From Third Man to third rate
Continuing our serieson favourite films, Norman Stone contrasts the triumphs of British cinema of the 1950s, epitomised by Carol Reed's The Third Man, with the vacuous efforts of today Music...
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Beds merger
Cranfield University is merging two affiliated Bedfordshire colleges - Shuttleworth and Silsoe. Shuttleworth's 210 students and 15 staff will move the ten miles to Silsoe. Frank Hartley, vice...
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The brains behind the brawn
Huw Richards talks to the scientists helping the British Olympic team prepare for Atlanta If this goes on, I'll start to get worried about the English identity - I'm not sure it can stand up to all...
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Luther's message to sinners and saints
The attack on Luther's Reformation and its supposed impact on society as a whole described by Bob Scribner (THES, July 12) delivers no convincing argument for a new image. First, the assertion that...
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Graduates enjoy growth market
The continued recovery in the graduate labour market is good news for the thousands of university students finishing their courses this month and starting the search for work. An Association of...
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CJD judgment
A High Court judgement is expected today on whether the Medical Research Council is liable for negligence in adminstering a human growth hormone treatment in the 1960s and 1970s. Ten families in...
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Raven has landed at Sussex
All degree programmes at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication will be validated by Sussex University following an announcement last week of an official affiliation between the two...
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Chinese graduates sail into jobs
Most of this summer's 866,000 Chinese university graduates have already found jobs, according to the Chinese State Education Commission in Beijing. Ninety per cent of the 400,000 students graduating...
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Snakes and ladders
Finding a job is a process fraught with tough decisions. Four graduates describe their experiences. Paul Wilkes, from Barrow upon Soar, gained a 2:1 in mathematics from Leicester University. He also...
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Oxford reveals business aim
Oxford University has announced plans for a world-class international business school funded by its largest single benefaction in 60 years, writes Alan Thomson. Vice chancellor Peter North said it...
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Soil scoop to seek life on Mars
Moon rock, the only planetary material to have been brought back to earth by humans, could soon be outdone by Mars rock, if a plan by Nasa comes to fruition. The United States space agency has...
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Wish-list or hit-list: wait for Dearing
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has just issued a consultative document on the funding method it should adopt for teaching from 1997/98 onwards. To its credit, the council's...
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Better dead end than nothing
Graduates are taking "boring" and "routine" jobs once shunned by self-respecting university students, according to a report by the Institute of Employment Studies. In a survey of 1,000 Sussex...
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Job value scheme takes off
A consortium of more than 100 universities and colleges has signed a contract with management consultants to develop a unique job evaluation system. The system is intended to form a new basis for...