NZ debt forces rethink on loans
New Zealand's student loan scheme is to be revamped as public concern over spiralling debt grows. Two options are on the table - tweaking the current system to limit individual debt, or replacing it...
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In the news: Deborah Eyre
Deborah Eyre, the newly appointed director of Warwick University's National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth, does not have fond memories of her school days. "I did not really start to enjoy...
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Don's diary: road to redundancy
June 2001 An email from the vice-chancellor announcing cuts in philosophy posts (from eight-and-a-half to five) puts me on the spot. I have been teaching at Middlesex since 1972 and, as a friend...
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Fine parking policy
The British Society of Animal Science held its annual conference in York this year. While the conference seems to have gone well overall, it transpires that there were some snags. Apparently, York...
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Low expectations
News of a curious-sounding seminar has reached The Diary. The aspirational "Failing students in higher education" event takes place today at Lancaster University. Delegates will consider: the policy...
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On the trail of travellers
A researcher from the University of the West of England, Julie Wilson, is jetting off to Bangkok - to research backpacking. Ms Wilson, who is based in the faculty of the built environment, is...
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Bricks and mortar board
Alan Howarth, the former Tory education minister who crossed the floor to join Labour in 1995, last week pointed out some of the benefits of the research assessment exercise. Speaking in Westminster...
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Any other skills?
Advertisements for the next director of the London School of Economics appeared last week. Headhunters Heidrick and Struggles are leading the quest to identify candidates and have specified that "...
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More to bars than beer
Coventry University student Stephen Brookes has been commissioned to create a series of radio programmes on pub culture. As part of his final-year media project for a degree in communication, culture...
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Quiet campaigning
An unfortunate incident occurred at last week's conference on the employability of non-traditional students. Colin Biggs, head of education consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was obviously proud...
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Universities are key in move to capitalist core
Andrzej Kozminski calls for a change in the state's role from owner of higher education to policy-maker Under authoritarian regimes, universities played a key role in preparing for transformation....
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Why I think consistency is not always a virtue
Shock, horror. What is the world coming to? A group of researchers from the universities of North London and Surrey have discovered that not every academic gives the same mark for a student's essay....
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Financial freedom will cost
If universities gain independence, it will be the poor who lose out, argues Gill Evans The Russell Group has been making play with the idea of becoming independent of state control for some time. Now...
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Corruption of quality
An obsession with monitoring is destroying higher education, argues Stephen Prickett In March 2001, along with several thousand others, I received a corrupt offer in the form of a letter from an...
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Update: 12:40
Spending review date to be announced next week The date of the comprehensive spending review is to be announced next week, Robin Cook confirmed to the House of Commons yesterday. He told Tory former...