Sci-fi and history
From Edward James THE CASUAL reader of "The Virtual Past Master" (THES, April 4), about Niall Ferguson and his counterfactual history, might be forgiven for believing that the reporter thought he had...
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Astronomers spot galaxy
A NEW galaxy close to our own has been spotted by astronomers hunting through photographs of the night sky. The Antlia Galaxy appears so dim relative to the night sky that until now astromoners...
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Further and higher education manifesto promises
Huw Richards takes a hard look at what the parties are offering in further and higher education CONSERVATIVE * Teacher training curriculum to stress traditional methods * Learning credits for...
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Dithering scientists make a sound profit from loss
Helena Flusfeder reports on compression that uses noise to improve quality Researchers at Tel Aviv University have found that noise can improve music. But it has to be the right kind of noise....
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Comet Hale-Bopp
(Photograph) - Astronomers at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, and Queen's University, Belfast, are studying Comet Hale-Bopp as it passes the sun. According to Iwan Williams of QMW, the...
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Kent axe hovers over 33 jobs
THE UNIVERSITY of Kent is considering heavy cuts to combat a funding shortfall of Pounds 2 million, and whether to create a development fund for staff and research initiatives. An internal document...
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Fender backs dual support
THE DUAL support system of funding research is an effective way of combatting universities' understandable though potentially damaging short-term pursuit of project grants, according to Higher...
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Crippling blow for FE
Funding cuts hit nearly nine out of ten further education colleges this week, casting doubt on the future of some institutions and blighting the educational hopes of tens of thousands of students....
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Campus Tories vanish
Support for the Conservative party among university and college lecturers has all but evaporated, according to a poll conducted for The Times Higher Education Supplement by ICM Research. Beaten into...
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Iron Lady heir shows his mettle fatigue
Can John Major rely on his "nice man next door" persona to woo the electorate? Will Tony Blair inspire voters with his personal charm and fixed smile? Or can Paddy Ashdown persuade the waverers to...
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Natfhe champions FE as it lobbies candidates
LECTURERS union Natfhe has called for improved further education funding as part of a lobbying campaign aimed at MPs and parliamentary candidates in the run up to the general election. Around 2,500...
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A popular thing of patches
More institutions are offering a seamless progression between further and higher education as the sectors see the benefits of working together. Franchised courses, validation arrangements and...
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We love the day job, but...
Lorna Fitzsimons, 29, attracted attention for not going into party politics, unions or the media when her term as president of the National Union of Students ended in 1994, instead taking a lobbying...
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Readies, steady, go?
Someone who may be reading the opinion polls with about as much equanimity as John Major is Brandon Gough, the noted Kent-dwelling chairman of Yorkshire Water and of the Higher Education Funding...
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Run, Bunny, run
The powers that be at the London Institute clearly believe in mucking in with their students. So much so that the institute's Davies Street building, just off Oxford Street, boasts a swipe-card...