Tuition: to pay or not?
NO say rebel students Alice Nash and Kate Atkinson We are two students who have decided to withhold our payment of the Pounds 1,000 tuition fee in protest against the Education Act. We can afford the...
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'Laura lives today because of the drugs she gets'
Laura Cowell is 13. She has cystic fibrosis and relies on a daily cocktail of up to 70 drugs. Her future depends on drugs developed on animals. "She lives today because of the drugs she gets,"...
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'We're all scared to death'
The Animal Rights Militia has threatened to kill ten researchers if animal rights activist Barry Horne, on hunger strike demanding a Royal Commission on animal experimentation, dies. As The THES went...
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Jobs upgraded to grad level
Employers are upgrading to graduate level jobs held until recently by people with subdegree qualifications, says a report published this week. A study by consultants Business Strategies has found...
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Think again, says Queen's convocation
* The convocation of Queen's University Belfast has backed a motion calling for a "detailed and careful reconsideration" of plans to restructure the university. A meeting attended by more than 250...
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NVQ failure 'triumph for the market'
* National Vocational Qualifications have failed to herald the promised revolution in training, MPs heard this week. The House of Commons Education and Employment Committee, taking evidence for its...
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Campaign launched on copyright law
A national campaign has been launched against a proposed European copyright law that threatens to seriously restrict access to information. The Library Association, the Consumers' Association, the...
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Media graduates fail to make headlines
Only 15 per cent of media graduates gain jobs in the media, although 70 per cent of them find some kind of employment in the UK, with around 2 per cent working abroad and 11 per cent believed to be...
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Human cloning is rejected
Cloning humans for reproductive purposes was rejected this week by a joint report from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Human Genetics Advisory Committee, but they have left...
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Foresight programme's blueprint
* The blueprint for the Foresight programme's next round will be published next week. A second round of Link awards is also expected to be launched.
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Punch lines
(Photograph) - Viv Gee, tutor for Strathclyde University's stand-up comedy course, listens as Arnold Rabinowitz rehearses his end-of-course performance. Photograph: Tom Finnie/Atom.
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LSE keeps increase down to 3.5 per cent
Academics at the London School of Economics have backed down on a proposal to increase tuition fees for some postgraduates by 30 per cent. Members of the school's academic planning and resources...
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Worm turns into a breakthrough
British and US scientists published the first genetic blueprint of an animal this week - a one millimetre long, transparent worm. Containing fewer than 1,000 cells, it is the first complex...
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Association signs up to lecturing agency
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has signed a national agreement with the agency Education Lecturing Services. Lecturers working with ELS will receive national minimum fee rates, enhanced...
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AUT demands 10 per cent pay rise
* The Association of University Teachers has called for a 10 per cent pay increase next year as the first step towards closing a 36 per cent decline in pay since 1981. The claim, to be confirmed by...