A place at the table of despair
Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia have been hijackedby cultural studies academics and theorised to abstraction, argues Susie Orbach. Bingeing and vomiting are expressions of women's...
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From outrage to cant
David Cesarani argues that Swiss banks hid looted Jewish gold not because they were Nazis but because business is business The recent London conference on "Nazi gold" brought together from 40...
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Reuters discovers world of secret dataholics
The world is seeing the rise of a generation of "dataholics", according to a Reuters survey. More than half the respondents said they craved information and got a "high" when they found it.
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: 7.7 per cent of males and 6.1 per cent of females were awarded first-class honours for first degrees 36.5 per cent of males...
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Techies in demand
UNIVERSITY underfunding is undermining the Canadian software industry's already difficult drive to fill its many vacancies, writes Philip Fine. The information technology industry is thriving and...
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Why Lords are a-leaping
Yesterday the higher education bill had its second reading in the Lords. Three peers offer their views BARON BELOFF OF WOLVERCOTE Max Beloff is a Conservative peerand was the first principal of the...
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Stay cool
(Photograph) - Chris Stokes, a BSc graduate from Huddersfield University, designed a scalp cooler in his final year that will limit hair loss for women undergoing chemotherapy.
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Women display staying power
Wastage and female enrolment are the main trends in the latest OECD education reports, says Mary Boland Women now comprise the majority of students in third-level education in most OECD countries. In...
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Flexible fees 'inevitable'
FLAT-rate fee charges of Pounds 1,000 per student are unlikely to stave off the pressure of market forces, vice chancellors say. While none has immediate plans to charge top-up fees, they suggest a...
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Mackney to modernise college union
WEST Midlands regional official Paul Mackney is the new general secretary of Natfhe, Britain's largest lecturers' union. He marked his ballot victory with a pledge to carry out a thorough...
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Privatise loans to avoid crisis
THE government could avoid a looming higher education funding crisis by privatising student loans so that universities borrow money to lend to undergraduates, according to a committee of MPs. Members...
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Three more students die from meningitis
Three more universities are on alert following the death from meningitis of three students. Stirling University has set up a 24-hour helpline following the death of a 19-year-old, while antibiotics...
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Landlord jailed for gas fume deaths
The landlord of a student house was jailed for two years this week after fumes from a faulty gas boiler killed one of his tenants. Peter Owen, 40, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Sonja Hyams, a...
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Community school teacher training slammed
OFSTED schools inspectorate has condemned as "poor" a school-based teacher training scheme in Essex. The Coastal Confederation secondary initial teacher training partnership, based at Colne Community...
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Recruitment drive to cut infant class sizes
The Government has raised the recruitment target for primary initial teacher training to help cut infant class sizes, schools minister Estelle Morris announced this week. Ms Morris has asked the...