Lords to renew fight against teaching bill
The government will face more defiance from the House of Lords as the Teaching and Higher Education Bill returns to the Upper House after completing its passage through the Commons this week. Commons...
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Night of passion and farce
LIKE a racy farce, the report stage of the Teaching and Higher Education Bill had lots of loud characters jumping in and out of bed together, politically speaking that is. One minute Conservatives...
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Commonwealth experts link
A NETWORK for Commonwealth studies experts was launched in London last week. Many academics interested in the Commonwealth work in isolation in developing countries. Two years ago the Symons...
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Tories' Green man
Education was not part of Damian Green's brief when he worked in the No 10 policy unit during John Major's premiership, writes Huw Richards. It is an omission the Conservative MP for Ashford mildly...
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News worth repeating
We hope you enjoyed hearing about the new Pounds 143 million for student access trumpeted this week by the education department - because the reality will be an awful lot less pleasurable. Headlined...
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Embargo busters
Education minister Kim Howells accused Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis of dirty tactics by using embargoed student admission figures in Tuesday's third reading of Teaching and Higher...
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Like minds
A meeting of minds that makes the Irish and Middle East peace processes look straightforward took place at Tel Aviv University, where Tony Blair answered questions on both subjects from an audience...
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Watertight excuses
Stirling University is anticipating a new addition to the list of genuine reasons for student assignments being late: "marooned on St Kilda". Its Western Isles campus in Stornoway has just enrolled...
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Half steps to truce
Having assailed The THES for "unhelpful reporting" of the Quality Assurance Agency's latest scheme for checking standards, members of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals' standards and...
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Chile's collegiate team
Any academic who does not fancy Scotland or England in the World Cup but wants a team to follow could do worse than Chile. Not only are they good enough to beat England at Wembley and still available...
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Don't shut out police, report says
Police must be called to investigate allegations of serious sexual assault at universities and colleges, according to a report released to colleges this week by Secretary of State David Blunkett. The...
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Hearing for silent press officer
The head of press relations at Middlesex University, Suzi Clark, faced a disciplinary hearing this week over her relationship with the press, writes Phil Baty. Ms Clark, who also edits the university...
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Evans vows action after being passed over again
Campaigning Cambridge University lecturer Gill Evans has said she will return to the High Court after failing to win a chair in this year's round of promotions after 18 years at the university. She...
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Sunderland pioneers environmental audit
New universities are pioneering the use of environmental policies. Julia Hinde reports Sunderland University was the first university to produce an annual green report, highlighting its environmental...
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FRSs named
Two computer scientists spotted among the new Fellows of the Royal Society: connectionist Geoff Hinton (University of Toronto) and veteran research manager John Taylor (Hewlett Packard Laboratories,...