Foresight group remit
* The remit of the ministerial Foresight group has been expanded to ensure science, engineering and technology are taken into account when developing policy across all government departments. The new...
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Record levels of racism prompt Scottish initiative
Only 1.3 per cent of the Scottish population are ethnic minorities, compared with 5.5 per cent for the UKas a whole. This smaller proportion, coupled with the absence of serious race riots, leads...
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Employers target minorities
Graduate employers are targeting recruitment at universities with a high proportion of ethnic minority students. And this positive discrimination is based on "hard commercial return value", not...
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MP urges colleges to boost local economy
Universities should do more for their local communities rather than concentrating all their efforts on boosting their national and international profiles, a government minister has told MPs. Lifelong...
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Oxford raises its state-school intake
More state-school pupils applied to Oxford University this year and more were accepted, according to figures released this week. But although the gap is narrowing, they remain in the minority at just...
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Development of teaching needs better management
Has the student experience improved as a result of the new emphasis on university teaching and attempts to link funding to classroom excellence? Over the past three years there has been much talk...
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HEFCE may reject foreign ingredients for funding recipe
The international standing of subjects is unlikely to be used as a basis for allocating research cash from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. HEFCE research funding is also unlikely to...
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Normans not the norm
Give a child a bad name and they do better at university, new research suggests. Research by Phil Erwin, of Nene College of Higher Education, has found students with unattractive first names do...
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Worriers need to worry to be happy
Worriers even worry about things that make them happy, it is claimed. Researchers at the University of Sussex asked students to think about the feature in their life that made them happiest and then...
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Female voice strikes the right warning tone
"Female and fearful" is the strongest warning voice, say researchers at the University of Plymouth. Psychologists Kate Walters and Judy Edworthy asked undergraduates to rate the importance of neutral...
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Governed by a bunch of old fogies?
Phil Baty looks at the strengths and weaknesses of governing bodies and asks: are you safe in their hands? Anyone with enough time on their hands to do a proper job as a university governor tends not...
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Don's Diary
Thursday The University of South Australia's City West campus is a new creation of yellow concrete buildings and blue staircases. Completed just over a year ago it houses the school of business,...
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On the move
Sir Alan Budd, 61, former chief economic adviser to the Treasury, has been elected provost of Queen's College, Oxford. He will succeed Geoffrey Marshall, who retires next July. Newscaster Trevor...
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Glittering prizes
The poet and former curate R. S. Thomas, 85, has been appointed to an honorary professorship in the Welsh department, University of Wales, Bangor. Cherie Booth QC has been elected an honorary fellow...
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The THES Diary
Union drive at FEFC There has been an outbreak of militancy at the Further Education Funding Council, where staff have been flocking to join a trade union. Public Commercial Services has signed up 60...