Rooftop protests at Stoke
STAFF and students at Stoke-on-Trent College are demanding to know how internal and external audits failed to spot a 20 per cent shortfall in students. Governors were expected to report last night on...
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Students face tough Xmas
CHRISTMAS and New Year is a busy time for Georgina Watts. Manager of the University of Central England's student union advice centre, she says that the number of hardship cases peaks after Christmas...
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Student vote 'not decisive' on poll
The student vote is unlikely to be a decisive factor in setting next year's general election date, says a leading electoral expert. Recent reports have suggested that the Prime Minister might pick...
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Cannadine heads back
David Cannadine, one of the highest profile historians to have joined the brain drain to the United States, is to return to Britain in 1998. Professor Cannadine, 46, currently Moore Collegiate...
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Frozen out?
Dundee University's staff news-letter Contact normally includes a column from the principal, Ian Graham-Bryce. But when the latest issue was being produced, the principal was in Antarctica convening...
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Weighty matters
It seems the research assessment exercise can leave those visited by panel members reeling in more senses than one. Martin Dodsworth, chairman of the English literature panel, said the weight of...
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Santa clues
Nice to see the Christmas message of peace and goodwill has not yet taken over: this week's young people's lecture from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow was an illustrated talk...
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Report criticises Soton's rule of fear
A DIFFERENT style of leadership is needed at Southampton Institute to help it improve quality, extend research, and consolidate following rapid expansion, a report published by the institute says. "...
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O come all ye faithful
A scientist Christian, a retail management expert, a Jew and a Muslim tell The THES what Christmas means to them JOHN POLKINGHORNE, recently retired as president of Queens' College, Cambridge. His...
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An exercise in dexterity
INSTITUTIONAL outcomes from this year's Research Assessment Exercise show the importance of being able to work the system. Universities that used such skills, in particular by excluding non-research...
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Pay later
The annual report of the Universities Superannuation Scheme reminds us that academics permit their pensions to be invested in a scheme with no stated ethical criteria. Unethical investments are...
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GNVQs 'failing science students'
Advanced General National Vocational Qualifications fail to prepare some students adequately for science and mathematics-based higher education, according to a new document. The finding comes from a...
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Sound low sweet pain reliever
A DIY ultrasound machine has sparked medical research and development which could mean a small revolution in physiotherapy. As a result of a chance happening, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Institute...
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Fulbright wheels out the big guns in its fight for funds
One of the world's biggest and most successful educational exchange schemes is fighting to defend itself against criticism that it has been undermined by globalisation. The Fulbright Programme, which...
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NI colleges to be incorporated
The Department of Education for Northern Ireland is to take over the administration of the province's 17 further education colleges. Northern Ireland education minister Michael Ancram has published...