Job lies lead to Dublin crackdown
University College Dublin is to check the qualifications and references of all shortlisted candidates for permanent academic posts. The clampdown follows the embarrassing disclosure that it had been...
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Rome returns to Libya
Libya has entrusted the largest treasure trove of ancient Roman coins ever found, more than 100,000 items, to the Italian National Research Council for restoration and study. The Libyan antiquities...
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In the news: David Bell
David Bell, the Bedfordshire County Council chief executive who was this week named Ofsted's chief inspector designate, is no stranger to the further education sector and the colleges in which he...
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Don's Diary
1960s First job as a new lecturer in Aberdeen. Such is the availability of posts that this one has remained unfilled for months. The interview consists of lunch with the professor. I am offered the...
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Gongs and wrongs
Oh dear. Roy Anderson, head of infectious diseases and epidemiology at Imperial College, London, was overlooked in the new year honours while a more junior member of his team, Neil Ferguson, got an...
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Eastwood goes East
Congratulations to David Eastwood, who has just been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia. Professor Eastwood, a modern historian, is currently chief executive of the Arts and...
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Extra cash is kosher
Christmas week is usually a lean time for universities hoping to make a little extra cash through conferences while students are away. But the University of Nottingham, always looking for a swift way...
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Butt out
While universities try to minimise the number of students who drop out, staff at the University of Wolverhampton may wish to make a certain exception. Hassan Butt, the 22-year-old Mancunian who this...
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You said it, Jack
Scottish students were this week expecting a particularly fair hearing from first minister Jack McConnell as they warned the Scottish Parliament about crippling levels of student debt. They had with...
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Pure theatre
Anyone lucky enough to receive the new book by the founder and chief executive of the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts for Christmas might wish to take a look at its reviews on the internet...
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Define 'quality', then we'll talk 'assurance'
We can't have quality assurance unless we establish the proper role of higher education in our society, argues Peter Williams. "Never complain, never explain." It's a useful maxim because it...
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Challenges for the new year and beyond
Margaret Hodge outlines the government's long-term strategy for addressing the key issues facing higher education. The year 2002 will be one of challenges for higher education - challenges for us in...
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Why I... believe employability need not displace critical citizenship
Teachers of cultural studies and social sciences must address the issue of "employability" more forcefully - not just because the government requires university education to be tied more closely to...
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UK risks patent foul-up
The United Kingdom risks fumbling the exploitation of top research unless universities improve their handling of intellectual property, one of the first "David Beckhams of science" has warned....
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Don't rock the research boat
In fear oflitigation and oftarnished reputations, universities have developed an obsession with ethics that is harming research, argues Frank Furedi. A colleague based at a London university was...