SNP fund promises
The Scottish National Party claims it would invest around Pounds 240 million in research and development during Scotland's first four years of independence. Higher education would be a key...
Search
-
-
Anita takes the plunge in Bath
"British business education is backward and this is not only a profound sadness but it is dangerous," says Body Shop founder and chief executive Anita Roddick. "Business is richer, vaster and more...
-
Churches send Irish students to the US
More than 100 students from Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic will gain free placements at United States business schools under a scheme launched last month at the Washington...
-
NUS calls for monitoring body
* The Association of Graduate Recruiters has told Sir Ron Dearing that the proliferation of degrees has left graduates inadequately equipped for the world of work and employers confused about...
-
Bath discovers cult of success
THES reporters look at how departments prepared for and responded to last week's research assessments. STUDY OF RELIGIONS: BATH COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 1992 rating: 2 1996 rating: 4 "TO refuse...
-
Tunnel vision
The Channel tunnel cannot be made safe from terrorism, contends John Adams. So why is the Government refusing to even face the issue? Early promotional literature for the Channel tunnel featured a...
-
Rapid expansion threatens quality
The Further Education Funding Council for Wales has warned that expansion will have to slow down if quality is to be maintained. Further education colleges in Wales have proved remarkably successful...
-
Full metal jacket
(Photograph) - John Husband was so fed up with his wife demanding he bin his favourite 20 year-old jacket that he sculpted it on a course at Telford College, Edinburgh. It will stand in his hallway.
-
Tories bust the record on crime
Conservative policy has failed to tackle Britain's chronic youth crime problem, according to research by Luton University. Researchers from the university centre for crime study say that the number...
-
Riding hoods: students at Kidderminster College in Worcestershire
(Photograph) - Students at Kidderminster College in Worcestershire perform the pantomime Red Riding and the Seven Hoods, which incorporates a forest commune and Chicago gangland. The panto was...
-
Stubbing out the truth
As the extent of British science's collusion with the tobacco giants becomes clear, American medic Stanton Glantz tells of his battle for academic freedom and the right to publish secret documents...
-
Wind it up
So who says that management education occasionally does strange and disturbing things to the English language? It was quite an achievement for Warwick Business School to explain the functions of...
-
Fire studies alarm call
THE RECENT tragic fire in Hong Kong and near disastrous incident in the Channel Tunnel are stark reminders of the devastating power of fire and the toll it can reap on those inadequately protected...
-
Taming shrew
Alumnus to be proud of no. 83 is the Hon Tim Lamb, chief executive of the new England and Wales Cricket Board, who with chairman Lord MacLaurin issued a "private warning" to England cricket coach...
-
Dogged breed
Any vice chancellors tempted to gamble their way out of financial problems should heed the findings of research at Southampton University, which shows why "going to the dogs" is such a bad idea....