Missing in action
(Photograph) - Missing in action: hundreds of Colombian students staged a demonstration outside Bogot 's Universidad Nacional in protest at the forced 'disappearance' last month of two fellow...
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Wellcome Trust rejects loan scheme
UNIVERSITY infrastructure is the sole responsibility of the government, says the Wellcome Trust in its response to the Dearing report. The trust, one of the UK's principal funders of biomedical...
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Doctors urge more efficient resourcing
Universities must raise standards in research costing and resource allocation if they expect funders to invest more in infrastructure, says the Medical Research Council in its response to the Dearing...
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Library chief berates selfish universities
"University libraries can't cope anymore," said Matthew Evans, chairman of Faber and Faber and head of the Library and Information Commission. "The signs on the university library doors say 'members...
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NUS aid helps student fight on
A POSTGRADUATE student who claimed he was badly let down by his supervisor has accepted up to Pounds 1,000 from the National Union of Students to help fight a case for damages against his university...
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Welsh Office scorns exam
The Government has poured cold water on plans to replace A levels with a Welsh baccalaureate, despite "overwhelming" support for the new qualification among schools, colleges and universities. The...
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Discreet rise of career aims
Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study SHOULD universities be transforming themselves into training grounds for industry? While many...
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Salford supplies what students really, really want
Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study Wannabe Spice Girls need not apply. A pop music degree at Salford University requires students with...
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Physiotherapists are almost guarenteed a job in the NHS
Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study For students wanting a hands-on job and good prospects all over the world, physiotherapy is...
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Bright spark
(Photograph) - Critics call them Noddy courses, but more and more students are opting for highly vocational study Eleanor Cundey started at Hyde Fabrications in Leeds in July as part of her...
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The road to a nation of business builders
While others are being encouraged to carve out their own careers by setting up in business. UNIVERSITIES must cultivate students' entrepreneurial spirit, higher education minister Tessa Blackstone...
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Patently lucrative
While others are being encouraged to carve out their own careers by setting up in business. While institutions have been slow to get into teaching their students to be entrepreneurs, most are having...
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Glasgow extends job link
While others are being encouraged to carve out their own careers by setting up in business. SIR Ron Dearing's emphasis on work experience has been boosted by Glasgow Development Agency's decision to...
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Tricksy evolution proves its worth
How do you create a sophisticated, clever robot? Let it evolve. So say researchers from the University of Sussex, who have "artificially evolved" the brains and the bodies of real machines
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Usage and abusage
Baroness Blackstone has ignored the advice that when you have got yourself into a hole it is best to stop digging. Why does she insist on taking a utilitarian view of science but not of other...