Natfhe warns of autumn unrest
A fresh wave of autumn strikes looms in further education after lecturers' unions finalised their response to an employers' offer containing "unacceptable strings". A pay rise of 2.1 per cent has...
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Mud, mud glorious mud . . . and money
Scientists at Plymouth University have found that where there's mud, there's research money. A project which aims to identify chemicals produced by a rare form of algae present in underwater mud has...
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Student challenges Essex over Net rights
An Essex student's human rights database on the Internet has been disrupted during a six-month dispute with his university over control of the information. The university's registrar admits that a...
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Panel head rejects bias claim
ENVIRONMENTAL science heads have attacked their research assessment exercise panel for being "biased" against them. But panel chairman Michael Worthington has dismissed their argument. The assessment...
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All made-up
(Photograph) - All made-up: students and staff on the hair and beauty course at Chesterfield College raised money for charity by making up models.
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Franchise inquiry looms at Swansea
Academic staff at Swansea Institute of Higher Education recorded a vote of no confidence in principal Gerald Stockdale and two other senior managers this week after weeks of publicity surrounding the...
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Make a bigger fuss over making the tiny things, urges POST
The United Kingdom is failing to keep pace with its competitors in developing the technology behind the creation of tiny devices measuring billionths of a metre, according to a report out this week,...
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China clamps down on poor doctorates
China is getting tough with universities that fail to meet established criteria for awarding doctorates and is to standardise the appraisal system for degrees later this year. There are 2,500...
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FEFC warning
The future of some further education colleges could be put at risk by Government plans for grant-maintained schools, says the Further Education Funding Council. A white paper on self-government for...
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Subject can still serve ace
The maths curriculum may be in trouble, but the subject can still attract child prodigies. Twelve-year-old Sufiah Yusof is following in the footsteps of Ruth Lawrence, another gifted mathematician,...
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Me-me-me monsters in our midst
I should like to add my voice to those who are recognising an unfortunate sea change in attitude among undergraduates. I am not an aged educational elitist: I am 30 years old, and my research into...
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Free foreign trips lure young
This year for the first time students who enrolled at the Lake Erie College in Ohio were handed passport applications along with their other registration forms. If they stay until their third year,...
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RAE forces HEFCE to juggle cash
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is preparing to balance difficult funding decisions for the next academic year against the financial impact of the research assessment exercise. After...
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Beggars belief
Just when you were starting to think that the level of political debate could not fall much further without the protagonists starting to grunt, in steps alumnus to be proud of No: 85 with his...
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11 January 1999