Architects defend law centre
AWARD-WINNING architects at the centre of a dispute with Cambridge University over "disastrous" noise levels at the university's new Pounds 21 million law faculty claim that a simple solution was...
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Scots slipped away in swinging sixties
THE UNIVERSITY Grants Committee offended Scottish Office sensibilities in 1965 with student allocations that fell short of the Robbins report's estimates of demand. Scottish Record Office files...
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Plenty of scientists with nothing to do
THERE IS no shortage of scientists and engineers in the United Kingdom, but inadequate research spending by the Government and industry is killing demand for them, according to Alan Smithers of...
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General depilation
Look out for sales of electric razors to rocket in the Bristol area should New Labour, complete with its antipathy to beards, win the general election. The five-strong top table at the press...
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Gum conundrum
Nice to know that Britain's academics are just as keen to sort out life's little annoyances as well as its larger questions. Envelopes for example. Don't you just hate it when the flaps are not well...
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Pet philosopher
If Neil Tennant, one half of lyrical pop duo Pet Shop Boys, is to have an academic namesake, it seems appropriate that he should be a staff member of the department of philosophy - albeit at Ohio...
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Dressing down
Strathclyde University has just held the grand final of its ferociously competitive University Challenge, whose first round saw the senior officers beaten so ignominiously that they claim their...
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Hacked off
Britain's oldest working journalist, 101-year-old George Fraser, was recently awarded an honorary degree by his alma mater, Aberdeen University. Vice principal Graeme Roberts, giving the laureation...
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Taming shrew
Alumnus to be proud of no. 83 is the Hon Tim Lamb, chief executive of the new England and Wales Cricket Board, who with chairman Lord MacLaurin issued a "private warning" to England cricket coach...
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Aberdeen postgrad escapes prison
A former Aberdeen University postgraduate has escaped a potential prison sentence after ending a defamatory campaign against the university. Court of Session judge Lord Kirkwood last year deferred...
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Kick back: Rachel Salt
(Photograph) - Rachel Salt displays the form that earned her fifth place in the recent European Tae Kwan Do championships held in Helsinki. The Wolverhampton University second-year sports science...
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Life in the Twiglet zone
COMPUTER SCIENCES: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY 1992 rating: 5 1996 rating: 5 Bowls of abandoned Twiglets and untouched champagne festooned the end-of-term party for Edinburgh University's informatics...
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Engineering council streamlines to save Pounds 1 million
THE Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is rationalising its support for engineering and could save around Pounds 1 million. The council has nine engineering research programme areas....
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NUS calls for monitoring body
THE NATIONAL Union of Students has called for a national council for awards to monitor standards in higher education and approve the awarding of qualifications, writes Chris Johnston. In its...
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NUS calls for monitoring body
* The Association of Graduate Recruiters has told Sir Ron Dearing that the proliferation of degrees has left graduates inadequately equipped for the world of work and employers confused about...