Nourishing the brains of Britain
Courted by contractors, a Pounds 160 million business remains steadfastly in house, says Richard Taylor. The chill of change is gusting through academia. In its wake, the twin spectres of swingeing...
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Chartering unknown waters
Simon Midgley on a flagship campus contracting scheme. A pioneering contract with a private facilities management company has revolutionised the way a West Country college administers maintenance...
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Leader of the conference trade pack
Simon Midgley looks at how holiday lettings have made Warwick a mint. Last year the University of Warwick earned several million pounds by letting its residential facilities and lecture theatres for...
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Hadland's benefits in using outsiders
* a small core team is able to respond flexibly to university budget variations and pick the right specialists for the job. * certainty of completion. * to enable maximum student intake numbers to be...
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Attractions of a Bovis en suite
Rental income makes student housing an ideal candidate for PFI. Stephen Hoare looks at two case studies. A student accommodation block at the University of Kingston shows what can be achieved if the...
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Appointments
OXFORD CENTRE FOR HEBREW AND JEWISH STUDIES Richard Greenbury, chairman of Marks and Spencer, has been appointed chairman of the board of governors. Bernard Wassester, professor of history, was...
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Readership: David Healy, senior lecturer and director of the academic sub-department of psychological medicine in Bangor, North Wales. THE OPEN UNIVERSITY Mike...
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND LLD: Sheila McKechnie, director of Shelter, chief executive of the Consumers' Association. MA: Bill Frain in recognition of his contribution to the development of...
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Chairs
TERNOPIL PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE, UKRAINE An honorary professorship has been conferred on Mark Mabey, head of the corporate enterprise centre at the University of Wolverhampton. UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS...
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Heated debates on the mind
"Consciousness" used to be a taboo word among scientists: the problem was just too intractable. Now it is becoming a buzz word. "Tucson II", the second "Towards a Science of Consciousness" conference...
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Library group builds links on M25 map
The first single guide to the resources, locations, and access arrangements of 30 higher education libraries in the Greater London area has been launched on the World Wide Web. Jean Sykes, deputy...
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Snares in the charmed circle
The convergence of information technologies will fundamentally alter the role of universities but early experimenters are getting it wrong, Chris Hutchison argues. Education is entering a new era....
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Patronising Joe Public
The Government's handling of the BSE issue typifies its lack of faith in people's rationality, argues Brian Wynne. If ever risk assessment experts needed a reminder that what we take as objective...
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Prophet in the policy cold
Europhile Helen Wallace tells David Walker about her pioneering work, which has been ignored by a Europhobic British Government. Do you have a second home, I asked Helen Wallace, having in mind some...
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Beckett's Reading matter
The Nobel Laureate, who would have been 90 tomorrow, had a rapport with a Reading University professor that resulted in the largest archive of his work in Europe, Tony Tysome reports. If there was...