Innovation motivation
Lecturers trying out new teaching methods run the risk of being labelled eccentric. Be brave, say Andrew Hannan and Harold Silver Innovation means many things to many people. For some it is radical,...
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Agony aunt
One of my tutees overloads herself with extracurricular work, which she says is essential for her career development. As a result, she never meets my deadlines. How do I treat her fairly? Time...
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MSPs pull back from motion to axe fees
There is widespread relief in Scotland's universities and colleges that the Scottish Parliament has backed off from a proposal to axe tuition fees, which institutions feared would hit their funding....
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Post-16 scene shake-up
New sub-regional bodies could call the shots in post-16 education as part of a fundamental restructuring of further education and training due to be announced by government next week. It is thought...
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College, sixth-form funding gap closes
The funding gap between school sixth forms and their poorer college counterparts will be halved under new funding plans for 16-19 study. The Further Education Funding Council intends to reshuffle...
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Foreign students wooed by Labour
A bid to attract more fee-paying international students to UK institutions was launched by prime minister Tony Blair last week, setting an ambitious target of 75,000 extra overseas students by 2005,...
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Call for anonymous marking
Students at the University of Leeds are calling for anonymous marking of all students' work after it emerged this week that some departments think the procedure is impractical. Emma Rabin, Leeds...
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QAA tries to satisfy funders
Quality chiefs are set for a show-down with the British funding councils over final plans for the new quality assurance regime. Public accountability appears to be at the heart of the disagreement....
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Beware patent trap, universities told
Universities keen to get a share of the big money being pumped into new scientific initiatives are being urged to beware of the legal pitfalls surrounding research exploitation. The government is...
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Don's Diary
Monday The worst part about working on archaeological excavations is leaving friends and family for months at a time. During my flight to Turkey this year I miss my meal and they lose my bags. Not an...
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In the news
The tag "poacher turned gamekeeper" has dogged Diana Warwick ever since she became chief executive of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals just three years after quitting as general...
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Pretoria
Kader Asmal, a former Trinity College Dublin law professor and human rights activist, has become South Africa's new education minister. He is the second academic to head the ministry since the...
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On the move
Peter Williams, chairman of Oxford Instruments Group plc and president-elect of the Institute of Physics, has been elected master of St Catherine's College, Oxford. He will succeed Lord Plant of...
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Glittering prizes
John Kenneth Galbraith, professor emeritus of Harvard University, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of science from the London School of Economics on Monday. Liverpool John Moores University...
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Eye witness
In an increasingly global market, students are often bewildered by similarities between the names of the universities competing to recruit them. Australian students can be excused for confusing the...