Cash claims signal halt to FE growth
A RISE in claims for growth money from further education colleges this year is threatening to halt the increase in student numbers and plunge the sector deeper into financial difficulty. The...
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Super league derided
Calls from four leading research universities for a superleague of selectively funded institutions have met with cynicism from the funding council and the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals...
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Up for the Cup
(Photograph) - Leeds University Rugby League club on the attack in their Challenge Cup tie against Hemel Hempstead last Saturday. The students' 26-12 win is a first step towards next May's Wembley...
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And now for my next trick
Top sociologist Anthony Giddens has a knack for creating things. So what magic has this 'conjuror' got in store for the LSE when he takes over as director next month? Harriet Swain reports. An...
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Look back in hardbacks
January: The American Historical Association convention in Atlanta starts the year off right. "Why Do Ruling Classes Fear History?" and Other Questions is displayed and my editor, Michael Flamini,...
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Monastic fantasy
BEFORE waxing lyrical about universities providing an "essential haven or home for cultural workers" (THES, December 6), Valentine Cunningham should consider the growing number of redundant academics...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Physical Sciences
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NVQs lift off
Candidate registrations for National Vocational Qualifications increased by 44 per cent to 118,298 for 1995/96, new figures from the RSA Examinations Board reveal. "This is the first sign of...
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The Lyons share of cognition
The city of Lyons has been chosen as the site for France's first major research centre for cognitive sciences. The Pounds 5 million project for the future Institut des Sciences Cognitives is being...
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Hungary for the truth
Gyorgy Litvan is history in the flesh. Jailed for his activities during the 1956 uprising, he is about to retire as director of the institute devoted to that turbulent time. Huw Richards spoke to him...
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Honest scientist (batteries not included)
The chemistry department of a fictional English university and a sun battery provide the winning ingredients for a new play. Chris Johnston speaks to its writer and director Stephen Poliakoff The man...
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Delay on LSE fees
THE INCOMING director of the London School of Economics has refused to commit the school to undergraduate tuition fees, despite approval for the idea from the court of governors. Anthony Giddens said...
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Unions reject 5% pay rise
FURTHER industrial action is expected in higher education following the unions' unanimous rejection of the latest pay offer from employers. But the two sides are expected to agree to set up an...
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Reading on rise
The 1995/96 British Library annual report notes a record 476,762 visits to reading rooms - a 3 per cent increase on 1994/95. More than 4.38 million documents, up 6 per cent, were supplied to remote...
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Leverhulme contest
More than 360 academics from the humanities and social sciences have applied for a handful of prestigious Leverhulme personal research professorships. Between four and six posts, worth Pounds 55,000...