Baltic state annuls 'red' degrees
Lithuania's parliament has declared invalid degrees awarded by Communist party colleges during the Soviet period. The decision, described by the speaker of the parliament or Seimas, Vytautas...
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Why the French get more satisfaction
Higher education lecturers are next in line to be scrutinised by a Loughborough University psychologist who has found that British school teachers are more stressed than their French counterparts....
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Survey eyes PhD career paths
The European University Institute in Florence is to coordinate a survey of postgraduate students' employment after they finish their studies. The initiative follows a conference of 80 academics,...
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Trainspotting talent
Alumnus to be proud of No 84 is novelist Irvine Welsh, who rocketed to fame after writing the seminal heroin-addiction novel Trainspotting, which last year spawned the ultra-hip film of the same...
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Tubercular alarm bells
Aisling Irwin reports on the Tuberculosis 2000 conference at the Royal Society of Medicine. The growing scourge of tuberculosis, could be eliminated worldwide if doctors and governments were to act...
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Street wise: Andy Loughe
(Photograph) - Street wise: Andy Loughe hopes to take the education route out of homelessness via Liverpool University
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Living language, breathing culture
Robert Jeffcoate's article (Back-to-grammar-school, THES, September 30) is an extremely unhelpful contribution to the ongoing debate about the teaching of English. Most of it is a very tedious list...
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Get social, skilled and chill out, academics told
Improved social support networks and the introduction of skills training could help academics cope better with stress, according to a stress expert, writes Chris Johnston. Susan Cartwright, a senior...
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Accredit where it's due
Students doing voluntary work may soon be able to gain a certificate recognising the skills they have gained. Scadu is pioneering the idea in eight student groups in early February. It hopes...
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Graduates enjoy growth market
The continued recovery in the graduate labour market is good news for the thousands of university students finishing their courses this month and starting the search for work. An Association of...
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'Prejudice' fears over inquiry
The Australian government has appointed the English former headmaster of an elite Sydney private school to chair a Dearing-style inquiry into the future of higher education. Roderick West, who has a...
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Mandela trap
It seems that the National Union of Students' London headquarters has been possessed by the lift from hell. A group of student innocents had their recent day trip to the Nelson Mandela nerve centre...
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Homes left alone
Academics have condemned the Government's decision to halt the General Household Survey, which gives an annual snapshot of social, living and working arrangements in 10,000 households. The Office of...
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Wellcome comment
Neville Hodgkinson makes a slight error in his comment on my review of his book on Aids (THES, December ). When the piece was published (though not when it was written), I had already ceased to be a...
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NUS supports killer gas safety scheme
A call to introduce safety certificates for gas appliances in all properties has been backed by the National Union of Students. Nigel Griffiths, the Labour consumer affairs spokesperson, last week...