Question of sport
May I alert readers to the dangers of writing the opposite of what you mean when using the phrase "there is no question that"? I have found cricket commentators especially using it to assert...
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Safeguard raw material of future
Last week's Cabinet shuffle and attendant ministerial reorganisation will have major effects on post-compulsory education. Or so it will seem. 11 = /Whitehall reorganisation has been rare in 16 years...
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Ruling on religious magazine angers US liberals
The University of Virginia has been told by the United States Supreme Court that it must subsidise a student religious magazine in the same way as it funds other student publications. The Rosenberger...
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Knives out over surgery appointee
John Hunter once said a surgeon was no more than a savage with a knife. The father of modern surgery was referring to the barber-surgeons of his day who hacked off limbs at the first sign of disease...
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Research reforms anger scientists
Danish ministry of research proposals for a tripartite research policy structure have angered the university and research community. Bent Schmidt-Nielsen, rector of the Royal Danish Veterinary and...
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Trader loses colleges millions
Colleges and universities in the United States which put their money in the Common Fund, an investment organisation specialising in higher education, have been warned that a rogue trader has caused...
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Battle to preserve Civil War sites
Anthony Gross (THES,June 30) is to be congratulated for drawing attention to the attempts of the Battlefields Trust to preserve Tewkesbury. The trust originated largely as a result of the earlier...
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Why governors must welcome staff
What is so different about university and college governing bodies that means staff are welcome on the former but often find themselves excluded from the latter? The Committee of University Chairmen...
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Bachelor of tarts sex ring denied
Claims on a South African television programme that University of the Free State students have been involved in a popular and exclusive sex club in conservative Bloemfontein have been angrily denied...
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French find examinitis cure
The education ministry's inspectorate has hailed a cure for what it describes in its annual report as "the well-known French syndrome of examinitis". France's universities tend to have the most...
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Germans want to be selective
German politicians and academics have launched a joint campaign for universities to set their own student selection procedures. It would recreate an elite higher education system by making...
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Hubble finds new galaxy
British and American astronomers have discovered a new kind of galaxy, a member of the group of "peculiar" galaxies, using the Hubble Space Telescope. These galaxies, over three billion light years...
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Heavy metal driven off road
Engineers at Warwick University have taken a big step towards helping car manufacturers cut car weight drastically through greater structural use of lightweight composite materials. Working in...
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IRCs failing self-finance test
Scientists in Interdisciplinary Research Centres are concerned about possible closures as the Government and research councils begin to take a close look at the centres in the light of changes in...
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Part-timers' rights spotlighted
Universities are being urged to hold an urgent review of contracts for part- time staff after a growing number of successful claims for unfair treatment. A conference for personnel officers and...