Uphill path for lifelong learning
The Scottish further and higher education funding councils are doing their bit to promote lifelong learning through the use of an atmospheric landscape of rolling hills in shades of purple. The image...
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Wadham prizes its people
Wadham College, Oxford - known locally as the people's republic of Wadham because of its leftwing politics - has become the first college at Oxford to achieve recognition as an Investor in People for...
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End the quantum pussyfooting
Spotted in PhysicsLand: WANTED $10,000 reward Schrödinger's cat Dead or alive
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Don's diary: Work and play your hearts out
Saturday Another eight-day week in the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Scotland's national conservatoire. The RSAMD was the first UK conservatoire to award its own degrees in performance...
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Why I ...think we need to market cerebral sexiness
Peter Crofts, Head of marketing and student recruitment University of Glamorgan Yes, it's clearing again, that time of year when marketing departments are in full swing trying to seduce the remaining...
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Why make life tough?
League tables and game-playing are encouraging pupils to choose 'easier' subjects at A level, argues Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon Minister for educational standards David Miliband has claimed that there...
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It's just politics in a lab coat
While scientists command public respect, they are not necessarily impartial, argues Alice Farrands From BSE to GM by way of MMR, "crises" around scientific issues have been a regular fixture on the...
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Today's news
Boy prodigy wins place at Oxford at 15 A boy of 15 has won a place at Oxford University after gaining top marks in his maths, further maths, physics and Hebrew A levels. Yadid Hoshen will read...
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Ruthless landlords rip off £5.5m in rent scam
Unscrupulous landlords will wrongfully withhold more than £5.5 million of students' rent deposits this summer, according to a report published this week. About 35,000 students will lose out, say the...
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Midwife students confront 'sexism'
Three student midwives are taking the government, the hospitals where they have placements and their universities to an employment tribunal over their lack of maternity rights. The students, who work...
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Sheffield tackles mumps outbreak
Students under 19 years old are at risk of a new mumps outbreak that could hit campuses around the country this autumn, according to health officials. Sheffield University has written to all new...
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Home Office rejects call to ditch visa fees
Overseas student-rights campaigners are furious that the Home Office snubbed their call for a new visa extension charge to be dropped. The UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs held emergency talks...
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Findings: Drug abuse linked to ADHD
Youngsters with severely short attention spans are more likely to have their futures blighted by drink and drug problems, according to a new study, writes Natasha Gilbert. Researchers in the US have...
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Findings: Of mice and memory loss
Genetic scientists in Germany may have discovered the key to a clinical cure for the loss of learning and memory abilities suffered in old age, writes Keith Nuthall. A research team at the Max Planck...
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Accusations fly after BNP quotes lecturer
The British National Party has claimed that universities are denying freedom of speech after a Staffordshire University lecturer complained about the use of his picture in their publicity material....