Medics get to heart of matter
German medical students will soon be able to take a virtual 3-D trip inside the human body with the aid of a pioneering computer system. The program, virtusMED, will be introduced in medical training...
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Small states offered virtual aid
The Commonwealth's small states - those with fewer than 1.5 million people - are to get a virtual university to help find solutions to their common problems. Tiny populations, minuscule land area,...
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Chief proposes a cooperative Euro-region
The governor of Austria's Styria province has proposed a new Euro-region to increase inter-university cooperation and improve economic ties. It would incorporate Slovenia and adjacent provinces of...
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Finland is thinking ahead to Bologna
Finland's government is considering steps to bring its university degree courses in line with the Bologna recommendations for convergence across Europe. A ministerial committee has reported to the...
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Obscurity beckons
Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research - "the journal of inflated research and personalities" - and the man behind the annual IgNobel Prizes, awarded "for achievements that cannot...
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Newtonian attraction
Babson College, a small but prestigious management school on the outskirts of Boston in the United States, plans to mark the 5th anniversary of the death of Sir Isaac Newton on March 31 with...
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Delusional destination
Universities have long held an allure for the disturbed. The Diary recalls an incident in which a woman, convinced that her husband was trying to kill her with a death-ray, consulted physicists at...
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Solar Priest honoured
Congratulations Eric Priest, a solar physicist at the University of St Andrews. Professor Priest was named this week as the winner of the highest honour of the American Astronomical Society, the Hale...
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Labour loses NUSS lock
The ancient tradition of key figures in the National Union of Students Scotland being members of Scottish Labour Students has been dealt a blow by last week's elections for president and deputy...
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Roaming for research
A lecturer from the University of Hertfordshire is backpacking around the world - to study the appeals of backpacking. Paul Vance, a tourism management lecturer at the university business school, set...
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Confused consultation
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge reassured delegates at Tuesday's Careers Research and Advisory Centre conference on admission to higher education that her department would "consult after we...
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In the news: Matti Alderson
Matti Alderson faces a struggle to make her report on university regulation relevant. As chair of the panel looking at higher education for the government's Better Regulation Task Force, she was...
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Don's Diary: Studying the Chicxulub crater
Monday Spend the day preparing supplies for tomorrow's return to Yucatán, Mexico, while preparing my classes, laboratories and the Space Imagery Center in Arizona for a brief absence. I am eager to...
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We must make effort to level global playing field
Global thirst for study could spell crisis if not managed, say Henry Rosovsky, David Bloom and David Steven. The educated have always been the first to value education. As more of the world's young...
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Better pay at all levels
V-cs' pay is justified but reward lower down must increase to retain the best staff, says Philip Love Vice-chancellors of UK universities lead multimillion pound institutions, collectively employing...