Few things in public life are more panic-inducing than the arrival of the Whitehall investigators. But the inquiry into universities planned by the Cabinet Office's Better Regulation Task Force is an...
Charging a market interest rate on student loans could apparently raise £400 million to reduce student poverty ("Market-rate loans proposed", THES , September 21). But who would contribute the...
Sir David Watson's discussion paper presented to the vice-chancellors using data accrued by Brian Ramsden (Analysis, THES , September 7) may aim to change the shape of higher education, but those...
I wish to add my reservations about the effect of constraints on student placement in the Quality Assurance Agency's proposed new code of practice ("QAA issues rules for placement", THES, August 17...
Skills? Yes, indeed. Students need skills and, at the conclusion of their courses, they should know what skills they have acquired ("How to put first-years on the right track", THES , September 7)....
Lib Dems back student grants Liberal Democrats today called on the government to abolish student tuition fees and restore maintenance grants. The motion was passed at the party’s conference in...
The Independent Deflecting an asteroid approaching Earth could be more complex than just blowing it up, research suggests. Scientists at Hammersmith Hospital in London have found that Viagra ...
The Times A detailed history of the earliest humans to live in Britain is to be written in a £1.2 million study that will shed new light on the origins of modern man. The Ancient Human...
V-cs back Welsh bid to re-introduce grants Welsh vice-chancellors are backing proposals for the Welsh Assembly to seek legislative powers to introduce maintenance grants and bursaries for students....
Colombian politician kidnapped Consuelo Araujo, a former Colombian culture minister, was yesterday kidnapped by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces leftist guerrilla group near Valledupar in the...
Nitrous oxide... and the shadows cast by cowards Dale Lowdermilk [ Dale93150@aol.com ] Saturday 22 September 2001 04:19 BST Would a gun in the cockpit have saved 5 lives....10 lives....5,...
Brazilian lecturers' strike affects 30,000 students More than 30,000 applicants for places at Brazil's federal universities have had their entrance examinations cancelled as a result of an all-out...
Idealism dead in universities, says Lib Dem MP Liberal Democrat higher education spokesman David Rendel has bemoaned the loss of idealism in universities as they struggle with the pressures of...
The Independent Advances in technology have made it possible for terrorists to kill millions of people with chemical or biological weapons, the World Health Organisation warned yesterday. Africa's...
Government boosts fast-track teaching scheme A scheme that offers graduates a fast-track route into teaching is to be expanded to meet demand, the government announced today. School standards...