Findings: Fresh orange takes the pith
Freshly squeezed orange juice may for some epitomise a healthy start to the day but, according to researchers from Spain, paying for it is a waste of money. Pasteurised orange juice is just as good...
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US alumni gifts hit by stock fall
US universities have registered a decline in financial contributions for the first time in 15 years because of the weak stock market. Universities received just under $24 billion (£15.2 billion) in...
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Students sue over high fees
German universities' attempts to make money from administration fees have been thwarted by the courts, forcing them to consider more inventive fundraising schemes. In 1997, the western state of Baden...
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Sharp rise in casuals for Oz
The number of casual staff in ߣߣÊÓƵn universities is rising sharply, according to a study by Queensland University. In 1991, 10 per cent of the nation's 73,000 university staff were estimated to...
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French welcome autonomy
French education minister Luc Ferry has promised universities more autonomy under the government's decentralisation plans. He told university presidents that he did not intend to transfer their...
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Israel fears Iraqi Scuds
Israeli academics fear Iraq may yet launch a missile attack and are sceptical about the prospects for postwar democracy in the region. Amatsia Bar-Am of Haifa University, who is an expert on Iraq,...
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Mugabe attacks follow funeral
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe used the funeral of the late minister of higher education to order the police and military to crush political opposition to his ruling Zanu-PF party - unleashing a...
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EU and US pool research resources
Although discord tarnishes many aspects of Europe's relationship with the US, cooperation is still being pursued in research. Both sides have agreed a series of deals to pool research expertise in...
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New quango is not right formula for UK science
The idea of a UK Science Foundation, floated this week by the Centre for Policy Studies, a group closely linked to the Conservative Party, is an adventurous one. Like their 2001 general election...
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Few of you would even get an interview here
Our universities are sinking into nationalised mediocrity and students could soon be joining academics fleeing to the US, says Michael Burleigh Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now begins with the...
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Alison Wolf
The government wants higher education to learn from business - Jits first lesson should be stick to core functions. In the excitement over the access regulator, another key theme of the recent white...
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Face-off
Tensions were high at the National Union of Students' annual conference in Blackpool this week. The chair received a complaint that the national executive was "intimidating" speakers by "pulling...
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Become king of the jungle
The Diary was excited by the prospect of an "attractive six-figure salary" on reading last week's advert for a director-general of higher education based in the Department for Education and Skills....
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Good news is the only news
An oversight of stupendous proportions this week from the University of Bristol. Its April newsletter notes: "The university is constantly in the media locally, nationally and internationally. Here...
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Who are the berks now?
Congratulations to the students of Birkbeck College, London, who beat postgraduates from Cranfield University to take the University Challenge 2003 title this week. The team of adult part-time...