Nolan hears of visitor need
Higher education needs a pool of legal experts with a knowledge of the sector to act as visitors to investigate complaints of malpractice, the Nolan committee on standards in public life has been...
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Apprentice ads go on TV
The Government is seeking to raise flagging interest in the modern apprenticeship scheme by pumping more than Pounds 1 million into a month-long television and radio advertising campaign, writes...
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Mexico signs training deal
John Major has signed up to an agreement with Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo which could spark a business bonanza for the burgeoning British training industry. Mexico has been given $265 million...
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Ceiling price
(Photograph) - A Pounds 12,000 grant from the European Commission has enabled Oxford University to renovate the painted ceiling of the Sheldonian Theatre. The work became necessary after rainwater...
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Call to make students work-wise
University students need to complete a vocational course alongside a degree if they are to meet the requirements of employers, according to the pressure group Industry in Education. According to a...
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Race for rector
(Photograph) - Saudi Arabian dissident Muhammed Al-Mass'ari, who is fighting a deportation order, launches his bid to become rector of Glasgow University in the February 28 election. Professor Al-...
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Legal threat to staff contract
The Educational Institute of Scotland is considering legal action against Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen which was set to introduce new contracts for teaching appointments yesterday. The union...
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Research may cop it in British Library cuts
Duplicate copies of up to 11,000 foreign language journals and periodicals are to be axed by the British Library, sparking fears that university research will suffer. Research panel chairmen say that...
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Unionists sling out sitting officers
Unionist graduates have staged a takeover of Queen's University's convocation. More than 100 graduates of the convocation, to which all former students belong, combined to oust a number of sitting...
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Kept in the dark
Alumnus to be proud of No: 29 is the unsinkable Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner, commended last week by Gillian Shephard as a splendid advertisement for the virtues of selective education. Mr Skinner did...
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Star turn
Refreshing candour from Roy Wood of the Scottish Hotel School at Strathclyde University, in his report of a presentation during the university senate meeting by Allister Ferguson of the Institute of...
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Sweat bath
Positively the last word on the burst-pipe floods that wreaked havoc throughout Glaswegian higher education institutions following Siberian temperatures at New Year. Glasgow University's building...
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Needy actor prints DIY manual
It took two half-marathons, hundreds of letters to charities, several car boot sales, a few cheese and wine parties, and many T-shirt and mug sales, to get Damian Gaskin to drama school. The law...
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Arts body claims drama is a crisis
The Arts Council is urging ministers to press ahead with a review of funding for performing arts schools and support for their students. Many institutions offering dance and drama courses are under...
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Fine tooth con?
This week's prize for defying the zeitgeist and getting funding for it goes to Professor H. Davies of Reading University, who has been awarded Pounds 52,915 by the Department of the Environment to...