Scottish intake avoids last-minute surge
There is no evidence of a dramatic surge in Scottish higher education intakes this session, according to provisional figures from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. This runs counter to...
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Merger awaits official approval
The University of Hertfordshire is discussing possible mergers with two further education colleges, weeks after a similar three-way merger plan in Derby collapsed at the eleventh hour. Talks are well...
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Futuristic fashions
(Photograph) - Futuristic fashions: a high-tech stretchy yarn, made from 65 per cent silk and 35 per cent steel, was among the materials of the future on display at an exhibition of MA work at...
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RCA gets special fund deal
A funding council probe into specialist institutions has concluded that funding for the Royal College of Art will remain stable next year but will be cut by 5 per cent in 1999-2000. The RCA and other...
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Reserves rise but Oxbridge still wary
Both OXFORD and Cambridge universities claim to face a shaky financial future despite having increased their reserves this year. Accounts published this month by the two universities show that...
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'Revamp social work training'
A leading university social work professor has called on the government to recommend radical changes in the training of social workers in its forthcoming social service white paper. Just before...
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Ex-registrar advises on moans
A FORMER university registrar has set up a consultancy to advise students on making complaints. The gamekeeper-turned-poacher is Cliff Hancock, who was academic registrar at Bath College of Higher...
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Bird call
(Photograph) - Bird call: the Moa (above) found its encounter with Homo Sapiens fatal, but Eric Buffetaut of the University of Paris 6 and Jean LeLoeuff of the Musee des Dinosaures believe that birds...
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Cards keep tabs on students
SMART cards that allow students to borrow library books, enter secure areas and pay for goods without cash could also be used to track their movements. A study by Nottingham Trent University of how...
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Bain tackles sectarian dispute
The new vice chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, George Bain, is facing a sectarian dispute. The university senate has overturned a vote by undergraduates asking for Irish language signs in...
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Anti-blood clotting breakthrough is close
SCIENTISTS are a step closer to understanding and synthetically producing heparin, the life-saving drug that stops blood clots forming after major operations. Researchers, led by Robin Carrell of...
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How to improve bringing up baby
THE transfer of nutrients from a mother to her baby in the womb is under study at Manchester University. Colin Sibley and his colleagues in the department of child health are investigating the single...
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Survey to help shape European transport
INDUSTRIAL designers at the University of East London are taking part in an Pounds 800,000 European-wide project to help shape the future of transport planning. The university's Industrial Design...
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Southampton gets Pounds 3 million research unit
RESEARCH into such common disorders as asthma, heart disease and osteoporosis has been boosted by the creation of a Pounds 3 million clinical research unit. The result of a collaboration between...
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Sex makes men live longer, says report
SEX may help middle-aged men reach old age by reducing the risks of heart disease and other illnesses, according to findings from Bristol University. A study divided 918 middle-aged men into groups...