From Yale straight to jail
A film script in the making - but we don't imagine people will be lining up to get the part of Tonica Jenkins, who was rumbled after she failed to make the grade as a graduate student at Yale...
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Don's diary: canberra's blazing black saturday
Friday Very hot today - more than 35C. Half the Australian National University loses electricity due to fire damage in the Namadgi national park. The smoke haze from distant bushfires, which has...
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Gats threat is lifted - for now
British universities will not be opened up to the global market under the current world trade talks, the European Commission has announced. But union leaders warned this week that research could be...
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No RAE cash for 4-ratings
Research funding for middle-ranking departments could be clawed back by the government before the next research assessment exercise, it emerged this week, writes Alan Thomson. The government's...
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Why I...believe security dossiers have been cooked up to justify war with Iraq
For analysts of the Middle East, the prospect of a detailed report by the British intelligence services on the security infrastructure of Iraq was rousing. A secretive system of multiple layers of...
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Research elite reaps most of £1bn windfall
Four universities will share almost a third of the record-breaking fund to renovate crumbling research facilities, it emerged this week. The second Science Research Investment Fund will pour £1...
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MP slams apartheid for poor students
Government plans to steer students from poor families to vocational sub-degrees courses while capping the number of places available for them on honours degrees could lead to a two-tier system, a...
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Call for more access data
The access regulator will be unable to monitor the fairness of university admissions without more information on students' circumstances, a conference held today at the London School of Economics...
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Forgery probe
A medic at Imperial College London may face disciplinary action after forging the signatures of seven colleagues as authors of a published paper. The college began an inquiry after the New England...
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Tobacco ban claim
Strathclyde University says its research was at the heart of the ban on tobacco advertising that comes into force today. Its Centre for Social Marketing established a link between tobacco advertising...
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Complementary gift
The Peninsula Medical School has received a donation of £500,000 to fund its chair in complementary medicine, held by Edzard Ernst. The donation, from the Maurice Laing Foundation, is the second gift...
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Admissions challenge
A new group will examine the feasibility of a post-qualification admissions system. The Universities UK steering group, whose report was delayed by the Tomlinson report into A-level standards last...
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London incentives
London boroughs are to share about £4.5 million over three years to boost enrolment in higher education. Seven universities have been selected to head geographic partnerships between schools,...
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Imperial goes to school
Three schools that achieved specialist science school status this week will join Imperial College London's scheme for postdoctoral students to teach pupils part time. St Gregory's School in Kenton,...
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McDegree ready to go
Why shouldn't McDonald's award degrees? James Tooley challenges the universities' monopoly Screaming Lord Sutch, the late lamented leader of the Monster Raving Loony Party who stood in 40 elections...