The spirit of ... Hornsey
Sadly The THES goes to press too early to report on this week's newest escapade from the indefatigable revolutionary Keith Flett, the only person on earth to have noticed that 30 years have passed...
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First among equals
The Further Education Funding Council, the Local Government Association and the training and enterprise councils have signed an historic pact to cooperate with each other. Traditional competition for...
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Seeing double
What's worse than sitting one lot of law exams? More than 50 third-year students taking a Glasgow Caledonian University degree in law with administrative studies degree have had to sit their end-of-...
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Hell's bells
Alarm bells were ringing at the Association of University Teachers' west London headquarters this week. Ringing phones, however, are less likely to be heard. The AUT's imminent move to Tavistock...
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Horse sense
Former Tory Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth was noted, some might say notorious, for making policy on the hoof. Those glory days were recalled by MP Jim Wallace of the Scottish Liberal Democrats...
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The young ones
If Tony Blair thinks prime ministers are starting to look a little young, he has probably been glancing over the Hungarian election results. Alumnus to be proud of No 175 is Viktor Orban, who at the...
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Chairs
University of Bristol The university has appointed the following: Mumtaz Virji, MRC research fellow at the University of Reading, to the chair in pathology and microbiology; Julian Dowdeswell,...
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Contracts 'threaten academic freedom'
Proposed new staff contracts at Cambridge University will destroy academic freedom and shatter the unique historical structure of the institution, according to campaigners. A review of the university...
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Institute may join U of Wales
SWANSEA Institute may follow other Welsh institutes and seek degree-awarding powers and membership of the University of Wales. David Warner was appointed principal in December to make a...
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MP slams MAFF for moving labs to York
A Labour MP this week attacked the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's decision to move its Central Science Laboratory from Norwich to York, turning away from a leading centre for British...
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Declaration seeks Europe of learning
France, Britain, Germany and Italy took a step towards a University of Europe this week when their representatives signed a declaration calling for more harmonisation of their higher education...
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New phase of Socrates unveiled
Edith Cresson, European commissioner for education, this week unveiled a new phase of Socrates that includes extending the Erasmus student-exchange scheme. For 1998-99, 200,000 student exchanges have...
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UK may aid Mars mission
A tentative agreement being hammered out by the United States, European and Italian space agencies could give Europe a key role in a mission to bring Martian soil to earth. But it also means British-...
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Action over late doctor call-out
The vice-chancellor, student union and parents of a student who caught meningitis at Swansea University have all complained to the local health authority about a 12-hour delay in treatment. In an...
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Wand to aid blind
A "musical" wand to help blind people cross the road is being developed by scientists at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. John Cronly-Dillon, professor in the...