Geologists dig far too deep
University geology courses are largely irrelevant to modern living and should shift their focus from the earth's core and mantle to the inhabited crust, the director of the British Geological Survey...
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Tables showing university income
Tables showing university income in the industry supplement (THES, November 1, p32-33) were derived from data collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, whose assistance...
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Unions set for pay fight
THE higher education sector held its breath today for the results of eight separate trade union ballots which could force the first ever shutdown of United Kingdom universities and colleges. Early...
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Health pay parity
Medical academics are still waiting for Lord Henley, higher education minister, to reply to the letter demanding cash to maintain the historic pay parity between them and NHS staff. His spokeswoman...
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Are you a key FOB?
An awful lot of people are banking on a Labour government beating a path to their door for advice. An awful lot of them are going to be disappointed. Brian Brivati predicts who will be called and who...
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Dream of a bureaucrat
Romuald Rudzki (THES letters, October 25) accepts David Albury's rosy picture of happy, self-employed scholars interfacing with their universities and colleges through a managed pseudo-market on the...
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Direct line to multimedia
THE MULTIMEDIA AND CD-ROM DIRECTORY 16TH EDITION TFPL Multimedia, +44 171 881 8000, Pounds 175 +VAT for two issues ISBN 0 333 670 345. Multiplatform DOS/Macintosh/ Windows CD Since most personal...
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Operation Overload in the shadow of the Somme
Information-warfare offers the prospect of a bloodless victory. Lawrence Freedman asks whether war without death is possible. We have on offer visions of a cyber-war with "logic bombs" and "high...
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Class of '96 colour the new worlds
Whether the CD-Rom and other interactive media are dead or merely resting depends largely on the quality of graduates who make them their career. Tim Greenhalgh followed a cohort through their final...
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Pleasure principle makes a career move
Technology will help lifelong learners to track their progress and tailor their studies says Morag Arnot. Lifelong learning through part-time study at the University of Paisley is a reality for more...
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Sony's lab looks for artistic mix
Japan's electronic giant Sony has sited a basic research laboratory in the Latin Quarter of Paris because it believes that "in the 21st century, scientific technologies need to co-exist with cultural...
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Relations with poor
Sir Ron may not be aware that some of us in have been working on council estates and in inner-city areas for many years. His appeal for units on "working-class estates" is timely, however, since many...
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Star billing for students
Students across Britain may soon be watching and even making their very own digital soap operas and short films following a pilot at the University of Greenwich. Programmes beamed by satellite direct...
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Lawyers reach pact over Bar School
The Commission for Racial Equality has called off an investigation into Bar School course results showing white students gaining more passes than their black peers. Plans to launch a formal inquiry...