Corporate 'ruin' threat
Business Schools face potential ruin as "corporate universities" poach academics on individual contracts and shun institutions, the Association of Business Schools has warned. Speaking to The THES...
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Parents alarmed at suicide risk
EXAM time is almost upon us, bringing with it the sleepless nights long associated with cramming. Yet academic pressure is only one of the difficulties students face at university and college....
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Stress on a scale of 1 to 10
STUDENTS from Leeds Metropolitan University seem a happy bunch but dig deeper and many feel stressed about the forthcoming examinations. Steve Hale rates his stress on a scale of one to ten as eight...
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Science waits on the cash
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country A year after taking office, Labour...
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Lowdown on a shy spin doctor who crossed the Irish Sea and chose to stay
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country BACK WHEN Ireland's economy was less...
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A year of chatter, but little money
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country TONY Blair famously placed education...
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DFEE's open and shut case
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country LABOUR'S slick presentational style...
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Blunkett reveals skills forged in Sheffield
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country When Labour took power last year...
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Welsh winners and losers
Four Welsh colleges of further education face cash cuts of more than 5 per cent in 1998-99. The Further Education Funding Council for Wales figures reveal that the biggest loser is the largest...
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MPs voice New Deal fraud fears
Fraudulent and incorrect payments to training providers could threaten the government's Pounds 3.5 billion New Deal for the young unemployed, MPs warned this week. In a tense session with the...
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Scots colleges need cash
An injection of extra government funds is urgently needed more by Scottish further education than higher education, the principal of Aberdeen University has warned. Duncan Rice, giving the keynote...
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Over-50s lose out on learning
HIGHER education is still failing to meet the needs of "older learners", adult education chiefs said this week, writes Tony Tysome. While universities and colleges are increasing their intake of...
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Insight to sight lines
A news round-up from the third conference on consciousness in Tucson, Arizona A patient who is unable to recognise the shape of objects or their spatial orientation has given insights into the...
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'Mystic' beliefs prevalent
A news round-up from the third conference on consciousness in Tucson, Arizona More than a quarter of scientists and academics exploring human consciousness believe that "personal consciousness...
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Local power growing
LOCAL government has sharply increased public involvement in decision-making over the past four years, according to research carried out for ministers. Researchers at De Montfort University and the...