R and D is not typical
YOU REPORT the finding of the 1997 Research and Development scoreboard that United Kingdom R and D expenditure as a percentage of sales falls behind that of other G7 countries (THES, June ). This...
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A sad day for welfare
I TURNED with interest to Richard Layard's prescription for the unemployment problem (THES, June ). As your analysis rightly points out, Professor Layard has been in the background of the welfare...
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Care and share for the future
The "comprehensive review" of tertiary education decreed by New Zealand's coalition government will be very different from its many predecessors. In the past, reviews have been entrusted to hand-...
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Don's Diary
Friday Only four days left of British Hong Kong, but I decline bacon and eggs and opt for the congee breakfast. We are staying at Robert Black college, the old staff accommodation of the University...
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Skinny pigs give clue to anorexia
ANOREXIC pigs have led scientists in Wales to believe that the condition could have genetic as well as psycho-social causes. John Owen, professor of agriculture at the University of Wales, Bangor,...
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Socrates cuts cause outcry
BRITISH universities and colleges have joined in a chorus of protest across Europe against drastic cuts in European Commission grants supporting student and lecturer exchanges. They have condemned...
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First-class degrees on wane
THE NUMBER of students gaining top honours is falling, according to statistics published today. But the male/female divide remains, with 7.7 per cent of male students who achieved degrees in 1995/96...
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Trinity's new master
THE PRIME minister has appointed the first Indian academic to head an Oxbridge college, writes Harriet Swain. Amartya Sen, professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University, will become...
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Barristers should stay in court
KENNEDY is not suggesting giving less money to HE; it will just "seemless" (sic). R. Allan Reese Head of applications Academic services computing Hull University
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Tories fall at the post
Huw Richards talks to the new education shadows as the Tories slide off the road William Hague and the Conservative party face an even more massive task in trying to overturn Labour's 179-seat...
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Gene test results in negative feelings
Julia Hinde reports on the British Psychological Society's health psychology conference A positive genetic test for the incurable Huntington's disease affects sibling and other family relationships,...
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Fact file
* The total income of HE institutions was Pounds 10.71 billion, an increase of 6.61 per cent on the previous year * Total expenditure was Pounds 10.60 billion, an increase of 8.04 per cent on the...
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Blunkett names new FEDA chief
David Blunkett, secretary of state for education and employment, has appointed Terry Melia as chairman of the Further Education Development Agency. He takes over from Ken Young on July 31.
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Ex-head's learning curve
Huw Richards talks to the new education shadows as the Tories slide off the road Phil Willis is having to practise lifelong learning as well as speak on it in the House of Commons. Mr Willis, 55, who...
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Minister out of water
Huw Richards talks to the new education shadows as the Tories slide off the road Being in opposition is still something of a culture shock for the Conservative party, and junior education spokesman...