Agency staff stay at UCE despite union flak
AGENCY staff will continue to be employed as lecturers at the University of Central England, in spite of criticism from teaching unions. The university plans to use Education Lecturing Services for...
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Contract row hits Leeds tie-up
Will terms and conditions be eroded as FE and HE institutions merge? The THES looks at the flashpoints A STAND-OFF over staff contracts is expected to blight the merger between Leeds Metropolitan...
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College in title clash
Southampton University has clashed with King Alfred's College in Winchester over its use of the title "university college". The university, to which the college is accredited, has criticised it for...
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York head falls foul of governors
The principal of University College of Ripon and York St John is to leave suddenly after governors froze his plans to restructure. A governors' meeting this week confirmed that he would leave next...
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Wrong proportion
Smokescreens generated to befuddle the opposition over the Scottish tuition fees anomaly have claimed their first victim - Tony Blair. In fact, the PM was seriously disorientated when he told MPs...
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Early warning
Historian Conrad Russell had some advice for Blair as the House of Lords prepared to defy the government a second time on the issue of Scottish tuition fees. Margaret Thatcher, said Earl Russell,...
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Watchdog or poodle?
Education secretary David Blunkett may be blind but his insight is certainly undimmed. This much was clear when he cut Margaret Hodge short during Tuesday's education and employment committee hearing...
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Dundomin'?
Critics of dome secretary Peter Mandelson's handling of the Greenwich project will be praying Tony Blair's threatened reshuffle really does mean Mandy getting booted upstairs to take over as culture...
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High impact
Glasgow University lecturer Ron Thomson has been campaigning for improved campus road safety. He is deeply concerned about the risks to pedestrians from vehicles at one particular junction. Dr...
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Liaison dangereuse
A conference of European liaison officers at Nottingham Trent University had an unusual after-dinner speech from Robert Ayres, the university's professor of the performing arts. Dressed in his...
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Awards
University of Strathclyde Neville Baker, department of mechanical engineering, has been awarded the higher doctorate degree, doctor of science, for his work on processing, microstructure and...
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'How did you do it?' asked the client
Fluency with a toolkit of 2D and 3D applications is the secret of creative graphic art, says Fay Stephens The musician Frank Zappa once said: "The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can...
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Fertile ground
Ken Macaldowie, vice-chairman of Glasgow Caledonian University's court, has been giving evidence at an unfair dismissal hearing brought by former principal Stan Mason (see story above). He described...
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Draper's curtains
Alumnus to be proud of No 180 is that notorious unreconstructed leftist Derek Draper, whose modest assessment of his government connections and ability to influence them provided such entertainment...
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Natfhe claims 59 jobs face axe
Lecturers' union Natfhe has called for a public inquiry at Matthew Boulton College of Further and Higher Education in Birmingham in anticipation of large-scale redundancies, writes Phil Baty. New...