Do as I say, not as I do
The prime minister's attitude to higher education is indicated in an extract from Robin Cook's recently published diaries. The former leader of the Commons writes: "Roy Hattersley tells me of an...
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Survey doesn't quite add up
Warwick Business School's MBA programme has been assessing how effective it is in creating the business leaders of tomorrow. Scott Dacko, lecturer in marketing and strategic management, asked...
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Show him the money
What exactly are the "supplementary payments for professors" listed in this week's Cambridge University Reporter ? The scheme was set up by former vice-chancellor Sir Alec Broers to recruit, reward...
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Why I ...believe Commonwealth studies has a lot to offer
Next week's conference of Commonwealth ministers of education in Edinburgh comes at a time of great challenges and stress in international relations. With its capacity for embracing, bridging and...
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Money matters in doing science that matters
Britain's Nobel wins mask its fall as a scientific power - and only more cash can reverse that, says Peter Lampl It's been a great year for Britons as far as Nobel prizes are concerned. This is the...
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Academic differences
Last weekend, BBC1's Panorama staged its own University Challenge with two teams battling it out over top-up fees. Interestingly, the schools representative on the pro top-up fees team happened to be...
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Don's diary: a writer wrestles his demons...
1998 A colleague who is editing a series suggests I write a book on student support. I am flattered but intimidated. "Of the making of many books there is no end," said that gloomy old homilist...
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GM's bitter harvest
Plant science in the UK is under threat and researchers are being driven abroad, says Mark Tester, who is off to more fertile ground Oversimplification in the debate on genetically modified crops has...
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United we stand on better pay
Collective national bargaining by university unions is essential, says Chris Kaufman As a member of the Bett committee and a frequent visitor to university campuses across the UK on behalf of the...
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Increase in mental illness on campus
Growing mental health problems among students are "a matter of considerable concern" and they warrant dedicated student mental-health services in some areas, according to a report from the Royal...
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Now, what personality type I shall I project today...?
Edinburgh University has developed a novel addition to word-processing style checkers - software that lets you choose the personality you want to project. A team from Edinburgh's School of...
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NI election spurs students to embark on anti-fees campaign
Student leaders in Northern Ireland have launched a campaign urging political parties to pledge to abolish student fees and reject top-up fees in the run-up to the Northern Ireland assembly elections...
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Union slates job cull plans
The Association of University Teachers Scotland has accused Aberdeen University of "rushing unnecessarily" to shed staff in a £1 million restructuring scheme, writes Olga Wojtas. The university has...
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School pupils to get taste of medicine by tapping into students' online journals
Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School in London, the largest in the UK, has been trying different mentoring schemes to link up with schoolchildren from London state schools for the past three...
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Health studies get cash to boost access policies
The struggle to widen participation in university medicine and healthcare courses was given a boost this week with the announcement of £3 million additional funding from the Department of Health and...