Appointments
UNIVERSITY OF TEESSIDE David Grant, lord-lieutenant of Durham, former managing director and chairman of Darchem Limited and former chairman of the council, has been appointed as the first visitor to...
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Awards
THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION The winner of the 1995 Wolfson History Prize is H. C. G. Matthew, professor at St Hugh's College Oxford. In recognition of his work Gladstone 1975-1898 (Oxford University Press...
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Grants
BRUNEL UNIVERSITY Research grants Professor R. Paul and Dr J. Brown, Pounds 188,203 (economic evaluation of adjuvant breast cancer treatment); Dr C. Clark, Pounds 192,639 from the Engineering and...
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Chairs
LANCASTER UNIVERSITY Maria Shevtsova, formerly at the University of Sydney and Rome's Teatro Ateneo and visiting professor at the University of St Petersburg, has been appointed professor in theatre...
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Election
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH Honorary Fellows Frederick Dainton, chancellor of Sheffield University, formerly Dr Lee's professor of chemistry, Oxford University (1970-73), vice chancellor of...
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Explorers in the psychic world
A group of British experimenters are holding weekly meetings in an effort to counteract the Arizona conference's approach to untangling consciousness. The group has been meeting to hear about such...
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Waging war
The minimum pay debate divides economists, John Davies reports The minimum wage in the United States has been $4.25 (Pounds 2.85) an hour for the past five years. President Bill Clinton wants to...
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Atlantic crossing scheme sets off
The European Commission is set to launch a radical student exchange scheme designed to strengthen relations between the European Union and North America. The five-year scheme is a key part of the...
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LGU shaves off Pounds 5m
London Guildhall University governors have accepted the recovery plan aimed at saving the financially threatened institution Pounds 5 million over the next three years. Following the decision last...
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Early retirement package for teaching staff at University of Westminster
An early retirement package is being offered this week to 54 teaching staff at the University of Westminster, writes Stuart Livingstone. The move comes a month after the university senior management...
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Britain lags behind in language teaching
Foreign language teaching in the United Kingdom has improved little in more than 30 years and is far inferior to that offered by many of our European competitors, a leading linguistics expert has...
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Heavenly metal: Rachel Price
(Photograph) - Heavenly metal: Rachel Price with "fluid vessel", created after master craftsmen Erich Simmerman and Michel Pfister from Germany ran a workshop for students from Sheffield Hallam...
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The profile of a TV Crewe
"Oh yeah, Ivor Crewe - so he's the vice chancellor as well, is he?" A taxi pulling away from Essex University may not be the fairest sample, but most vice chancellors are lucky to be recognised in...
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Going for gold now more of a gamble
A leaked draft of the Bannister report on sports scholarships has confirmed that universities will have to compete for National Lottery money for students. Members of the committee, which is headed...
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Colleges plan to enrol children
School pupils as young as 14 could be enrolled on to the first stage of degree programmes if a radical scheme under discussion in Yorkshire gets the go-ahead. Talks are beginning between further and...