FE disconnected?
The pairing of further education and libraries is a rather neglected one (Opinion, THES, November 19). The role of libraries "is changing and their importance increasing" and that "the library is the...
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Take us into account
Anthea Rose says the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants is "the only professional accountancy body that has its own technician qualification" (Letters, THES, December 3). The Association...
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Benito Blair?
Dennis Kavanagh says that a large staff devoted to media manipulation and focus groups "is normal in the White House (but) is an innovation in the UK" ("Bona fide or Bonaparte", THES, November 26)....
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Greek pathways
Final general examinations in Greece are not similar to GCSEs ("Winds of change in Aegean", THES, November 19). Until recently, there have been four pathways from which to choose. For example, by...
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True indicator is a job at the end
The idea behind university performance indicators about widening participation and drop-out rates (THES, December 3) is welcome. It is the very essence of a modern university that its students and...
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True indicator is a job at the end
University College Northampton is disputing with the Higher Education Funding Council for England that "out of 179 mature, full-time, first-degree holders who already possessed a qualification two-...
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Windy problem is solved
The answer was blowing in the wind. Experts have for the first time calculated the mathematically correct way to fly a flag and fill a sail. Alistair Fitt and PhD students Martin Pope and Tim...
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Star Turn
Tony Tysome hums and cackles with students on a blue gym mat while a world expert in voice training sets the right tone It seems as if I have stumbled into a clearing in some magical forest,...
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A case of mistaken identities
Nadia Lovell describes her experience as a 'white' woman teaching 'black' students in Britain about African history and culture. My first experience of teaching theories of religion at a British...
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Agony aunt
Q More and more of my time is taken up by meetings, which are increasingly interfering with my teaching preparation. Can anything be done to speed them up? A Sally Brown, Director of membership...
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Medical 'crisis': 74 chairs vacant
Medical schools face a crisis recruiting top researchers to clinical chairs. An unpublished survey reveals that at least 74 of the 401 established positions in the United Kingdom are vacant. A...
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Solar, so good, for UK fusion
The European effort to harness the power of the sun has been taken over by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. The transfer of ownership of the Joint European Torus at Culham in Oxfordshire...
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Drop-outs still get loan
Students who drop out during their first term at university will still receive the second instalment of their loans following delays in data collection by the Student Loans Company. The SLC will pay...
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Turk students face study ban
Turkish students face the prospect of political restrictions on studying abroad following concern that they are coming into contact with radical Islamic groups. Parliament is proposing introducing...
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Moi University
Four days after Moi University reopened from a month-long closure, students went on the rampage again. Property worth more than Sch5 million (Pounds 40,000) was destroyed. The students set fire to...