Inspectors round on teaching
Inspectors have strongly criticised primary teacher training at South Bank University. A report from the Office for Standards in Education concludes that three out of four key aspects of provision in...
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Plastic peril
Scientists probing hormone-disrupting chemicals say politicians should not wait until it is too late to act. Robert Allen reports. As health workers, mothers and baby milk manufacturers debate the...
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Germany accused of wasting money on dropouts
Politicians and education officials have rejected a claim that a quarter of spending in universities and colleges is a wasted investment in dropouts. Detlef Muller-Boling, head of a higher education...
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Photo row hits RCA
A bitter dispute at the Royal College of Art prompted disruption of its photography show this week. Last month six out of 11 students on the master of arts in photography course were either referred...
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Federalism: the success stories
In his "Here's Looking at EU" (THES, May 24) Eurosceptic Martin Holmes inadvertently makes the case for great federal success stories that he fails to identify. When he acknowledges that federation...
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Schools for Imams clash with Turkish state
A recommendation by Turkey's Education National Congress has drawn angry reactions from the country's Islamic community, who fear a back-door attempt to prevent religiously trained pupils from...
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Queen clampdown
The University of Wales, Aberystwyth announced an inquiry this week into the student protest during the Queen's visit to the town in order to find out who "overstepped the boundaries of peaceful...
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BMA inquiry after 'crisis' claim
Plans for an inquiry into the future of medical academe were outlined this week to the British Medical Association at a meeting in which there was an outburst by Colin Smith, a senior BMA figure, who...
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Science: boom and bust
Britain's scientists suffered a double blow this week. Space researchers in London, Cambridge, Warwick and other universities are facing the loss of years of work and many valuable research projects...
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Broad support for Jinnah film
Simon Targett correctly pointed out that, as an academic, I wished to avoid being "embroiled" in Pakistani politics while attempting to make a film on its founder M. A. Jinnah (THES, May 31)....
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Cultural clues to student guidance
The presence of international students in higher education is becoming a significant economic force in the United Kingdom, especially as the battle for them intensifies with other western...
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N. Ireland ponders vocational future
The Department of Education in Northern Ireland is seeking views on whether a range of vocational qualifications should be regulated by an English quango or in the province. The consultation paper,...
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Fascinating losers
History may be written by the winners, but is it written about them? Keith Robbins's formidably inclusive Bibliography of British History 1914-89, recently published by OUP, lists 152 books and...
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Scholarships offer
Strathclyde University is offering scholarships to pupils in the most deprived areas of Glasgow, starting next session. The university has set up links with a number of secondary schools in areas...