Hot and bothered over all that jazz
The introduction of jazz performance courses is causing wild discord in Britain's musical establishment. Tony Tysome finds out whether jazz can be taught and, if it can, whether the teachers are up...
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He who sups with the devil must use a long spoon - and bring a good agent
Should reputable scholars write 'authorised' company histories? Niall Ferguson can think of two good reasons for doing so ... and money is only one of them To many professional historians, the word "...
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Objector on the road to gene hell
Biologist Mae-Wan Ho thinks that genetic engineering is so catastrophic it could plunge the world into a scientifically induced nightmare. David King talks to her Although she is rapidly acquiring a...
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Female voice strikes the right warning tone
"Female and fearful" is the strongest warning voice, say researchers at the University of Plymouth. Psychologists Kate Walters and Judy Edworthy asked undergraduates to rate the importance of neutral...
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Governed by a bunch of old fogies?
Phil Baty looks at the strengths and weaknesses of governing bodies and asks: are you safe in their hands? Anyone with enough time on their hands to do a proper job as a university governor tends not...
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Don's Diary
Thursday The University of South Australia's City West campus is a new creation of yellow concrete buildings and blue staircases. Completed just over a year ago it houses the school of business,...
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On the move
Sir Alan Budd, 61, former chief economic adviser to the Treasury, has been elected provost of Queen's College, Oxford. He will succeed Geoffrey Marshall, who retires next July. Newscaster Trevor...
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Glittering prizes
The poet and former curate R. S. Thomas, 85, has been appointed to an honorary professorship in the Welsh department, University of Wales, Bangor. Cherie Booth QC has been elected an honorary fellow...
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The THES Diary
Union drive at FEFC There has been an outbreak of militancy at the Further Education Funding Council, where staff have been flocking to join a trade union. Public Commercial Services has signed up 60...
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In the news
He is an opera-loving law lord, renowned for his braininess, who cycles to work and spends holidays cycling round Europe. Often hailed as a liberal lawyer and now in trouble for failing to declare...
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Eye witness
A rash of mergers has broken out on the face of Europe's pharmaceutical industry, with London again the likely home base of two of the three largest companies in the world. The likely merger of the...
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World watch
Religious organisations at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, have embarked on a week of prayers and fasting imploring God to drive away what they called the "spirit of demons" visiting the campus....
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World watch
Australia will have its 37th public university in 1999 following a decision by the Federal and Queensland governments to give the Sunshine Coast University College full status as a member of the...
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Polish president backs return of Prussian art
Polish president Aleksander Kwasniewski has suggested that collections from the Prussian State Library, held by the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, be returned to Germany. His suggestion, made in...
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Senegal government 'sold' diplomas
Western embassies in Dakar are insisting that Senegalese citizens seeking university places overseas sit qualifying tests before they can be issued student visas. The action follows the discovery of...