Don's diary: Iranian art study tour
Saturday Shiraz: 19 staff, students and lifelong learners from Edinburgh College of Art tip off the Tehran flight. Wafts of rosewater in the terminal, a scented warm breeze and the sound of the...
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In the news: Ivan Lewis
The audience at Natfhe's conference in Torquay celebrated junior education minister Ivan Lewis's wedding anniversary on Monday with a mass walkout. It was always going to be difficult. Mr Lewis is...
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Ministerial madness
After the revelation that some senior members of the Association of University Teachers mischievously refer to higher education minister Margaret Hodge as "mad Madge" comes a reported confession from...
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WC fields
In a case of life imitating Laurie Taylor ("Top don brands high street loos a disgrace"), a researcher at the University of the West of England is promoting the "importance of maintaining a global...
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Taking the Mikhail
A newly discovered asteroid is about to be named after a Russian comedian. Nikolai Chernykh of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory wants to name the asteroid - which is seven miles across and...
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Special Brewster
Congratulations to Chris Brewster, who was last week awarded the George Petitpas memorial award for international people management. It is the first time a Briton has won the award. Professor...
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Sex and the city
A highbrow museum of sex is to open in New York later this year. Curators say the institute, to be located on Fifth Avenue, will provide a serious study of the city's history as a refuge for every...
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Bordering on ridiculous
How's this for a great research project to keep you occupied over the summer? Ann Kennard, head of German at the University of the West of England, is to undertake a "border trip" as "borders, border...
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Dubious legal feet
Judges in Holland were last week given a selection of bare-footed volunteers as part of an unusual identity parade to help them decide if a man on trial for taking his shoes off in public exceeded...
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Domain attraction
The Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication has hit on a novel way to recruit students. The college - whose mission is to "creatively apply digital technology to design and communication" -...
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Self-Xplanatory?
The Diary has received a late entry for the Pseud's Corner of The THES . The centre for educational research at Canterbury Christ Church University College is leading a project to look at good...
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A few things bound to dampen your party spirit
Academics have little to celebrate as Labour reaches its fifth year in power, says Stephen Court Today is the first anniversary of new Labour's second administration and - for higher education - the...
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A divisive strategy
Labour is promoting a three-tier system with a white, middle-class elite, argues Patrick Ainley There is no need for the Higher Education Funding Council for England to survey academic opinion on the...
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Knowledge is a team pursuit
It is time to restore communal values to academia, writes Ros Ollin As universities suffer from the repeated fragmentation and division caused by government policy experiments, a lack of shared...
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Why I...recommend fudging the 'happy sheets'
The government's explicit mantra was "education, education, education", but some believe history has proved it to be more like "evaluation, evaluation, evaluation". Teachers and lecturers now face...