Britain's commitment to Europe was not mentioned in the white paper, yet it is key to success, says Juliet Lodge. Discussion of a new constitution and the timing of Britain's potential adoption of...
Since winning scarce resources is what matters, UUK is unlikely to do anything to rock the government policy boat. Higher education policies are diverging at enormous speed under devolution, which...
Monday Sustainability Week, an annual demonstration that everyone can act sustainably, has arrived. Weeks of planning for my young colleagues come to fruition. They are keyed up and ready to go. My...
Tensions were running high at the Natfhe conference at the weekend, where rival factions thrashed out union policy on the Middle East, the war in Iraq and the future of British higher education. But...
Education secretary Charles Clarke will be alarmed to see a table in the Scottish Economic Policy Network's recent report on funding research in Scotland's universities highlighting the cash going to...
Hopes of winning the Eurovision Song Contest were dashed last Saturday when the British entry failed to score any points. The song, Cry Baby, was penned by Martin Isherwood, head of music at the...
The Diary has been trawling through the Department for Education and Skills website trying to find an insight into the purpose of a university. The site lists six benefits of taking a degree. Five...
A postgraduate student, a postdoc and a professor find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a genie emerges in a puff of smoke. The genie says: "I usually grant only three wishes, so I'll give each...
I do a lot of research in the Bodleian Library. Whether it's an original manuscript by Congreve, an obscene 19th-century pamphlet or a more recent tome that can't easily be skimmed in Borders,...
To glimpse our posthuman future, ditch Habermas and watch The Wizard of Oz, says Carl Elliott. These are boom times for speculators about our posthuman future. Now that the human genome has been...
Prince acknowledges students' debt worries Students have "just cause" to be worried about the burden of loans and student fees, Prince William said yesterday, during an interview to mark his 21st...
Nick Byrne tells how a foreign language outreach project helped to bridge a cultural divide between two London institutions A chance meeting with the deputy headteacher of a local inner-city school...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Heather Vincent Age: 51 Job: Teaching fellow. I am also programme director for the University of Manchester's...
The national academic pay system faced potential collapse this week as Imperial College London prepared to announce its own, locally determined, salary structure. Imperial will announce its new pay...
A third of English higher education institutions will be excluded from the research assessment exercise under plans unveiled this week. The university casualties are Leeds Metropolitan, London...