Tax sweetener sour for employers
Am I alone in finding Dominic Cadbury's arguments on funding (THES, May 12) lacking logic? He says that employers pay twice for higher education; through contributions to general taxation and "...
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Bred in the bone?
This summer The THES will be exploring the intellectual impact of the new Darwinism. Here, Aisling Irwin describes how these ideas are having an effect beyond biology, while overleaf Brian Goodwin...
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Fears for French institute
Accreditation for nearly two-thirds of post-masters education research diplomas risk non-renewal this year in French universities. The routine springtime review of research diplomas, diplomes d'...
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Lost meanings in a dying language
Having written a grammar and a phonology of an extant unwritten European language, I found David Charter's piece (THES, April 21) of interest. Istro Rumanian is spoken by fewer than 1,000 natives of...
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Defunct department's duties to be shared with DTI
The Government's decision to mix employment and education portfolios has met with a cool reception The spoils of the old employment department are to be shared primarily between the new DFEE and the...
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Merged ministry triggers alarm
The Government's decision to mix employment and education portfolios has met with a cool reception The reshuffle of ministers' jobs in the new Department for Education and Employment came under fire...
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Master mind
The power of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals extends further than we thought. No sooner have they issued their report on the growing problem of drop-outs than the Colombian police...
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Contagious rumour
Swift reaction last week to the news that Virginia Bottomley was to quit the Department of Health to become National Heritage secretary. Within minutes a spoof memo had appeared at the British...
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Just deserts
The unrelenting global expansion of higher education continues to push the parameters of proper academic study ever wider. University of North London public affairs officer John Izbicki was delighted...
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Graphics student in justified success
Sam Davy, a graphic design student at the University of Northumbria, was yesterday awarded top prize in this year's British Design & Art Direction (D&AD) competition for students, writes...
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Sister act
(Photograph) - Sister act: Sister Helen Prejean, a long-time campaigner against the death penalty in the United States, received an honourary doctorate in law at Glasgow University this week. Her...
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IRCs failing self-finance test
Scientists in Interdisciplinary Research Centres are concerned about possible closures as the Government and research councils begin to take a close look at the centres in the light of changes in...
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Germans want to be selective
German politicians and academics have launched a joint campaign for universities to set their own student selection procedures. It would recreate an elite higher education system by making...