Constant worry of lives on hold
THES reporters look at the spread of casualisation and its effects and the campaign against it. Academics tell Alison Utley how fixed-term contracts affect them Anonymous When I took up my post I was...
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Good employers
THES reporters look at the spread of casualisation and its effects and the campaign against it Universities and colleges that do not force staff to sign away employment rights: University of Bradford...
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Imperial sanctions Wye marriage proposals
Governors of Imperial College, London, have agreed to explore a possible merger with Wye College, also part of the University of London.
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Government gives nod to Derby merger plans
The government has approved merger plans between Derby University and High Peak College in Buxton. High Peak will become a constituent college of the university from August 1.
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Dashboard radar sets the speed
MOTORWAY driving will become less stressful and safer thanks to work on radar-controlled cruise control carried out at Southampton University. Scientists have helped develop one of the first such...
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Premier league
(Photograph) - Premier league: Alister Whelan, a transport design student at Coventry University, shows off his version of an off-road Audi Quatro at the BA degree show held in Coventry City Football...
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UK's first professor of gay studies appointed
Nottingham Trent University has appointed lecturer and poet Greg Woods as professor of lesbian and gay studies. This is believed to be the first such appointment in Britain.
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Platform to power
(Photograph) - * Girl power? Only 8.1 per cent of professors are female but a THES survey shows 869 women appointed senior lecturers, principal lecturers or readers in the past two years comparedwith...
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Service college in tug of war
ROME's civil service college is desperately trying to ward off a takeover bid by Milan's Bocconi University. New legislation could privatise some of the institute's functions and downgrade it to a...
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It could be you ... it certainly is Durham
Profits from the National Lottery are being used to create a new research chair at the University of Durham's business school. Camelot, the company that runs the lottery, is sponsoring the chair in...
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Ask your car to phone home
In the not too distant future, drivers may be able to tell their car to dial a number on their mobile telephone, select a compact disc or find a short cut home. The speech-recognition technology that...
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Romania on road to Erasmus
Romania and Bulgaria are queuing up to join Europe's student mobility scheme, Ard Jongsma reports ROMANIA will this autumn become one of the first three countries from former Eastern Europe to join...
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Bursaries ward off debts
CANADA's federal government has passed a law aimed at helping bring down the cost of university. The centrepiece of the law is the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, a funding body handling a...
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News bulletin
(Photograph) - A Beijing University student scans the latest commentaries about President Bill Clinton's visit during which he toured the campus, which has just celebrated its 100th anniversary,...
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Shaanxi on a fast track
Shaanxi Province, an education centre for science and technology in northeast China, is speeding up training for experts in local government, medicine, science and technology, water conservation,...