Union's supplier refutes claims
Student leaders are to investigate claims that a clothing company endorsed by the National Union of Students shows scant regard for its workers' human rights. Screen Stars, which supplies branded T-...
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Whistleblowers: Oxford report 'flawed'
The Oxfordshire Racial Equality Council has joined Oxford dons in calling for a full inquiry into the university's decision to eject an international scholar from its premises. The council said that...
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Queen Mary, City kick off alliance
Two London universities are embarking on a major programme of collaboration and have formed a strategic alliance. Queen Mary, University of London, and City University have agreed a memorandum of...
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Society is shifting university agenda
Universities face a progressive blurring between initial degrees and continuing studies, an international expert has warned. Jamil Salmi, coordinator of the World Bank's tertiary education group,...
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Sexism charge hits Glasgow
Almost 50 Glasgow University academics have accused their institution of sexism in its choice of honorary graduands for its 550th anniversary celebrations. The complaint comes in an open letter...
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Analysis: Policy fends off politics
Why have moves to establish a national strategy for education research caused uproar? Alison Utley finds out Britain's national strategy for research in education is at the final-draft stage. It is...
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On the move
The University of Bristol has announced the following promotions: Mohammed Alam to professor of physics; George Banting to professor of molecular cell biology; Leo Brady to professor of biochemistry...
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Glittering prizes
The University of Hull has announced that it will award honorary degrees this summer to: actress Judi Dench ; lawyer Lord Woolf of Barnes ; Richard Dawkins , professor of the public understanding of...
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In the news: David Normington
"The smiling assassin" is the nickname bestowed on David Normington, who was appointed permanent secretary at the Department for Education and Employment last week. The 49-year-old has spent more...
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Polygamy costs
English Heritage has placed a blue plaque on the former London home of crystallographer John Desmond Bernal. Bernal was a Marxist and one of the first to write about science in a political context....
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A day on the beer
The University of Bradford last week hosted a one-day course on "the pub and its people". Punters looked at the different forms of pubs, pub architecture, design, customers and publicans. We can only...
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D is for disappeared
The government recently published its response to the Library and Information Commission's Empowering the Learning Community report. It sets out its action plan for responding to the commission's...
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Pleasure at QAA's pain
University administrators meeting in Exeter this week were treated to a description of the Quality Assurance Agency by David Allen, registrar and secretary of the University of Birmingham: "It audits...
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Don's Diary: Lent quintet
Lent 1997 At the main gate of Lincoln College, Oxford, discuss focus of the next "Turl Street Arts Festival", an annual venture run by the undergraduates of Lincoln, Jesus, and Exeter colleges every...
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Don't co-opt, just cooperate
Universities are happy to work with the government, but they do not want to be directed solely by market or political dictates, Bryan Gould writes Too many lawyers and accountants? Not enough...