Rectors reject fees for students
German university rectors have overwhelmingly rejected plans to introduce student fees, throwing open the debate over desperately needed reform of higher education funding. Student fees are "not a...
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Only here for the cheap beer
Growing student debt is pulling in profits for Britain's student unions as hard-up undergraduates flock to campus watering holes for cheaper beer, union managers have claimed. Figures from SUSOC, the...
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European funding probed
The Government has launched an investigation into an English higher education institution's claims for European funding. Secrecy surrounds the inquiry by the Department for Education and Employment's...
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Oh baby
(Photograph) - Middlesex University first-class graduate Kate Carrick exhibits a baby baked out of dough at the university's fine art show.
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Medical review about posts not individuals
Your leader and article on the senior management review at the Medical Research Council (THES, June 14) contained inaccuracies and misconceptions. The reviews of all seven research councils were not...
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Two-tone cash call
In successive weeks, the Higher Education Funding Council for England is putting out its major consultation documents on the two main things academics are meant to do - teaching and research. The two...
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Degree system for scrapheap
The classified honours degree system should be scrapped, academics and higher education managers have concluded. It is out of step with a mass higher education sector and the need for more explicit...
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Hail the kings of accountancy age
Charles Leonard argues that UK industry is struggling because it is frightened of taking risks. I was recently interviewed for a senior management post at a university on the south coast but was...
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Exile who came in from the cold
When David Johnson fled South Africa in 1983, he left his heart behind but had no idea of the part he would play in the rebirth of his nation. Now a lecturer at the University of Bristol and an...
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No confidence vote
Gerald Stockdale, principal of Swansea Institute of Higher Education, suffered another setback this week when the college's academic board registered a vote of no confidence in his leadership. The...
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Alzheimer's genetic statistics 'flawed'
Genetic statistics available to the United States public to predict their likelihood of getting Alzheimer's disease are wrong, it has been claimed. If true, this means that people are receiving an...
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Some Rhodes lead to freedom
The Anti-Apartheid Movement's archive has found a home. Simon Targett reports. Cecil Rhodes was not noted for his anti-apartheid credentials. President of the Cape Colony, head of the De Beers mining...
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Last straws and red herrings
The report (THES, June 28) of financial concerns over initial teacher training contained a number of inaccuracies and red herrings. There is no doubt that providers of primary initial teacher...
