Fear diary
Widespread alarm at the Open University as the university diary for 1997 failed to turn up in staff pigeon holes at the normal time. Pessimists mindful of financial worries feared that the non-...
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Trainspotting talent
Alumnus to be proud of No 84 is novelist Irvine Welsh, who rocketed to fame after writing the seminal heroin-addiction novel Trainspotting, which last year spawned the ultra-hip film of the same...
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Tightropes and tricky acts
I am not sure if the dog days of Christmas occur before the new year or after it when those who have not gone back to work wish they had done so and those who have resent those who have not. Either...
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Jobs twist to fees debate
A REPORT showing the growing financial benefits brought by a degree has added more fuel to the great tuition fees debate. The Association of Graduate Recruiters has predicted that job vacancies for...
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Interest raised in balances
MANY universities could achieve higher rates of return on their investments through better cashflow forecasting and a more formal approach to treasury management, according to a report from the three...
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Notre Dame takes over osteopathy school site
THE UNITED STATES University of Notre Dame is expanding its research and teaching in London with a takeover of the British School of Osteopathy's Trafalgar Square premises. Notre Dame will not reveal...
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Reviews 'damage' staff morale
THE GOVERNMENT's privatisation review of public sector research establishments is damaging the productivity and morale of scientists, according to Sir Aaron Klug, president of the Royal Society....
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Courses for horses
(Photograph) - Courses for horses: students Claire Johnston, Danielle Preedy and Andrea Bristol on Bristol University's equine science BSc degree course. The course is held mainly at the Equine...
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Dig at vets' 'blue sky' cash pile
Clinical veterinary research work is suffering as funds are channelled into "blue-sky" schemes, according to a leading British scientist. Researchers are finding it increasingly difficult to win...
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Hong Kong students go for the old over the new
Students from Hong Kong rate United Kingdom degree courses in old universities higher than those in the former polytechnics, according to a new study. It was found that 87 per cent of the students at...
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Don't create 'cash cows', Sir Ron warned
Britain's popularity with fee-paying foreign students will be jeopardised if the funding regime proposed by Sir Ron Dearing makes facilities uncompetitive, a British Council official has warned....
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St Chad's CV man resigns
The principal of a Durham University college has resigned three months after inaccuracies were spotted in lists of his qualifications. The Reverend Doctor Duane Wade-Hampton Arnold, who has been on...
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Teachers must learn too
LIFELONG learning campaigners have produced recommendations for adult education including calls for radical changes in teaching theory and practice. A Campaign for Learning report, produced from a...
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Broader canvas for art schools
After a year of bids, negotiations, deals and internal wrangles, Europe's art school heads are hoping their aspirations for 1997 are already in the frame. More than 700 of them gathered in Lisbon...
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Private schools dominate
Students from private schools still significantly outnumber state school entrants at Oxford University, but the elite institution expects to redress the imbalance following the abolition of its "...