, Western Australia, after a long haul and a quick reviving shower in Singapore. Spent the waking hours in conversation with two backpacking postgraduates, a geologist and a...
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Downright rude Latin
Traditionalists may deplore the decline in the number of classical scholars, but Dundee University is doing its best to attract a new generation. Its list of courses for adults in the coming year...
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All you need to know
Open government is the new watchword at the Higher Education Funding Council for England, to judge from the invitation to tender for its massive new evaluation of research funding. A bulk email...
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Trust William
Talk about unlucky. No sooner does Bristol University decide to spend considerable amounts of time and money making itself more attractive to students from lower social classes, than Prince William...
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Give your don a break
Surprise! Academics at Salford University were in the midst of a student discussion group when who should burst in but comedian Les Dennis announcing they were all on TV. Student Mark Small had been...