Static pay is forcing managers to leave
Many college managers are getting a raw pay deal compared with ordinary lecturers, with some accepting a pay freeze last year, their representative body has said. There has been no increase in the...
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Ucas records a big drop in student applications
Numbers of university applicants for the next academic year are falling, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Preliminary totals released to admissions officers...
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World view needs ethics
Academic geography is set to give ethics an integral role amid increasing concern about the relationship of human beings with the natural world. This was the prediction of Peter Haggett, emeritus...
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Analysis: We have ways of making you learn
Is lifelong learning a form of social control? Alison Utley considers the arguments Education secretary David Blunkett wants an extra 625,000 adults to enter education next year. His Skills for Life...
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Analysis: Higher degrees of celebrity
Some sports and television stars seek more than public adulation - they want academic recognition too, as Julie McCord discovers It is a short distance from Salford University to the Granada...
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Attitude to risk makes disaster
Man-made disasters such as the Hatfield train crash, which has brought chaos to Britain's railway network, are a symptom of poor risk management, researchers have concluded. While company strategies...
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Medieval climate chaos revealed
The floods, gales and severe weather warnings this autumn and winter may be the result of 21st-century global warming, but they are nothing new. York University medievalist Jeremy Goldberg has...
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Peace is threatened by paramilitary violence
Northern Ireland's peace process is in danger of being derailed by paramilitary violence, according to a study of the province's informal criminal justice systems. There has been a general acceptance...
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Whistleblowers: Plagiarism charge
The emergence of a new international distance learning accreditation organisation, the Educational Quality Accrediting Commission, has ruffled a few feathers. The Open and Distance Learning Quality...
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Call for confidence boosting study on pedagogical research
The Learning and Teaching Support Network has called for a study into how pedagogical research is rated by subject panels when they are considering research assessment exercise submissions. Replying...
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Cutting Edge: Anton Zeilinger
A cherished viewpoint in physics, and even in daily life for that matter, is that any action on something from a distance must somehow travel through the intervening space. This was put into question...
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The mystical world of quantum mechanics
Almost every book or article on modern mysticism, paranormal phenomena, or alternative medicine, alludes to quantum mechanics as the scientific foundation for its claims. For example, in his best-...
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One small step... an infinity of actions
While quantum theory informs our every move, we are still not masters of the multiverse it describes, says David Deutsch. A 1,000-mile journey begins, obviously, with a single step. But is it not...
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Society, self and study
Alverno College may be small, but it has a big influence on teaching methods. When Mary Staten first walked into Alverno College she immediately felt comfortable. She saw ceramic sculptures in glass...
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Agony aunt
Q: I am often asked by students to extend the deadline for their work assignments. What is the best approach to take? Terry Kee, Director of the industrial training programme, School of chemistry...