Labour loses NUSS lock
The ancient tradition of key figures in the National Union of Students Scotland being members of Scottish Labour Students has been dealt a blow by last week's elections for president and deputy...
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Roaming for research
A lecturer from the University of Hertfordshire is backpacking around the world - to study the appeals of backpacking. Paul Vance, a tourism management lecturer at the university business school, set...
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Confused consultation
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge reassured delegates at Tuesday's Careers Research and Advisory Centre conference on admission to higher education that her department would "consult after we...
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In the news: Matti Alderson
Matti Alderson faces a struggle to make her report on university regulation relevant. As chair of the panel looking at higher education for the government's Better Regulation Task Force, she was...
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Don's Diary: Studying the Chicxulub crater
Monday Spend the day preparing supplies for tomorrow's return to Yucatán, Mexico, while preparing my classes, laboratories and the Space Imagery Center in Arizona for a brief absence. I am eager to...
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We must make effort to level global playing field
Global thirst for study could spell crisis if not managed, say Henry Rosovsky, David Bloom and David Steven. The educated have always been the first to value education. As more of the world's young...
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Better pay at all levels
V-cs' pay is justified but reward lower down must increase to retain the best staff, says Philip Love Vice-chancellors of UK universities lead multimillion pound institutions, collectively employing...
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Lots to gain from for-profits
Private universities will enrich the UKmarket. Let us in, says Geoffrey Alderman. For some time many countries have operated blatantly unfair policies in order to slow down and stifle, if not to...
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Kurdish students accused of undermining Turkey
A Turkish prosecutor has sought sentences of up to 22 years for 26 students campaigning for Kurdish education in universities. The students were arrested for petitioning for elective courses taught...
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Welsh seek to abolish tuition fees
The Welsh Assembly will seek the power to abolish higher education tuition fees if the review in Whitehall fails to scrap them, Rhodri Morgan, the assembly's first minister, said this week. The...
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UUK warns of cut to core
Universities will see their core teaching funds cut next year, vice-chancellors said this week. Figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England show a rise of 3.7 per cent in total...
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Terrible tales do not have to turn into terror
Research into how fears start and why some grow out of control has found that any information presented to children in a scary manner predisposes them to develop a real fear. Geoff Watts meets a man...
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Netgazette
APPOINTMENTS Institute of Education, London Susan Hallam has been promoted to reader of education. Judith Ireson has been promoted to reader of psychology and education. University of Aberdeen Roger...
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Creationists bid for status on campus
Creationists are attempting to make inroads into the United Kingdom's universities. Thousands of academics are being contacted in a nationwide survey on the origins of life. The organisers hope this...
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CORDIS offers new interface for eContent programme
Brussels, 21 March 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is offering a redesigned service dedicated to the eContent programme. The upgraded gateway...