Reforms will curb power of 'barons'
Cambridge University is set to modernise its professorial promotions system in an effort to curb the age-old abuse of academic patronage. Campaigners are viewing it as the first step in a long-...
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Green fingers
Adrian James, a scientist at University College London, is confident that his new device (a fast omni-directional non-scanning energy mass analyser) will be safe with aircraft baggage handlers when...
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Lessons from Direct Line
THES reporters on the annual race of students for places which gets under way this week with hurdles for both sides. Paisley University believes it is the first higher education institution to set up...
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Flexibility no help to dole
Creating a more flexible labour market will not reduce unemployment in developed countries, new research has found. In a paper published in the Economic Journal in July, Francis Teal, a member of...
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Case for lessons in teaching
A rich vein of discontent with the quality of teaching in universities has been tapped by graduate Anna Tobin. Like Anna Tobin (THES, July 26) I take the quality of teaching very seriously. Her...
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Don's Diary
SUNDAY. The Italian academic year may not be intense but it is long, stretching from mid-September to the end of July. In Bologna it is usually stifling and humid by now, but clear sunshine and warm...
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Poor colleges get cash prop
Measures to bolster ailing former public sector institutions have been introduced by Welsh funding chiefs. A "restructuring fund" worth Pounds 700,000 has been revised by the Higher Education Funding...
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Trio takes a peep through the letterbox
If being in the right place at the right time counts for anything, the trio of Miguel Martinez, Mike Noon and Sarah Jenkins should enjoy spectacularly successful careers. The trio - all at Cardiff...
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Newcastle bairn
Highly expensive centre forward Alan Shearer is not the only new arrival to hit Newcastle in the last couple of weeks. Just as welcome and equally surprising to his parents, if rather less costly, is...
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Chemists to make complex simple
Heriot-Watt University is launching a "communicating science" initiative that aims to help young scientists across the country to explain their work to a broader public. The Esso Teaching Resources...
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Budget blues hit Celtic hill dig
Archaeologists from a dozen European universities are anxiously awaiting news of cash from France for excavations at the Celtic site of Bibracte. Work has been suspended for a year and archaeologists...
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Case for lessons in teaching
A rich vein of discontent with the quality of teaching in universities has been tapped by graduate Anna Tobin. Anna Tobin provided an articulate case for arguing that "students' needs have low...
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How to get ahead in a merger world
For me 1996 will go down as the year of mergers. Last year saw the merger of the Further Education Unit and The Staff College (where I used to work). This year I have presided as a governor over the...
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Date fixed for all-out strikes
Academics, technicians and support staff look ready to approve all-out strike action across the old and new university sectors this autumn, according to initial union soundings. And early November is...
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College thrift stumps lenders
A new financial guide to further education highlights the private sector's difficulties in trying to establish colleges' ability to repay debt for capital projects. While the Government is promoting...