Training boost
Industry-based training bodies are being set up to help the UK become more competitive, the Government has announced. National Training Bodies will replace about 200 industry training organisations...
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Strangers in paradise
Student expeditions - adventure holidays for wannabe Livingstones? No, says Daniel Start, leader of the Cambridge group held hostage in West Papua. University expeditions are part of the...
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Women are the biggest sinners
Vittoria D'Alessio reports on the social side of a British Psychological Society conference at Strathclyde. The biggest hypocrites in the infidelity debate are women and not their male partners,...
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Earning power that depends on learning
The Northwest is the United Kingdom's 'academopolis', boasting the highest concentration of students in Europe. Harriet Swain and Alison Utley look at how institutions are working to give the region'...
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Marine protests sinks budget cut
A national marine biological station believes a political campaign against budget cuts has led to a climbdown by English and Scottish higher education funding councils. Earlier this year, the...
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Budget cuts get blame for boom in dropouts
More than a quarter of American students are dropping out after their first year in college, many apparently because they cannot keep up with rising tuition costs. A survey of 2,564 colleges by...
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Doctors in trouble all year round
Vittoria D'Alessio reports on the social side of a British Psychological Society conference at Strathclyde. Over half of junior hospital doctors are at risk of making errors on the wards because of...
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Cuppa care and a slice of service
The Northwest is the United Kingdom's 'academopolis', boasting the highest concentration of students in Europe. Harriet Swain and Alison Utley look at how institutions are working to give the region'...
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Vice chancellors indicate support for current pattern of research funding
Vice chancellors meeting in Sheffield last week indicated support for the current pattern of research funding, rejecting any move towards a demarcated group of research universities.They also...
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Space alliance
Birmingham University's astrophysics and space research group has agreed to collaborate with AEA Technology. They will work together on space technology projects, train students together and do joint...
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Elite and proud of it
Dear Ron, It is now public knowledge that a number of major universities are considering forming a premier league and preparing themselves for the measures that would have to be taken to bring it...
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VAT loss
Universities are likely to suffer from new Value Added Tax rules, says an adviser on the tax. John Kennedy, VAT partner at accountants Deloitte and Touche, predicts that they will lose out under a...
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Percentage changes
Your table (THES, July 26) purported to show that there are no female professors of veterinary science in the United Kingdom. Claire Wathes has been professor of veterinary reproduction at The Royal...
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Welsh-tongued nurses on wane
Welsh-speaking school leavers are choosing not to study at Bangor University school of nursing, a decision which could have serious implications for the future of health care in the Welsh heartland....