Don's Diary
Friday Only four days left of British Hong Kong, but I decline bacon and eggs and opt for the congee breakfast. We are staying at Robert Black college, the old staff accommodation of the University...
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Skinny pigs give clue to anorexia
ANOREXIC pigs have led scientists in Wales to believe that the condition could have genetic as well as psycho-social causes. John Owen, professor of agriculture at the University of Wales, Bangor,...
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Socrates cuts cause outcry
BRITISH universities and colleges have joined in a chorus of protest across Europe against drastic cuts in European Commission grants supporting student and lecturer exchanges. They have condemned...
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First-class degrees on wane
THE NUMBER of students gaining top honours is falling, according to statistics published today. But the male/female divide remains, with 7.7 per cent of male students who achieved degrees in 1995/96...
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Trinity's new master
THE PRIME minister has appointed the first Indian academic to head an Oxbridge college, writes Harriet Swain. Amartya Sen, professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University, will become...
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Textiles with a point
(Photograph) - Mari Masuda beside her work for the visual arts degree show at Goldsmiths College, University of London, last week.
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Science shows signs of upturn
The crisis-point dearth of school-leavers applying for science degrees is over, Tony Higgins, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service said this week. There has been an...
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Kennedy calls off raid on universities
HELENA Kennedy QC has been forced to clarify demands to redistribute resources between further and higher education after protests from vice chancellors seeking cross-sector unity in the campaign for...
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Factfile
68 per cent of academic staff are male, and 32 per cent are female 9 per cent of full-time professors are female, compared with 7 per cent the previous year 36 per cent of full-time staff in medicine...
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Oral atrocities
"Mouth-to-mouth prophecy was no longer effective," according to a recent theology student at the University of Leeds. Instead, please post, fax or email your exam howlers by July 4.
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No profit in moving
A four-year programme is examining how and why we spend money THE STATE of the housing market has no bearing on the behaviour of house buyers, according to research conducted for the Economic and...
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Degrees revamp on way
A multi-million pound overhaul of the way degree standards are defined and checked has been called for by quality watchdogs. This could eventually lead to a minimum pass level, or threshold standard...
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The three degrees
(Photograph) - Huddersfield University organised an impromptu graduation for its students from Hong Kong last week. The students had to return early in order to preserve their Hong Kong citizenship...
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Second coup for Bain
George Bain, already in the news after his appointment to head the Government's new Low Pay Commission, has won his second high-profile job in a month. Professor Bain, 58, principal of London...
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Marshall plan urged for Ulster peace
Sir Trevor Smith, vice chancellor of Ulster University, has called for a "Marshall Plan" for the north of Ireland, with tertiary education playing a key role in regeneration. Sir Trevor, speaking as...