Project and exam results tell different stories, so they should be kept separate, argues Howard Allen. Teaching structural engineering over a period of years involves a lot of time spent marking...
Esther Leach talks to a former detective chief inspector who has hung up his truncheon to teach police how to deal with death as coroner's officers. Death has always been a big part of Denis Clark's...
I am noticing that attendance at my 9 o'clock lecture is starting to dwindle as the term progresses. I do not think I am that boring, so what can I do? Two tactics can help: keep them busy and link...
There may be more lifelong learning going on than generally thought, but it can mean substantial financial penalties rather than economic gains, a Scottish lifelong learning conference has warned....
Hull University is interested in buying the campus to be vacated by the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside when it relocates the bulk of its academic and administrative activities to Lincoln....
Birmingham University's proposed merger with Aston University seems "entirely sensible", according to Birmingham's new vice-chancellor designate, Michael Sterling. Professor Sterling, who is...
Further education college heads have warned that moves to publish "vocational A-level" results alongside traditional A levels could lead to more students dropping out. Awarding bodies for advanced...
Cambridge University's alleged "old boys' network" could be facing a county court challenge as part of a long-running race discrimination row with an expelled Muslim student. Former postgraduate...
John Wood , dean of engineering at Nottingham University, has been appointed chief executive of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils from April. Karen Evans , formerly of...
Imagine The Diary's surprise as it overheard staff in the physics department at Imperial College, London, extolling the virtues of the TQA. Having recently survived the trials of a teaching quality...
Getting top marks is not just a result of hard work - for a couple of weeks, poor resources can also be an influence. At Pavia University in northern Italy, philosophy of language lecturer Flavia...
Vice-chancellors at last week's funding council meeting in Manchester were astonished to be served dinner without any fuss. As one pointed out, they normally had to go through a bidding process to...
Gerry McKenna, vice-chancellor of the University of Ulster, has just received the freedom of the borough of Coleraine in Northern Ireland. Professor McKenna has a treat in store - among the...
David Arter , director of the Nordic policy studies centre at the University of Aberdeen, has been made a Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland . The University of Hull has...
Autumn 2000 Out of the blue I am asked if I would advise a parliamentary inquiry into cemeteries, held by the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee, which has an interest in urban...