Edinburgh to host international forum on e-learning
Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 The first world e-learning conference is to take place in Edinburgh from 9 to 12 February. Global experts in academia, industry and government will be brought together and,...
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Ukraine - Scientific and technological cooperation agreement (Extract from: Report on the Education Council Meeting of 6 Feb. - Item Approved Without Debate)
Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 The Council adopted a Decision approving on behalf of the Community the Agreement on co-operation in science and technology, signed on 4 July 2002 in Copenhagen, between the...
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Summary of Conclusions of the 23 Jan meeting of the JAF Group on European Cooperation in Science and Technology (link)
Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 208/03 31 January 2003 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS Subject: Meeting of the JAF Group held in Brussels on 23 January 2003 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The Group...
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Today's news
Fees may bring on student brain drain The prospect of higher tuition fees has led to a surge in the number of pupils thinking about studying in America and fears of an undergraduate brain drain. (...
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Alison Wolf
'I was, and am, utterly bemused by Oxbridge's arrogant belief that abandoning exams for interviews meant they would be "fair" to everyone' The flawed interview process is no substitute for public...
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Beard beyond belief
The Diary is pleased to bring you investigative reporting at its best. Last week, the Labour Party website hosted an online chat with education secretary Charles Clarke. He was asked by student Simon...
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Tradesmen's entrance exam
The government's plans to finally achieve parity of esteem between academic and vocational qualifications through its new 14-to-19 reforms have evidently resulted in some radical thinking among...
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Cheats had amps in their pants
Fifty-eight Thai college students have been arrested for allegedly cheating during an exam by hiding pagers in their underwear. Police say the pagers were set to vibrate with answers to multiple-...
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Don's Diary: Rescuing childhoods in Gaza
Sunday Breaking news of a suicide bombing at our destination in Tel Aviv ripples down the plane. This incident interrupts a period of several weeks of relative calm in Israel. It is my first visit to...
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Why I...think that increased debt will discourage poorer students
Since 2000, we have been conducting a three-year study into law students' attitudes to debt. Surprisingly, the first-year data showed that, regardless of type of institution, more than 56 per cent of...
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Top pay for top dogs
Grow up, says Andrew Oswald. Vice-chancellors deserve high salaries for all the work they do I was in a meeting of senior business people in London last week. They wanted to know what university...
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Mona Baker's double standard
How can she justify her boycott as a 'private citizen' yet sack me for being a 'public' representative of Israel? asks Gideon Toury Over the past few days I have been bombarded with electronic copies...
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Single mind suffers double vision
Following the union of Guildhall and North London universities, John Shaw looks at the pros and cons of merger When universities merge, teaching staff might feel they inhabit a Lewis Carroll universe...
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On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Caroline Baillie Age: Definitely five, sometimes 100. Job: Deputy director of the UK Centre for Materials Education...
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Graduate jobs data deemed flawed
Performance indicators designed to measure universities' success in getting graduates into work are worthless, a professor of economics who has studied the formula and pronounced it fundamentally...