Don's diary: a writer wrestles his demons...
1998 A colleague who is editing a series suggests I write a book on student support. I am flattered but intimidated. "Of the making of many books there is no end," said that gloomy old homilist...
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GM's bitter harvest
Plant science in the UK is under threat and researchers are being driven abroad, says Mark Tester, who is off to more fertile ground Oversimplification in the debate on genetically modified crops has...
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United we stand on better pay
Collective national bargaining by university unions is essential, says Chris Kaufman As a member of the Bett committee and a frequent visitor to university campuses across the UK on behalf of the...
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Increase in mental illness on campus
Growing mental health problems among students are "a matter of considerable concern" and they warrant dedicated student mental-health services in some areas, according to a report from the Royal...
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Now, what personality type I shall I project today...?
Edinburgh University has developed a novel addition to word-processing style checkers - software that lets you choose the personality you want to project. A team from Edinburgh's School of...
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NI election spurs students to embark on anti-fees campaign
Student leaders in Northern Ireland have launched a campaign urging political parties to pledge to abolish student fees and reject top-up fees in the run-up to the Northern Ireland assembly elections...
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Union slates job cull plans
The Association of University Teachers Scotland has accused Aberdeen University of "rushing unnecessarily" to shed staff in a £1 million restructuring scheme, writes Olga Wojtas. The university has...
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School pupils to get taste of medicine by tapping into students' online journals
Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School in London, the largest in the UK, has been trying different mentoring schemes to link up with schoolchildren from London state schools for the past three...
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Health studies get cash to boost access policies
The struggle to widen participation in university medicine and healthcare courses was given a boost this week with the announcement of £3 million additional funding from the Department of Health and...
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Evidence was 'fabricated' on trade unionist
A trade union activist at Liverpool John Moores University was subjected to a series of false allegations of dishonesty and misconduct by her colleagues, the vice-chancellor has ruled. In one...
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Uclan seeks foothold in Carlisle
The University of Central Lancashire is hoping to take over Northumbria University's campus in Carlisle. Uclan said the takeover would take place next August if the details were successfully worked...
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Auld enemy? We're just teasing English, say Scots
Are the English in Scotland the "auld enemy" or "new Scots"? Conflicting views are set to emerge at a symposium next month organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the British Academy and...
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Paris
A global fund to help rebuild Iraq's universities has been launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Mir Asghar Husain, Unesco's director of education policy...
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Jakarta
A first-year student has died in an initiation ceremony at Jakarta's Institute for Public Administration. Wahyu Hidayat is thought to have been a victim of the military-style discipline at the IPA. A...
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Brussels
Israeli scientists could benefit from the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme after an association agreement was put to ministers for approval. The deal would allow research teams from Israel...