Rewards demanded for widening access
The government has sanctioned one anomaly in its refusal to fund a fourth year at Scottish universities for non-Scottish students. But, asks Olga Wojtas, how different is higher education north of...
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Garrick inspires Lords revolt
The government has sanctioned one anomaly in its refusal to fund a fourth year at Scottish universities for non-Scottish students. But, asks Olga Wojtas, how different is higher education north of...
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Time bandits make real gains in virtual space
Many British universities are missing out on the spectacular benefits of virtual reality technology for teaching and learning. Roy Kalawsky points to a few that are leading the field Practical...
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Mellow fruitfulness tops the pick of the poems
The Classic Hundred Poems. A Columbia Granger's Multimedia Anthology. Edited by William Harmon, Alice Quinn and Cindee Scott. Columbia University Press. UK distributor John Wiley +44 1243 779777....
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Appointments
University of Leeds Os Finnie, finance director of a company within the Blackwell publishing group, general manager of finance; Jim Parry, dean for student support from August 1, 1998: Robert Sladdin...
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Fellowships
Hertford College, University of Oxford The following have been elected to honorary fellowships of the college: David Daniell, emeritus professor in the University of London, associate member of the...
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Ratings games
THE picture of research excellence in universities risks being distorted by a growing band of "in the know" institutions, which optimise their research ratings through creative "game playing" at the...
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Murder in the bath?
THIS is the photograph that led to two Edinburgh college students being summoned for interview by Lothian and Borders police, writes Olga Wojtas. The project by Linda Dahl for her course in design...
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Donation raises eyebrows in US
GIFTS from US faculty members to their own colleges are unusual but not unheard of, say college fund administrators. American universities are experienced fund-raisers. Capital campaigns routinely...
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Principal gives Pounds 35k to bursary
DUNCAN Rice, principal of Aberdeen University, has put his money where his mouth is with a personal donation of Pounds 35,000 towards the university's new student bursary scheme. The donation, made...
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First impressions
This week's First Impressions, the competition in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from two brothers who created a suburban English archetype: "We settle down in our...
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Given universities' problems in dealing with drug use by students, Katrina Wishart asks: Should Britain legalise cannabis?
Drugs are prevalent on campus. Research by Heather Ashton of Newcastle University shows that 20 per cent of students use cannabis regularly and about 33 per cent use other illicit drugs. A Union of...
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To bear or not to bear?
Women who forgo having children are portrayed as having chosen career over family. A new study suggests a more complex picture, says Alison Utley Statistics tell us that the proportion of women who...
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Renaissance of the Middle Ages
Medieval degree options have been cut, but medievalists in newer universities are fighting back, winning students with old jokes and tales of royal cannibalism. Kate Worsley reports All things...
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The end of medieval history?
Imagine if the government decided to cut the study of mammals from a biology degree or Shakespeare from an English degree. The equivalent has already happened in history. Fewer students are taking...