East is a cultural Eden
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." Rudyard Kipling was thinking of Europe and Asia when he wrote these verses. I quote them not just in continued amazement at what...
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The story of a beautiful molecule
Science is founded on principles of objectivity. Scientists seek to be objective in conducting their research, and claim to achieve that objectivity. They often extend the orthodoxy of objectivity to...
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Why say au revoir when adieu will do?
What really persuaded Jill Ker Conway to write the first volume of her autobiography was the persistent praise for Crocodile Dundee, the movie that captivated the public with its romantic portrayal...
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`How many lives was it worth?'
The name above his study door -- in neatly painted letters, white on black -- was T. D. Weldon and, although the initials did not actually stand for "Territorial Decoration'', they might well have...
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Redundancies loom
A fifth of English higher education universities and colleges expect to make staff redundant or encourage early retirement in the next four years, according to funding council returns. Their...
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Labour blasts review for ignoring sleaze
The Government's review of higher education came under Labour Party fire this week for failing to tackle such key issues as management and accountability. The Department for Education has launched...
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Shephard raises standard stakes
The Secretary of State for Education told colleges this week that more young people needed to reach "higher levels of achievement". But on the same day, a survey revealed that severe financial...
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First annual report of the Chief Inspector of Further Education Funding Council
The first annual report from the Further Education Funding Council's chief inspector, which involved the inspection of more than 100 colleges, has concluded that the sector is "dynamic, responsive...
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Inspection squads to descend on NCVQ centres
A fully-fledged inspectorate for monitoring standards in workplace vocational qualifications is to be established next April by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications. The NCVQ is...
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Long road to freedom
A stark picture of university life in Nigeria was painted by Nigerian academic and Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka on his arrival in Paris this week. "The education system is dead," said Mr...
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Cantab goes part-time
You are in mid-career and thought that the chance of doing postgraduate work at university, let alone Oxbridge, had long passed? Think again. Cambridge University has established a new postgraduate...
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Appointments
BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME The 1994/95 Rome Scholars in Ancient, Medieval and Later Italian Studies are: Edward Bispham, Jesus College Oxford and Amanda Collins, St Hugh's College, Oxford. DE MONTFORT...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Joan Bordas, head of the synchrotron radiation research division at Daresbury Laboratory, to the chair of experimental physics; David Drakakis-Smith, professor of development...
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Events
ERIC DOBSON EXHIBITION The University Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, is exhibiting Eric Dobson's paintings, drawings and collages from today to December 23 (Monday-Thursday...
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Grants
continued from last week UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Dr J. Littlechild, Pounds 150,844 from BBSRC (lipase enzyme structure/function relationships and their applications in biotransformation reactions - ROPA...