From Abakwa to Zydeco
The Dictionary of Global Culture
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First and last Romantics
The Romantics
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The myth of liberal conquest
Liberalism and its Discontents
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Jeeves, Smarties and arch aliens
From Wodehouse to Wittgenstein
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Liberty's flawed apostle
Reason and Republicanism
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Honorary degrees
University of Wales LLD: Edward Heath, member of parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup, former prime minister (1970-74); Jacques Santer, president of the European Commission since 1995, prime minister...
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Chairs
London Institute Full professorships have been awarded to: Central St Martins College of Art and Design - Malcolm Le Grice, head of research; Caroline Dakers, cultural studies co-ordinator; Wendy...
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Quality lockout
A GROWING band of top universities is testing the authority of higher education's standards watchdog by closing its doors to auditors. Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle universities have...
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Unisys wins Durham info contract
The University of Durham's governing council has agreed to privatise management information services under contract to Unisys Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The Association of University Teachers has...
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In Brief
The University of Kent at Canterbury is not planning to drop or significantly reduce its physics programmes, as stated in The THES last week. Last year undergraduate recruitment figures for physics...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's figures for 1996-97 reveal that Of the 1,756,179 higher education students recorded * 52.5 per cent were women * 11.3 per cent were from countries other than...
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BMA wants to set trainee doctor numbers
Student numbers at each medical school should be set publicly to ensure teaching quality, the British Medical Association announced this week. This follows last year's decision to train 1,000 more...
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HEFCE probe at Anglia
SENIOR managers at Anglia Polytechnic University face an investigation by the Higher Education Funding Council for England after complaints that they have attempted a cover-up of allegations exposed...
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Labs get networking
Europe is ploughing billions into biotechnology and bioscience. Alison Goddard and Kam Patel report THE European Commission has launched a plant biotechnology research network to improve technology...
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Fall of bill may make fees soar
TUITION fees could soar if peers and MPs fail to reach agreement over the Teaching and Higher Education bill in the next few weeks. The bill, designed to prevent top-up fees, abolish maintenance...