Legal snares restrict politically intrepid
UNIVERSITY groups must obey strict rules to avoid bias in the run-up to the general election, student leaders have warned. The law considers students' unions charitable organisations, which means...
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V-cs oppose shift in research cash
UNIVERSITIES face a Pounds 520-million cash shortfall for buildings and equipment for research, according to the Committee for Vice Chancellors and Principals. Michael Powell, CVCP policy adviser,...
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Clinical ratings queried
HEALTH service research directors are to meet with the Higher Education Funding Council for England to discuss the "poor scores" for clinical medicine in the research assessment exercise. Eric Thomas...
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MPs eye law on human cloning
MPS ARE expected to recommend a tightening of British law on human cloning before the general election takes place. The cross-party Science and Technology Select Committee took evidence earlier this...
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What's up? Too few docs
IF BRITAIN is to become self-sufficient in doctors up to 50 per cent more medics may have to be trained annually. Stephen Tomlinson, dean of Manchester University medical school and secretary of the...
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Lecturers attack grants shake-up
LECTURERS have criticised university funding changes as too blunt an instrument for research. The Association of University Teachers welcomed steps an-nounced in last week's allocations from the...
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HEFCE
HEFCE has divided Pounds 15.6 million between 69 colleges of higher education and new universities to encourage research development. This money, formerly included in the overall research grant as...
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Student debt sale
FINANCIAL institutions from across the United Kingdom and abroad have been flocking to cash in on the sale of the student debt before next week's deadline. Government advisors N. M. Rothschild and...
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Guest who?
Life isn't simple for anyone planning to invite politicians to events in the autumn, and things are especially tricky if they have to deal with the Department for Education and Employment. Take...
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Carry on Dearing
And once the election is out of the way, stand by for another cheery prospect: reading the Dearing report. Early signs are that Sir Ron's analysis will be built for completeness rather than...
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One for the pot
The new coffee shop at Bath University students' union has caused steam to rise without even putting the kettle on. The Melting Pot had a sign depicting a cartoon figure tied to a stake in a cauldron...
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Rabbits' revenge
Is the London Institute aware of the past of its press officer, the cheerful Michael Benson? Antithesis suspects he has kept well and truly under wraps his role in the rabbit stew which the...
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Silver star
A silver lining has appeared amid the financial gloom of the further education sector. In Deptford. Lewisham College's new Pounds 12 million Deptford Bridge campus, recently opened by Labour leader...
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Lordy, lordy
A fresh triumph for John Major's classless society can be seen in the prominent role planned for alumnus to be proud of No 92 in the Conservative election campaign. Lord Cranborne, leader of the...
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Privacy on the agenda
Privacy will be top of the agenda for the new Human Genetics Advisory Commission as it considers the implications of the rapidly advancing genetics revolution. Speaking after its first meeting,...