Oxford probe
The framework of the Commission of Inquiry into the future of the University of Oxford was published this week. The commission will look at governance, the future of the colleges and resources, the...
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A bridge over muddled waters
A new way of reducing the gap between science and the public may have been aired for the first time in London last week. The UK National Consensus Conference on Plant Biotechnology (as reported in...
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Lakeland to be wired for learning
(Photograph) - An electronic library spanning hundreds of miles could soon allow some of Britain's most cut-off communities to key into higher education, according to Labour MP Dale Campbell-Savours...
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25 May 1998
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Alison Lawn
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Chile irons out market wrinkles
What comes after Chicago? This question dogs higher education - and indeed other sectors - in Chile as the country rebuilds democracy after the twin shocks of Allende's failed Marxist experiment and...
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Common core for subject must be resisted
Geography must resist pressures for a common core curriculum in higher education, according to Michael Bradford, senior lecturer at Manchester University. Dr Bradford said that a national curriculum...
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Battle to preserve Civil War sites
Anthony Gross (THES,June 30) is to be congratulated for drawing attention to the attempts of the Battlefields Trust to preserve Tewkesbury. The trust originated largely as a result of the earlier...
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Indexes for the pixel age
As the world's pictures are digitised and powerful interests jockey for electronic rights, Charles Oppenheim explores the maze surrounding ownership of diverse works, Roy McKeown describes progress...
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Tropical holiday destinations
More of us than ever before are taking huge health risks by heading for tropical holiday destinations without the necessary precautionary vaccinations, say doctors at the Liverpool School of Tropical...
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Bloody well
Glasgow Caledonian University, hoping to raise public awareness of the need to check for high blood pressure, found a suitable case for treatment in its publicity material - actor Richard Wilson,...
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Speeding at 74
If biographers leave their imprint on their subjects, the converse is equally true. Shortly after telling a seminar about Gladstone's formidable, long-lived energy the 74-year-old Lord Jenkins was...
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Pensions change attacked
HIGHER education attention was focused on the High Court this week as teachers mounted a challenge to the Government's controversial early retirement plans, writes Alan Thomson. The Association of...