A sliding share of a global game
The UK has suffered its real drop in overseas recruitment. Phil Baty counts the numbers and surveys efforts to halt the fall. An 11 per cent slump in overseas student recruitment by British...
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Audit committee calls for Scottish FE review
n The Scottish Parliament's audit committee has called for a "root and branch" review of Scotland's further education colleges to tackle the sector's financial difficulties. The committee wants...
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Cambridge, Massachussetts
Harvard University has raised a record $2.6 billion for teaching and research, 25 per cent more than the goal of its five-year campaign, and by far the largest amount ever raised for higher education.
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Media's portrayal of women updated
British academics have helped to update a 1995 media monitoring study, which found that women were primarily represented in the world's media in domestic roles or as victims of crime. Volunteers from...
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Woodhead report outlines weaknesses
Weaknesses in teacher-training provision have been highlighted by the chief inspector of schools in his annual report. Chris Woodhead said in a review of teacher training for secondary education that...
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Biologists unite to influence policy
Biologists are coming together to gain a greater influence over policy-makers and within society. A new federation to represent the booming bioscience community has been suggested by the Institute of...
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Kilfoyle backs Daresbury source bid
Peter Kilfoyle, who resigned as defence minister last week complaining he was disillusioned with Tony Blair's government, is supporting Daresbury Laboratory's bid to host Britain's new synchrotron...
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Eggs-ceedingly good advice on fresh food
Researchers at Leeds University have discovered eggs-actly how to tell whether or not an egg is fresh. Food scientist Malcolm Povey uses waves of ultrasound to detect the thickness of the egg white....
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Managers call for help
College managers have been most exercised by issues of governance, staff contracts and discipline and grievances, according to a survey of calls to the Association of Colleges helpline. The AoC...
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Test answer is anybody's guess
The problem facing Dr McQue and his multiple-choice examinations is a common one (Teaching, THES, February 4). Certainly, the reliability of the examination would be improved by increasing the number...
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Test answer is anybody's guess
A number of students do get degrees despite very evident faults in the way they write (Letters, THES, February 4). But this is not a recent development. The move towards a mass system has simply made...
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Swiss role inflated
Recent studies by the Office of Science and Technology and our own research in Leeds show that on a "bangs per buck" basis or measured by research impact per capita the UK stands at the top of any...
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Masters scandal
The sector should share the chagrin of Sir Graeme Davies in view of the Quality Assurance Agency's scandalous and arbitrary decision on the award of Scottish masters degrees (Why II,THES, February 4...
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Masters scandal
The skills demonstrated by a fourth-year Scottish MA student are of a higher order than those found in a BA, typically requiring independent research and a breadth of knowledge that is comparable to...
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3.5 for you, 5.6 for me
Readers have let the eye-opening story on vice-chancellors' average 4.9 per cent pay rises pass without comment ("Uni boss's pay tops Pounds 250,000", THES, January 28). It goes without saying that...