Troubled times
An everyday field trip it was not. The trip involved the Four Green Fields of Ireland for a start. And as a fact-finding visit, it differed also - for in Ireland there are very few agreed facts...
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Stay-at-home culture spreads among students
More and more university applicants are opting for institutions in their home region, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Almost half of successful...
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Verbosity vaccine
Antithesis loves to hear about a new discipline, and is especially taken with a suggestion last week by John Grange of Imperial College, London, who is investigating the finer details of our immune...
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He should know
Alumnus to be proud of no. 43 is man of letters A.N. Wilson, who recently regaled readers of the London Evening Standard with a short appreciation of the usefulness of higher education - arguing that...
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Little and large: UMIST vice chancellor Bob Boucher
(Photograph) - Little and large: UMIST vice chancellor Bob Boucher holds up a disc with the details of the university's submission to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's Research...
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RAE discs jockey for success in Bristol
Universities and colleges are gearing up for higher education's most controversial competition, the Research Assessment Exercise. As the "census" date for research staff transfers passed and the end-...
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HEFCE will be 'less of a nanny'
Universities and colleges have been given greater freedom and responsibility in the management of their financial affairs, writes Tony Tysome. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has...
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Middle East accord
Jewish and Palestinian student groups in Britain have issued a joint statement condemning terrorism and committing both sides to the Middle East peace process. The Union of Jewish Students and the...
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Jobs list planned
A new national employment service for lecturers in further education is being launched this week. Nord Anglia Education said it would create a national register offering lecturers increased mobility...
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Oxford overhaul
Oxford University should overhaul its system of government, according to an internally commissioned report. Plans to streamline Oxford's decision-making machinery and bring in more independent...
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Grants plummet
The number of higher education discretionary grants awarded dropped by 71 per cent from 1984 to 1994, and spending on them fell by 81 per cent in real terms, Government figures published this week...
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Call to bolster industry links
A more formal relationship between industry, public sector research establishments and universities may be necessary if Government attempts to boost interaction between them are to succeed, according...
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Fact famine fuels food panic
The whiff of government secrecy, divisions between departments and hints of a cover-up have been major factors in the creation of food panics in recent years, according to researchers at Glasgow...
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Physicists gain stronger voice
A deal thrashed out between the Institute of Physics and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council means that physicists should have a greater say in the way the council funds research,...
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Waging war
The minimum pay debate divides economists, John Davies reports The minimum wage in the United States has been $4.25 (Pounds 2.85) an hour for the past five years. President Bill Clinton wants to...