Energy saving
Dundee University will generate its own electricity this month with the completion of a Pounds 2 million combined heat and power plant. The first in Britain, the plant will pay for itself in five...
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Bad genes uncovered
David King reports on the dilemma facing the insurance industry as genetic tests that can predict susceptibility to disease pit insurers against the insured. Put yourself in the following position:...
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The CVCP at a watershed
A managed market gives the committee its best chance of survival. Planning or a free market could break it up, say Ted Tapper and Brian Salter. One of the more interesting aspects of the contemporary...
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Cut engineering, say employers
Graham Mackenzie, director general of the Engineering Employers Federation, has called for a shakeout of engineering courses in universities. He says that there is "certainly overcapacity" in...
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Debt hits former polytechnics hardest
Debt levels are rising among higher education institutions, with the former polytechnics carrying the largest burden, according to a new financial guide to the sector. This reinforces funding council...
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Budding engineers go to market
Richard Barry's hope that a cull of so-called weaker engineering faculties, as defined by input standards alone, will produce candidates who will take up training to be skilled engineering craftsmen...
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Unions flex muscles over pay rise retreat
Australia's main academic union plans to adopt a more aggressive industrial stance towards wage rises and job security. The decision comes as vice chancellors face growing pressure from the...
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Women chart ocean cycle
Yachtswomen racing around the world for nine months will record details of sea sickness and menstrual cycles to help scientists understand motion sickness. Michael Gresty's team at the Medical...
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Small is beautiful for Scots
The Disability Discrimination Act aims to encourage institutions to provide a better service for students with disabilities. Scotland's compactness has allowed the Scottish Higher Education Funding...
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Benn on Blair
Tony Benn fires another salvo at New Labour in a review of Brian Brivati's biography of Hugh Gaitskell on page 24. He rejects perceptions of Gaitskell as an early Blairite moderniser, presenting him...
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Catch in tax dodge
I read with interest your report of the Profit Related Pay scheme (PRP) at the University of the West of England, whereby an element of salary will be paid as a tax-free "profit" distribution. No...
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Budding engineers go to market
Richard Barry argues for axing engineering faculties that accept students with low A-level points. I disagree. The purpose of education is to change minds, and the purpose of engineering is to change...
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Trend to tighter graduate targets
Graduate employers are getting "too choosy", according to the quarterly Graduate Salary and Vacancy Survey. Figures show that employers are targeting students more specifically than ever before. The...
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Holy grain
(Photograph) - Sculptor John Houlston has donated a representation of the solar system carved from a 500-year-old oak to the chapel at King's College London. The new one-tonne lectern, called The...