Halifax society building
Halifax, Nova Scotia is looking hard at its seven post-secondary institutions in a possible blueprint for other parts of the country. Earlier this month Nova Scotia's education minister, John Mac-...
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Students demand more power
Students at the University of Zagreb in Croatia have protested against legislation on student unions due to go before parliament later this month. The government, they say, drew up the bill without...
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No real consensus on the old politics
Assumptions that there was a post-war, pre-Thatcher political settlement owe more to A. A. Milne than to Machiavelli, said Peter Kerr of Birmingham University. He compared the assumption to Winnie...
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Time to lock horns on the beauty debate
Despite being apparently only skin-deep, the notion of human beauty raises some profoundly disturbing issues. For the skin itself is deceiving, according to the French artist, Orlan, who appeared at...
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Super sleuths fight heavy crimewave
Student super sleuths are springing into action on university campuses around the world in an attempt to combat crime. Last month Southampton University hosted the first international congress on...
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Nolan turns attentions to governor pay
Lord Nolan's Committee on Standards in Public Life has denied it is set to call for an end to payments for quango members, including those on the boards of further and higher education funding...
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Yin and Yang
But it is not just the human way with words that entertains us. The Political Studies Association in Glasgow was at the mercy of a berserk computer spellchecker. PSA executive member Jeremy Jennings...
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Applied Cymru
One of the fascinations of Welsh universities is the extent of their bilingualism, leading to unfamiliar terminology for familiar functions. As you might expect the Welsh language has its own...
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V-cs bash fees cut
The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has attacked Government plans to cut funding for foreign students who take part of their course in the United Kingdom. The committee said the move to...
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English campaign
The Association of Graduate Recruiters has given its support to the Better English Campaign launched this week. The association said that communication, both verbal and written, is the most important...
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Higher in further?
Sir Ron Dearing has hinted that he is keen to examine the potential of developing more higher education in further education colleges as part of his inquiry. Speaking at a conference at the...
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Kirk out for hard-up Scotties
Increasing student hardship has contributed to a dramatic 40 per cent drop in the number of candidates applying to train for the ministry, the Church of Scotland believes. The committee on education...
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Graduate debts jump by third in a year
Graduate debt has jumped by nearly a third in one year with former students owing an average of Pounds 3,000, according to the latest Barclays Bank survey. The bank found that graduates, surveyed in...
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Pay may depend on profit
Profit-related pay was seized on by more than 80 universities this week as a formula which could save jobs while answering academics' dem-ands for above-inflation salary rises. A "significant number...