Ugandans hit by loans scheme collapse
About 1,000 students in Uganda will be unable to study at university this year because the ministry of education has failed to launch an effective loans scheme, according to a government consultant....
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Tuition costs rocket in US
Tuition fees at public universities in the US rose this year by nearly 10 per cent - the highest rate in a decade and nearly seven times the inflation rate - as state governments cut taxpayer support...
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McGill contests expulsion appeal
McGill University medical school this week sought to defend itself against allegations that it unfairly expelled a student - only the second expulsion from the Canadian medical school in a decade....
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Israelis fight cut to book supply
Israeli universities are challenging the refusal of a UK academic publisher to supply books, a move they view as an escalation of the academic boycott. Manchester-based St Jerome Publishing said the...
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British Council offers prizes for students' top 'letter home'
International students are to be invited to describe their achievements and experiences in UK universities, colleges and schools for a chance to win awards worth thousands of pounds. The...
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Unions fear Gats impact
Union leaders have warned that including universities in the General Agreement on Trade in Services could lead to the "McDonaldisation of higher education". Member countries of the World Trade...
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NZ v-cs retreat in fees battle
New Zealand's eight universities have reluctantly accepted a deal to keep tuition fees at current levels in return for a 4.5 per cent funding increase next year. Universities had refused to accept...
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In the news: Team Bath
It has been more than a century since a university fielded a side in the FA Cup. This week, the University of Bath team won its fourth-round qualifier to go through to the first round proper of the...
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Don's diary: watch out for fish bones
Fortnight one Would I like to come and dig up a specimen of the world's largest fish just outside Peterborough? I nearly bite the hands off my colleagues from Portsmouth and Glasgow universities when...
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Want a tap off is jab?
Two adverts have appeared for the chief executive of the Ulster-Scots Agency, the Northern Ireland language body that helps fund Ulster University's Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies. One advert is...
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Target practice needed
Oops - the government's aim for equality in public life is slipping. Three years ago, the Department for Education and Skills pledged to increase the representation of women on quangos from 29 per...
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Old ties bind
Higher education watchers could have confidently predicted that the new rector of St Andrews University would be Sir Clement Freud. The former Liberal MP won the race with 52.4 per cent of the 1,892...
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Step aside, Bath
Hot on the heels of the news that the University of Bath is in the FA Cup proper comes reports of further student sporting prowess. Congratulations to the motor sports students at the University of...
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Imperverse suggestion
Another entry has arrived for The Diary's competition to name the institution created by any merger between Imperial College London and University College London - Imperversity. Meanwhile, the...
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On the job
A German condom company has asked British students to test its products, rating them for comfort, pleasure and all-round performance. It is paying £100 per academic term for the students to test its...