Cnut is no B'Stard
Rik Mayall is to make a television comeback as a scheming university professor. He will play Adonis Cnut - pronounced "Canute" - in a follow-up to his role as sleazy Tory MP Alan B'Stard. Professor...
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Today's news
Labour signals return of the 'O level' Schools may be allowed to return to the more rigorous exam system abandoned when the GCSE replaced O levels 18 years ago, the Government indicated last night....
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Much ado about the man from Stratford
People have funny ideas about Shakespeare. In Chicago recently I chatted to a lady who asked me what I did and where I worked. I told her I work in Stratford-upon-Avon as a Shakespeare scholar. “Oh...
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Today's news
Buchanan to replace Tyson as Dean Robin Buchanan, UK senior partner of Bain & Co, is set to become the best-paid principal in British higher education after it was confirmed yesterday that he...
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Still no call from No 10?
In the UK, the gulf between the political and the academic worlds seems all-but unbreachable while Americans flit easily between lecture halls and halls of power. Here Matthew Reisz examines why...
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Rik's top of the profs
The Diary is looking forward to a new television series staring Rik Mayall as a scheming university professor. He will play Adonis Cnut - pronounced "Canute" - in a follow-up to his role as sleazy...
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Believe me, I'm sorry
The Diary wishes to apologise for suggesting that Believe Nothing , which stars Rik Mayall as Adonis Cnut, would be any good. The first episode was not so bad as to quash hopes that the second would...
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Today's news
Student protest ends in riot Greek police fired teargas into a student rally yesterday after it was infiltrated by rioters. A group of hooded youths broke away from a 6,000-strong crowd protesting...
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V-cs left off Tony's list
Prime minister Tony Blair this week hosted a soirée for higher education. Some 200 people attended the Downing Street event, the theme of which was excellence in higher education. A guest list...
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Rumpled and ready to rumble
If higher education is to raise its profile, celebrity Tory Boris Johnson could be the man to do it. And he is already putting financial freedom for universities in the spotlight, writes Anna...
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Today's news
Rise in A-level passes the smallest for 20 years A-level results improved for the 23rd year in a row today. The overall pass rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 96.2 per cent, while the...
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Women bond at strip clubs
On a girls' night out at a male strip club, women are more interested in female bonding than the sexual experiences pursued by their male counterparts, according to research, writes Natasha Gilbert....
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50% target a shadow of original idea
Newly released papers reveal ministers' doubts over flagship policies launched five years ago Ministers watered down their initial plans to expand student numbers amid concerns about costs and...
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Hey! We're entitled to a Bill of Rights, too
The Butler report has thrown up concerns about the state of British democracy. Huw Richards investigates as part of our series on democracies around the world. "It took me a long time to understand...
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In the know, but out of sight
People who Live in the Dark