Iraqi students left fee debts behind
Iraqi students still owe British universities thousands of pounds in fees from when they returned home during the Gulf war five years ago. Bradford University, which had 34 Iraqi students in 1990, is...
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Useless subjects, few jobs
I wonder whether the attempt to raise popular awareness and understanding of engineering through the Year of Engineering Success (THES, September 13) will halt the sharp decline in the number of...
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Kinnock knockers blamed
The hostile press barrage directed at Neil Kinnock during his nine years as leader of the Labour party may have helped determine the final outcome of the 1992 general election, argued James Thomas, a...
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High minded
We don't know what he's like at electrotechnics, but if the faculty of that subject at St Cyril and Methodius University at Tetovo in Macedonia offers options in enterprise it should immediately...
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Albanians rejoin Serb fold
The Serbian government has signed a deal with the Albanians of Kosovo that promises to restore their access to the official university in the province. Albanophone education from kindergarten up to...
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Puddle thinking
Rain is as much a part of Britain as the royal family. However, it seems the hourly probability of rain in the United Kingdom is actually quite low - about one in 12 in fact. Robert Matthews, a...
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Scots back autonomy
The Association of University Teachers has clashed with the Educational Institute of Scotland over a Trades Union Congress call for a Scottish parliament to have control of the universities. David...
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Don's Diary
Thursday. "Fascinating", "compelling", "a tour de force", "slapdash", "jejune" and "sloppy" were joined today by "dazzling" as a description of my new biography of Hugh Gaitskell. The range of...
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Engineering fault in the system
Richard Barry argues for axing the 30 plus engineering faculties which last year accepted students with A-level points well below those of their humanities counterparts It is that time of year again...
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French press lacks baronial archetypes
Huw Richards reports from the Institute of Contemporary History conference on A Century of the Popular Press. Anglo-American journalism provides immense scope for connoisseurs of the Great Man theory...
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Teaching skills get all shook up
The Government has announced the "biggest-ever" shake-up of teacher training, involving the rapid introduction of a national curriculum for universities and colleges. From September next year teacher...
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Seekers after a place in society
Refugees are perhaps the most neglected and most unfairly treated group in higher education debates. It would be easy to condemn the sector but that would be unhelpful in preparing the ground for a...
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Liberal policy plan
The Liberal Democrats this week launched their education policy paper, Investing in Excellence. As reported in The THES on August 30, the paper calls for further and higher education funding councils...
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Trawl for Dearing clues
Universities, colleges and schools across Britain are to be consulted on the reform of qualifications for 16-19-year-olds. They are to be asked for their views on how changes proposed by Sir Ron...
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Winging it
A heart-rending moment at last week's British Association meeting in Birmingham was provided by Gordon McGregor Reid of Chester Zoo, as he showed a picture of the last passenger pigeon, now extinct...