People kinder after 9/11
On the eve of the second anniversary of the World Trade Center tragedy, research has confirmed the cliche that the world is a changed place. It shows that people's personalities have changed markedly...
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NUS £1m in debt after internet deal collapse
The National Union of Students is heading towards a £1 million deficit after the collapse of a landmark internet deal last year. National director Nick Gash confirmed this week that the union would...
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Gary Day
Whatever your age, an education now entails learning how to do something, rather than finding your own voice. I saw Educating Rita again recently and thought, you couldn't make a film like that now,...
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Don's diary: Taxing audit ends University challenge
January Almost halfway through my Association of University Teachers presidential year when the Trades Union Congress calls: would I be willing to join the team for University Challenge: The...
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Will sun shine on weathermen?
The Diary will be cheering on the Royal Meteorological Society in the final of University Challenge: the Professionals next Monday. The team, which includes Reading University research fellow Pete...
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Coffee culture of a different kind
A search for the filthiest coffee cup is the latest publicity stunt from the Royal Society of Chemistry. The society has launched the search to mark the discovery of penicillin 75 years ago. To...
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Brummie sings to foreign ears
The Brummie accent is "highly favoured by foreign visitors due to its lilting and melodious tone", according to research from, er, the University of Birmingham. PhD candidate Steve Thorne analysed...
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Deal promises sex in the park
Oxford Brookes Business School is to offer consultancy and research to its neighbouring business park, MEPC Milton Park, while providing its executive tenants with MBA courses. In return, tenant...
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No need to unwrap your lunch
Brazilian scientists say they have created an edible clingfilm. Researchers at Campinas State University in Sio Paulo made the clingfilm from amaranto flour. Florencia Cecilia Menegalli told the...
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Why I.. think students need to learn about ethics
Simon Lee Vice-chancellor Leeds Metropolitan University. All students should learn about ethics while at university - and not just in the curriculum. There is much to learn at university from the...
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Uncle Sam is innocent
To blame America for all the ills of modern culture is incredibly naive, writes Cheryl Hudson. In the two years since September 11 2001, there has been much ink spilt about the causes and...
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The toughest job in Britain?
Why is it so difficult to find a great v-c? Look at the job description, writes Stephen Watson, and it's no mystery. The issue of how universities should be led and managed as they evolve into...
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Telling the tale sparks insight
Students' understanding of a subject cannot come from textbooks alone, argues Michael Hyland. A good lower-second essay used to be one in which a student presented all the facts while an upper-second...
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Fellows: on the front line
Pat Leon asks a winner of one of this year's national teaching fellowships how she manages. Name: Barbara Graziosi. Age: 31. Job: Lecturer in classics. Salary: £24,121 Qualifications: BA in literae...
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Today's news
Students no longer need to fear the third degree The third-class degree, once a badge of honour for gentleman scholars, is vanishing from universities. Figures released by Cambridge University showed...