Punt of no return
The Dearing committee has come up with a new system for giving its industrious members a well-earned breather. Whenever a debate over any proposals gets too involved, heavy or heated, the chairman...
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Absolutely Akkered
Lecturers' union Natfhe has opened a stress helpline for its members. The move follows a survey which found over a third of members were depressed, and nearly two thirds were stressed. Helpline...
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Cooked report?
Like parents unwilling to think ill of their charges, funding chiefs have decided to overlook some suspiciously naughty behaviour by some institutions. A recent report from the Higher Education...
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Paisley in print
Move over, David Lodge and Malcolm Bradbury. Paisley-born novelist Evelyn Hood has turned her attention to higher education in her latest book, Forward by Degrees. It may be fact rather than fiction...
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Dogsbodies
Figures may show (see page 7) that university librarians are better paid than their local authority counterparts, but even they cannot do justice to the awful lot of the local librarian, according to...
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Sporting chance
Alumnus to be proud of 109 will have given no pleasure to Alain Madelin, whom we reported (THES, May 23) comparing France's Ecole Nationale d'Administration to Ireland's IRA, Spain's ETA and Italy's...
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Wales costs up becoming federal
The University of Wales is about to thrash out the financial implications of introducing a federal system. The university's eight member institutions would gain greater independence under proposals...
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Grant rule change hits vocations
SOCIAL work, teaching and other vocational courses at some universities are under threat because of changes over student grants. Rules brought in this spring state that any course including work...
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Ivory towers neglect locals
HIGHER education and training bodies must be committed to their communities if they are to work well together, a report has found, writes Harriet Swain. The best practice report, for the Higher...
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Universities slow to tell students of tax windfall
UNIVERSITIES are slow to inform students about a tax break that could save postgraduates hundreds of pounds, the National Postgraduate Committee has warned. The Vocational Training Tax Relief scheme...
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And so to bed
(Photograph) - And so to bed: a plant jigsaw scheme created by plant scientists Nicola Bowen and Zac Worral will allow plant displays to be laid out in hours rather than days. Kernock Park Plants' Ms...
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Welfare-to-work is no use to long-term jobless
Glasgow University has published research by a non-academic which it hopes will inspire new academic work on long-term unemployment. The department of urban studies has published a report by David...
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LBS's Bain to chair pay commission
LONDON Business School principal George Bain has added another string to his bow in the shape of the chairmanship of the independent low pay commission. Professor Bain, who has much experience of...
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QAA told to sort out funds
The Quality Assurance Agency for higher education must sort out its funding arrangements, vice chancellors have warned. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals wants the agency to channel...
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Welsh further education colleges
* Welsh further education colleges must reassess their strategies in the light of European Commission priorities in order to attract funds, the chief executive of the Further Education Funding...