Canada seeks root of apathy
The inability to afford high tuition fees is only one of several reasons given by young people who choose not to attend university, according to a Canadian study. Even though the report, Why Don't...
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In the news: Jane Davidson
Few who know Welsh Assembly education and lifelong learning minister Jane Davidson would have been surprised by her announcement this week of grants for hard-up students. Much of her professional...
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Don's Diary: moving libraries online
Monday Although I am not a don, I am the son of a don and married to one and my regular commute, as today, is the 7.54 from Oxford, which always seems to be full of donnish types, leavened with a...
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Challenged again
Television bosses are searching for teams that won University Challenge to participate in a "champions of champions" match to mark the programme's 40th birthday. Some 18 shows are due to be...
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Fancy a job on TV?
Jobseeking students can now peruse job vacancies and liaise with potential employers from the comfort of their armchairs. The Careers Services Unit's interactive digital television channel allows...
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Repatriating music
An Afghanistan Music Unit has been launched at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Its director, John Baily, has studied the music of Afghanistan for nearly 30 years. The unit aims to monitor...
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Students aim for stars
Some 30 students from all over Europe will design their own space stations next week for the European Space Agency. The students - who are studying aerospace engineering, architecture and business...
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Says who?
Ballot papers for the election of the next general secretary of the Association of University Teachers go out next week, with three candidates up for the £70,000 job. Former AUT president and...
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Copy that
The University of Texas at Austin has filed a lawsuit against a multinational company accusing it of stealing software and copying it to clients without the necessary distribution licence, an...
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Slaying the spin
The appalling turnout of under 30s at the last general election has prompted a sickening seduction of youthful voters by the major parties. Like bored vampires who have just discovered someone at...
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Mindset change needed to boost opportunities
This week's green paper on 14 to 19 education is an act of courage on the part of a second-term government that has committed itself to delivery above all else as the measure of its success. Like the...
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Don't shut out critics - open the door to debate
Universities must consider how to deal with fundamentalist students in the wake of September 11, says Donald Hagger. Revelations about the involvement of students in extremist Muslim organisations,...
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Two tribes' twinning formula
University staff should take a leaf out of the QAA's book in their battles over pay, says Tom Wilson. Anger over last week's league tables of vice-chancellors' pay and concerns about its secretive...
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One half of double act
The RAE has no future unless it is modified to reconnect research to teaching, argues Roger Brown. There appears to be a near universal view that the 2001 research assessment exercise will be the...
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Why I... believe a debate on what universities are for is vital
Proposals to turn Cambridge from the ancient democratic corporation of masters and scholars into a big business corporation were in the news last week. The vice-chancellor is to get personal...