Triumph over adversity
University UK's annual review reads like the class swot's diary. The glossy 40-page booklet, published this week, lists an impressive range of universities' achievements in teaching, research and...
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Liven up, Lib Dems
The Diary had hoped to bring you news of the riotous exploits of the Liberal Democrats, said to be the most popular political party among students. Sadly, although the party's Youth and Student wing...
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The flexitime clock
A Brunel University student has developed an alarm clock that lets you lie in or wakes you early depending on traffic conditions. You enter your morning's travel details before going to bed, then the...
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Brains before beauty
The Diary wonders whether the former Miss Universe will be spending more time on her studies after she was stripped of her title this week. Oxana Fedorova, a 24-year-old PhD student and lecturer at...
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DFES's call for help
Post-1992 universities might be interested in news that has reached the ears of The Diary. It involves a telephone call from the Department for Education and Skills to Universities UK. The DFES...
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Campus high-fliers
Plymouth University has an unusual claim to fame - it is the only university in the country to accommodate an air cadet squadron's headquarters on one of its campuses. Since its formation more than...
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Pop goes the president
Pop Idol -style television shows could be used to elect politicians. Plans are afoot in the US to develop a show that will hunt for untapped political leadership skills just as Pop Idol sought...
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Scientific truth is not the only truth out there
It is right for scientists to raise the Big Questions, but they are mistaken if they believe they can answer them all, argues Mary Warnock. Science and philosophy were once indistinguishable. It is...
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Freshers' maths skills tested
A new activity set to become a tradition in freshers' week is sweeping the country - maths tests. With concern mounting about the skills that mathematics A level provides, more than 200 maths,...
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Bell Labs man guilty of fraud
A young physicist forged research results on at least 16 occasions, according to an independent inquiry at Bell Labs in the US. Jan Hendrik Schön was named as the sole perpetrator of the worst...
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IoE teacher training saved by £3m funding boost
Ministers have found a £3 million rescue package to prevent one of Britain's leading teacher-training providers from abandoning the subject and starving schools of more than 1,000 recruits a year....
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Update: 13:10
A-level controversy report expected today The inquiry into this summer's A level controversy will recommend that some entries may have to be regraded, PA News reported today. Inquiry chairman Mike...
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Wretched rebuke to the West
The Price of Indifference
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A Homer who's not a Simpson for George
The Shield of Achilles
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Defiled by the menace of power
The Reckless Mind