Daily TV & radio guide - Wednesday
A Short History of Darkness (3.45 R4). Final 15-minute exploration embraces dark matter, fears of the dark, etc. With new poems by Colette Bryce and Ruth Padel. Thinking Allowed (4.00 R4). Laurie...
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Latest international news
Turkmenistan president doubles student grants President Saparmyrat Niyazov of Turkmenistan has doubled all student grants in honour of the fifth anniversary of his country’s neutrality.&...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The high-tech revolution means Indian students are in demand, but ߣߣÊÓƵ, in spite of its smaller university system, attracts many more than the UK. THE GUARDIAN MPs are to...
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Latest UK news
A-level standards panel launched An international review panel to examine the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s stewardship of A-level standards is being launched today by the authority’s new...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Tuesday
The Ancient Ark (9.30 am R4). The eagle in cultural mythology (repeat series). Solitude (11.00 am R4). Second half of Peter France's examination of being alone concentrates on enforced solitude -...
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Latest international news
Sicily opens Mafia museum UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will tomorrow open a museum and documentation centre devoted to the Mafia in the Sicilian village of Corleone. The centre, linked to the...
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Latest UK news
Computer bug could strike Scottish exams A millennium bug in the Scottish Qualifications Authority’s new computer system could affect next year’s examinations, the Scottish Parliament’s...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The family of David Goldman, founder of multibillion-pound software company The Sage Group, has given a seven-figure endowment to Newcastle University's School of Management. The Bank...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Monday
Composer of the Week (9.00 am R3 and rest of week) is E. J. Moeran. Start the Week (9.00 am R4). Featuring historian Niall Ferguson on his first internet lecture and the rise of the e-university. »...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Sunday
Music Matters (12.15 R3). Music in the classroom, plus travelling folk singers. Classic Serial (3.00 R4). Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass adapted by Hattie Naylor. Among the supporting...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Saturday
The Medieval Ball (2.30 R4). Terry Jones continues his exploration of the medieval mind and its manifestation in maps and elsewhere. Stolen Goods, National Treasures (6.00 BBC2). It's not just the...
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Higher education awards
Southampton Institute The following awards have been made: DBA : Timothy Field , founder of the UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line; Lisa Napolitano , executive director of the Strategic...
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Higher education appointments
University of Surrey The following appointments have been announced: Tom Bridges , professor, has been appointed as head of mathematics for 3 years from October 1. Michael Kipps , professor, has been...
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Elite plan to go it alone over pay
Local pay bargaining in higher education came a step closer this week after the Association of University Teachers exposed moves by elite institutions to abandon the national negotiating structure....
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Newby is chosen for top job
Sir Howard Newby, vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton, has been appointed chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Sir Howard, 52, president of Universities...