Probing the great divide
Paul Nurse is one of the most celebrated biologists of his generation. His work on the behaviour of cells is at the heart of cancer research, yet he thinks that a cure for Britain's No 1 killer is...
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Appointments
University of Birmingham Michael Clarke, professor of public policy and head of the school of public policy, has been appointed pro vice chancellor. University of Oxford David Holmes, registrar and...
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A spate of complaints about rooms at the top
Further education has been told to clean up its act. Phil Baty reports Stoke-on-Trent College A governors' report accused principal Neil Preston of bullying, misconduct and wilful neglect. He was...
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Around the horn
(Photograph) - Around the horn: Sib Rude and Aiden Ellis of Leicester University Boat Club sport viking helmets at the Viking Longship Regatta on the River Ouse, York. Teams from all over the United...
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College of Law to scale down plans for legal practice course
The College of Law is to scale down plans for an Pounds 11 million legal practice course centre in Birmingham after failing to win a Pounds 3 million grant from Europe.
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Principals' vote forces out board
Further education has been told to clean up its act. Phil Baty reports The board of the Association of Colleges has stood down following a resounding vote of no confidence from college principals....
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Licensed: to lecture
University teachers could need a licence similar to that of medical doctors in order to practise if discussions at the first meeting of the Institute for Learning and Teaching last week come to...
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Minister slams degree snobbery
Irish education minister Miche l Martin has warned the country's institutes of technology that he will not follow the British example by upgrading them to universities. In a speech criticising "...
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Pack drill for quality army
The Quality Assurance Agency is preparing to draw up performance tests for an army of licensed external examiners who will police standards in higher education. It has recruited Gilbert Jessup,...
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Systems of external examining could put too much pressure on examiners
Systems of external examining of the kind recommended by the Dearing commission of inquiry into higher education could put too much pressure on examiners, writes Harriet Swain. A survey of external...
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Moving hands
(Photograph) - Time is not hanging heavy on the hands of David White, who is working his apprenticeship in clock restoration in a shop in Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, as part of a training scheme...
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Chairs
King's College, London Sarah Cowley, former senior lecturer, chair of nursing practice and evaluation; David Ganz, University of North Carolina, chair of palaeography; Ian Norman, former senior...
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Chocolate logs a success
Julia Hinde reports from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Philadelphia EATING chocolate could one day be "green" as well as delicious. Much of the world's cocoa, from which...
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Eureka myth destroyed
SCIENTIFIC breakthroughs are rarely the result of flashes of insight or strokes of good luck despite what scientists may think. "Eureka-style" genius is the exception, collaboration and painstaking...
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UK faces Gulf crash
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia British universities and colleges are bracing for a new overseas recruitment crisis - in the Gulf. As vice-...