Red alert
After Hong Kong, higher education? Those who wish to draw alarming conclusions about the possible future course of funding policy from the decorations chosen by senior staff at the Higher Education...
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Russians lag on the Western front
Russian university academics are lagging behind their east European colleagues in access to Western educational aid projects and the use of modern methods in social sciences teaching, according to...
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Cash for skill base in dispute
Half of Britain's young people should be expected to continue their education after 16 for at least four years, education leaders were told last week. Sir Bryan Nicholson, former president of the...
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Cadets allege sexual abuse
FORCED by a multi-million dollar legal battle to open its doors to women, The Citadel, South Carolina's elite military academy, is now mired in charges of sexual harassment. After two of its first...
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Scientists tackle the brain strain
SCIENTISTS from across Europe have announced a collaborative initiative to promote brain research, with mental health problems expected to escalate as we enter the next century. The European Dana...
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Get chartered
Universities and colleges have been urged to apply for a Charter Mark by Lord Henley. The education and employment minister said none were awarded in higher education last year. The scheme recognises...
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Capital assets waste potential
What does tertiary education do for London? Not a lot, says one report. In another of our series of regional focuses, THES reporters look for a sense of community within the M25 area. LONDON's higher...
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Oxford pair
Oxford University has announced the creation of two new colleges. Royal Charters have been awarded to Mansfield College and Templeton College, which began as the Oxford Centre for Management Studies...
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Uncle Glenn needs you
The European launch of Knowledge TV (Multimedia, page 28) is a pre-emptive strike. American cable entrepreneur Glenn Jones wants to seize the educational niche in local cable companies' offerings...
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Pot shot
Students would naturally be expected to object to strippograms on the grounds of political correctness. But strippogram Sid Robertson, interviewed in Edinburgh University's student newspaper, reveals...
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Attention please, the elite demand
Germany's top ten research universities are calling for preferential funding for elite research and for public funds to be linked to research performance. They claim that not enough attention is...
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Seven are charged over bogus courses
SIX PEOPLE have been charged with conspiring to defraud a further education college after a two-year investigation into bogus courses, writes Harriet Swain. A seventh has been charged with forgery as...