Look sharp, spot the signs
Jennifer Currie talks to a mother whose student daughter died of meningitis before the government's vaccination programme was put in place Primary teacher Rita Harries was at school when the call...
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Outreach can give sex advice too
Promoting awareness of meningitis among students can be a springboard, enabling counsellors to talk to students about other concerns - from sex and drugs to stress and mental health. In halls of...
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Reflect on the inner 'I'
WHAT. Keeping study notebooks or diaries helps students and staff deepen understanding and think critically, writes Jennifer Moon. WHAT. Students can reflect on their studies. Lecturers can use them...
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A parental figure when you leave home
Tom Hodgkinson, 21, third-year maths,Glasgow University Everyone needs a personal tutor. They are the parental figure you need when you move away from home, someone you can turn to when you get into...
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By George, they've got it
A mannequin is at the centre of a pioneering computer-aided nurse teaching pilot. Olga Wojtas reports George Morgan, 22, has been taken by ambulance to accident and emergency after being found...
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Comfort in that personal touch
Nicky Stanley and Jill Manthorpe argue that the one-to-one relationship of student and tutor needs to be cultivated and not pruned because of pressures The role of personal tutor can be a thankless...
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Oz student skills put to the test
Melbourne Australian university students are in for a testing time, with about a third of universities expected to take part in initial trials of the federal government's new graduate skills...
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Readers' reactions
Last month in The THES... Andrew Pakes argued that students should be allowed to claim housing benefit Hillary Shaw Geography postgraduate University of Leeds I do think students should be able to...
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Publish and be damned
Do you think you could restrain the urge to publish whatever Graham Zellick and Don Staniford send you? J Karczewski-Slowikowski Academic registrar Manchester Metropolitan University
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Colleges warn of inspectors'double trouble
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds The Association of Colleges warns that involving two different agencies in inspecting the same provision in the same classrooms...
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World watch
Turin Polytechnic is offering Italy's first degree course in automobile engineering. Four women are among the 60 students enrolled on the five-year course, which is the result of a joint project by...
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World watch
Italy's largest trade union for university workers has called an official national strike in support of more than 1,500 lettori, following the breakdown of negotiations for a new national contract.
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Industry training bodies views of the white paper
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds Industry training bodies see the white paper as a chance for radical reform of the principles behind lifelong learning. The...
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Students pleased with their stake
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds Students welcome the white paper's stress on coherence. The National Union of Students is pleased about the creation of a...
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Let them eat cake
Is there no end to the inequality inherent in Oxford colleges? The latest Oxford Magazine carries the shocking disclosure that while some colleges provide puddings for fellows at Senior Common Room...