The measure of class
Forget postcodes - a far simpler test can help admissions tutors identify working-class applicants. A conference on widening access to higher education last week heard from Roderick Floud, vice-...
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A penchant for protest
Will Saunders, the British astronomer arrested last week for painting a "No War" slogan on the Sydney Opera House, is clearly a serial protester with little fear of the law. In an email from...
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Leicester's star line-up
If you want to be a TV star but are not an instant pundit on wars, go get a job at Leicester University, where no fewer than four academics are featuring in various television series. Geologist Sarah...
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Students to get on their bikes
East Riding College of Yorkshire is becoming Easy Riding. Local councillors have approved a plan that will offer students in remote areas mopeds to get to college. Eligible students will have to live...
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Why I... believe the Institute for Learning and Teaching in HE is pointless
The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education came into being as a result of the Dearing report, which proposed that its functions be "to accredit programmes of training for higher...
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Hand over your data!
Researchers are robbing the poor by keeping data out of the public domain, argues David Hulme Researchers from European and US universities are in effect stealing from the poor by holding on to data...
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It's I mean like uh disrespectful
It's patronising and discriminatory for academics to print respondents' inarticulacies, says Sarah Nelson "Gorblimey guv - strike a light! I had that researcher in the back of me taxi once, and didn'...
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Don's diary: media countdown to war
Monday March 17 Zero minus 55 hours An interesting time to be a researcher in the field of media and war. I tape the House of Commons debate for later analysis. President George W. Bush will address...
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Today's news
Universities to be sued over music downloads The British record industry is to prosecute universities that allow students to copy music over the internet through their computer networks. Heads of...
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Safe route drove me to distraction
Sue Currell took her students for a spin on the virtual highway, but found some were reluctant learner drivers. I have dreamt of ditching my e-learning L-plates ever since Sir Ron Dearing called for...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Donata Puntil Age: 32 Job: Lecturer in Italian language, literature and cinema; coordinator of the Italian team at...
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Oxford calls for loan plan in vote on top-ups
Oxford congregation, known as the parliament of dons because it gives ordinary academics a voice in university affairs, has rejected a motion critical of top-up fees, writes Claire Sanders. Instead,...
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Whistleblowers: University failed to resolve 'staff conflict'
Liverpool John Moores University forced lecturer Des Smith to resign when it failed to deal with a breakdown of staff relations in its journalism department, a tribunal has ruled. The Liverpool...
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Social science failing its users, report says
An independent review of the state of social sciences in Britain has concluded that while the volume and quality of research is second only to the US, much of the work of economists, sociologists and...
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QAA paves way for benchmarks in medicine
Medicine is set to be included for the first time in an overarching statement on minimum standards in health-degree courses as part of a new quality regime announced this month for health subjects....