Natfhe calls for academic boycott of Derby
LECTURERS' union Natfhe has voted for a national academic boycott of the University of Derby in protest at restructuring in the school of engineering, where some staff must reapply for their jobs.
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The next question is how much to pay
I have followed with great interest your detailed coverage of the current debate in Britain about introducing fees for university students ("Market forces and the charge of the fees brigade" THES,...
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Race case sparks freedom debate
THE CASE of a university professor from Madrid accused of racism is fuelling debate in Spain over the limits of academic freedom. Guillermo Quintana, professor of educational psychology at the...
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MPs' probe
The House of Commons select committee on education is to beef up its annual examination of the Department for Education's expenditure to an investigation of education spending in general. The Higher...
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Institutions risk superannuation sting
UNIVERSITIES and colleges may find themselves out of pocket as a result of last week's Government decision to postpone changes to the Teachers Superannuation Scheme from April 1 to September 1. Many...
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Don's Diary
Week one Have spent the end of last term and the Christmas holidays writing reports, notes, lesson plans, work schedules, mock exam papers - and I am exhausted. The groves of academe have signalled...
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Shephard predicts cheaper Internet access
INTERNET access for colleges will be improved and cheaper, Education Secretary Gillian Shephard announced this week. Oftel's Education and Public Access Points Task Force has put pressure on the...
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NUS plans fees upset
The National Union of Students will step up its anti-tuition fees campaign to keep the issue on the pre-election agenda, it emerged this week, writes Phil Baty Student union presidents at this week's...
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Birkbeck board backs axe for physics
THE ACADEMIC Board at Birkbeck College has recommended the closure of the institution's physics department by the end of this academic year and its transfer to neighbouring University College. A...
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Field of dreams
An estate agent's dream: hundreds of people have been turning up to view Westerlands, Glasgow University's playing fields which have just been put up for sale. The interest, however, is not so much...
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UK team helps to save rare bustard
ONE OF the world's most endangered birds, the Houbara bustard, has found saviours at the University of Abertay Dundee school of molecular and life sciences. Researchers at the university are battling...
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Law dean quits after arrest
The dean of the faculty of law at the University of Nairobi has resigned following his arrest and detention for three hours at a police station for discussing political matters over a cup of tea with...
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Province lobbies to get its research millions back
Northern Ireland's two universities are lobbying industry to support their fight for a restoration of Pounds 4 million research funding. The special regional development funding has been clawed back...
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The future of the BA
For over 100 years, journalists have thought of "the BA" not as an organisation but as a week, round about the end of the silly season, when science erupts all over the newspapers. As an annual...
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It's not unusual
According to the leaked external audit, "The payment of fees to members of administration staff is unusual" (THES, February 21). An interesting choice of words, which raises a simple question: Why is...