Scot roots are not Irish
The Scots are Scottish after all. A study has thrown doubt over the long-held belief that the Scots were originally an Irish tribe that invaded the British mainland 1,500 years ago. Research by Ewan...
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Threat to cut budget scuppers fees strike
A student union has been forced to call off a planned fees strike after threats that its university would cut £60,000 from its budget. University College London students were told that their funding...
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Elite joins rebel cry for revised quality system
The Russell Group is to publish a blueprint for an alternative quality assurance regime, putting the future of the Quality Assurance Agency at the top of the agenda for the new secretary of state for...
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Derby in China fraud probe
Police are investigating a suspected bogus-student immigration racket after reported attempts to obtain university places for Chinese students with fake qualifications. Derby University this week...
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Talented trio
A triumvirate of leading Scottish writers has been appointed jointly to a new chair of creative writing at Glasgow University. Novelists Alasdair Gray (left) and James Kelman (back) and poet and...
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Degree take-up sparks concern
Admissions staff are working hard to recruit students onto foundation degree courses after a national advertising campaign failed to materialise. The campaign, funded by the Department for Education...
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Staff boost student roll-call
Luton University is planning to boost its flagging student numbers by enrolling its own staff onto courses. Minutes from meetings of Luton's directorate, seen by The THES , reveal that the university...
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Whistleblowers: Doncaster course failing
Doncaster College could be forced to scrap a number of music courses after a series of quality-control failings. Documents obtained by The THES show that some six months after award body Edexcel...
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Moves to get the NHS fighting fit
Claire Sanders looks at how the relationship between universities and the National Health Service can be improved in such a way that both sectors will benefit The relationship between universities...
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Taking steps towards future success
Alexandra Scott, a student at the University College of Ripon and York St John, gave a public performance of her work Aftershock, with fellow student Romina Satori, as part of the end of year dance...
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Glittering prizes
The National Academy of Science , United States, has elected the following British-based foreign associates: Enrico Coen , John Innes Foundation professor at the University of East Anglia and deputy...
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Don's Diary
Wednesday OK, I know I am not normal. That is what my wife says anyway, just because I happen to enjoy election campaigns. I have been waiting for four years. I get to Hove station at 6.45am to meet...
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John runs the show
The Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education's annual get-together, which takes place in Southampton next month, is not for the faint-hearted. While it is not uncommon for conference...
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Out of the frying pan...
Bob Fryer, director of the University of Southampton New College and a firm believer in lifelong learning, cooked up a storm last week. Living up to his name, he became college catering manager for a...
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New home for old news
Some people collect stamps; others collect beer mats. Ged Martin, of Edinburgh Univer-sity's Centre of Canadian Studies, has a much classier collection: he has hoarded every issue of The THES between...