Tango from Romford
AMERICAS SINCE he was born in Romford, Essex, in January 1954, Nicholas Tozer has gone a long way ... all the way to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he has become a member of the country's unique...
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Hispanics to get 'English-only' schooling
AMERICAS THE SCRAPPING of bilingual education in Californian schools could have an adverse effect on university and college access for the state's Spanish-speakers, according to its opponents, writes...
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Africa sharpens engineers' skills
AFRICA Universities in sub-Saharan Africa must markedly improve the standard of engineering and technical education if the region is to move beyond the stage of assembling products and achieve...
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V-cs issue guidelines on campus meningitis
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals is distributing guidelines for managing meningitis to all universities.
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Fact file
Findings from the Higher Education Statistics Agency for 1996-97 reveal that: Total income of higher education institutions rose 4.7 per cent to Pounds 11.14 billion Total expenditure increased 4.4...
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Strathclyde University RAE rating for Mechanical Engineering
In our quality league table published on May 15 we incorrectly gave Strathclyde University an RAE rating of 3b for Mechanical Engineering. The correct rating is 4.
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Cuts fuel campus disputes
Cuts and restructuring are causing upheaval in universities countrywide. Thes reporters look at four hotspots. UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON BAILIFFS evicted 35 students on Tuesday from buildings at the...
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Cuts fuel campus disputes
Cuts and restructuring are causing upheaval in universities countrywide. Thes reporters look at four hotspots. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY Plans to shed 60 academic posts at Cambridge University through an...
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Howler alert
This man must be stopped! If Peter Barnes of the Open University is not to run off with The THES exam howler competition yet again, he needs some more opposition. Entries by the end of the month or...
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Spain takes Dearing track
EUROPE SPANISH universities will have their own Dearing-style report by the summer of 1999. It will focus on the problems affecting the university system and recommend reforms. The initiative stems...
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Sexual bias irks union
EUROPE The Irish Federation of University Teachers has slammed the "serious gender imbalance" in the current round of promotions at University College Dublin where one female and 19 male associate...
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Split on quality blueprint
THE Quality Assurance Agency's blueprint for policing higher education standards was in tatters this week as two opposing camps tore it apart. The funding councils, keen to get quality monitored,...
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QAA's role challenged
The QAA's role in monitoring standards in subjects with statutory professional bodies was challenged by the British Medical Association this week, writes Julia Hinde. The General Medical Council has...
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Black power
(Photograph) - Fifty years after the vanguard of West Indians arrived on the troopship Empire Windrush, Britain has its first black woman professor. Lola Young, professor of cultural studies at...
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Swiss take genes to the polls
Switzerland's citizens vote this weekend on whether to severely restrict genetic engineering, potentially forcing thousands of biomedical researchers abroad and seriously harming university and...