Cambridge row over rights plan
Cambridge academics have pledged to scupper "unacceptable" plans by the university to make them hand over their intellectual property rights. In a report this week, Cambridge's governing council and...
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Demand threatens to outpace supply in Scots FE
Scottish further education is barely keeping up with demand, and the sector has the potential to grow substantially, says a recent report on supply and demand. The report, compiled by Consultancy...
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Whistleblowers: 'I blame government,' says £30,000 winner
The mature student who won £30,000 from Wolverhampton University to settle his allegations of poor teaching and inadequate facilities this week told The THES that he blamed the government for his...
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Analysis: Has gold standard lost shine?
External examiners are supposed to ensure the quality of UK degrees, but Alison Utley finds they are being attacked as outdated and inconsistent External examiners are under scrutiny. Questions are...
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Yale shames Princeton hacker
Yale University is expected to tighten security after a Princeton admissions official hacked into its website to read the files of students who had applied there. The disclosure was the latest...
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Swiss polys face overhaul
Switzerland's seven polytechnics are to overhaul their management goals and focus on national rather than regional concerns following a government review. The polytechnics offer 220 technical and...
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Paris
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has separated education from the existing Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs to create an education directorate...
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Luxembourg
Universities should be liable for VAT when carrying out research under contract to third parties who also pay tax, the European Court of Justice has ruled in an action against Germany, which had...
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China to refurbish MBA courses
High-school students in mainland China have a grim term for the gruelling annual exams that are their passport to higher education - "crossing a single-log bridge". With a pass rate of about 50 per...
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Weird wordage
News of The THES joint venture with Boston-based Annals of Improbable Research to uncover the world's least-read academic journal. The search has been modified and the goal is now to compile a list...
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Marketing madness
Exciting developments at Imperial College, London, where the marketing men have been called in to create a new brand. As a result of their deliberations, it has been decided that the comma will be...
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Lectures with a laugh
Congratulations Peter Kerr, politics lecturer at the University of Birmingham, who won the late-night ITV comedy talent show Take the Mike last weekend. Dr Kerr told The Diary : "I teach at nine in...
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The beer essentials
The University of Wales, Lampeter, has launched its own beer as part of its anniversary celebrations. The 175 Anniversary Ale was unveiled last weekend at the Lampeter Food Festival on the university...
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Comic relief
Students at a Malaysian university have discovered that laughter therapy helps them to study. About 30 University of Malaya students who took part in research found it made them more relaxed and...
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Weight for it...
Weightlifting postgraduate Peter Stewart was yesterday hoping to pick up a medal at the Commonwealth Games. Mr Stewart, 23, took up weightlifting only four years ago while a biochemistry student at...