Churches not cross at the crossing
The Northwest is the United Kingdom's 'academopolis', boasting the highest concentration of students in Europe. Harriet Swain and Alison Utley look at how institutions are working to give the region'...
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Laughing yourself to death
Vittoria D'Alessio reports on the social side of a British Psychological Society conference at Strathclyde. Rib-tickling commercials are a powerful and potentially dangerous weapon used by the...
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Street-walking professor settles out of court
A part-time professor who had admitted to working as a prostitute can never again apply for a job from his former employer, Ryerson Polytechnic University, according to an agreed settlement. Gerald...
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Crushed in the machine
G. R. Evans speaks up for the academic freedoms of the individual. I work in an institution where any of the academic staff can stand up and make a speech in the university's "parliament", which is...
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Licence to kill must be revoked
Michael North, whose five-year-old daughter Sophie was killed by Thomas Hamilton at Dunblane with a legally owned handgun, calls for a ban on such weapons. The morning of Wednesday March 13 began for...
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Ballooning for beginners
(Photograph) - New arrivals on Bradford University's MSc in business strategy and environmental management got to know each other in a series of exercises including dropping eggs attached to balloons...
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Not so smart
The academic profession is not known for its sartorial elegance. So an invitation from the Association of University Teachers Scotland to a reception for union stalwart John Duffy really seems to be...
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Teaching vacuum
Universities using postgraduates as cut-price lecturers may be risking the quality of student learning and research, according to a survey. Research by the Association of University Teachers,...
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Vice chancellors indicate support for current pattern of research funding
Vice chancellors meeting in Sheffield last week indicated support for the current pattern of research funding, rejecting any move towards a demarcated group of research universities.They also...
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Cutting edge
(Photograph) - Ken Hawley admires his collection of memorabilia from Sheffield's tool and cutlery industries, assembled over the past 40 years. A trust has been established to raise funds to...
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Cuppa care and a slice of service
The Northwest is the United Kingdom's 'academopolis', boasting the highest concentration of students in Europe. Harriet Swain and Alison Utley look at how institutions are working to give the region'...
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Doctors in trouble all year round
Vittoria D'Alessio reports on the social side of a British Psychological Society conference at Strathclyde. Over half of junior hospital doctors are at risk of making errors on the wards because of...
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Budget cuts get blame for boom in dropouts
More than a quarter of American students are dropping out after their first year in college, many apparently because they cannot keep up with rising tuition costs. A survey of 2,564 colleges by...
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A fuller future
Contrary to your gloomy prediction (THES, September 6), the Joint Planning Group's report envisages that Higher Education Quality Council staff will be playing a full part in the new quality...
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A fur sighted vision
Kate Rawles advocates a moral framework for the treatment of animals in response to Roger Scruton's dismissal of animal 'rights'. What comes to mind on hearing the word "animal"? For many, the word...