Calls for medical Academy
The medical community, battered by NHS reforms and splintered into an unwieldy number of committees, councils and colleges, might benefit from an Academy of Medicine, it was claimed this week. A...
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The Europhile
Should Britain be at the heart of a federal Europe? Martin Holmes protests at such a future but Helen Wallace can see advantages. * Should the British be in favour of Europe or against it? The...
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Googie fails to wither
Tim Cornwell reports on the revival of interest in the vulgar US roadside architecture of the 1950s. John English is a veteran of battles to save monuments. He was on hand to mourn the demolition of...
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Here's looking at EU
Should Britain be at the heart of a federal Europe? Martin Holmes protests at such a future but Helen Wallace can see advantages. Three arguments have been advanced in favour of a federal/integrated...
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Lights, cameras...no action
Media studies has proved enormously popular, but Ian Christie belives it has not lived up to its early promise and student Mireilli Fowler (box) explains why she was initially disillusioned with her...
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A little extra ordinary
A favourite Dutch saying is: "Ordinary is extraordinary enough." The expression says much about Dutch attitudes. Common sense, pragmatism and (false) modesty are important values. This has left its...
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Tips for Dearing from the south
It has been interesting to read reports of reactions to South Africa's national commission on the future of higher education discussion document. I was privileged to attend the recent Salzburg...
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Ulster tries to bridge divide
The article on sectarianism in Ulster colleges (THES, May 3) painted a very negative picture of student attitudes in Northern Ireland. It failed to focus on the community relations work being carried...
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Unfair to blame LEA employers
Smith, Marcus and Peacock (THES, Letters, May 17) blame the breakdown of talks on terms and conditions for local authority-employed FE staff on the "cynicism" of the employers' side. Their attitude...
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Library lowdown
Seating demand at the controversial new British Library building at St Pancras may oustrip supply, says a National Audit Office report. Technical problems have led costs to soar since building...
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Board ballot
Members of the Association for Colleges have resolved unanimously to merge with the Colleges Employers Forum from August. Ballots for board membership of the Association for British Colleges (...
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Cooking on gas
Alumna to be proud of No 49 is at the centre of what may have been the most vitriolic exhange yet between a privatised company and its regulator. Clare Spottiswoode, director general of gas supply,...
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Ofsted off course
Neil Buxton, vice chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, was a little puzzled at the deficiencies of a letter addressed to him as "Director, University of Lancaster, Hatfield, Hertfordshire...