CVCP appoints trade unionist
While lending itself to "poacher turned gamekeeper" treatment, the appointment of former Association of University Teachers general secretary Diana Warwick as chief executive of the Committee of Vice...
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Cash crisis squeezes students out
Financial pressures appear to be forcing more students out of higher education, according to the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Reinforcing evidence earlier this year from a Higher...
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Heat seeker
Great lecture titles of our time, from Glasgow University - "If you can't find the heat, get out of the laboratory".
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Red face
Something of a Freudian slip from Lord Younger, former Tory Secretary of State for Scotland, and now chancellor of Napier University, when he launched "Campaign Craighouse", the university's bid to...
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Lang sigh
And disappointment for the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals, due to have current Scottish secretary Ian Lang address their annual dinner last Friday night. Mr Lang, a prominent...
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Word of mouth
The House of Commons gave its blessing recently to the creation of "oral scientific histories", because they enrich the history of science. Haven't dental records been around for decades?
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Pulling strings
(Photograph) - Pulling strings: Hugh Walker, principal of Anniesland College in Glasgow, meets some of the learning aids in the college's higher national diploma in puppetry. The new course, Scotland...
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Howler competition
"Once more unto the beach, dear friends". The 1995 Howler Competition is hereby declared open. Entries to The THES by July 28, bottle of Chateau Antithesis to the winner.
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Dundee unveils institute
Five teams of researchers at Dundee University are to investigate the causes of stroke and Alzheimer's disease in a new Pounds 1 million research institute. The university, Scottish Enterprise...
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Ulster dream in limbo
A secret report has said the planned Pounds 98 million "peaceline" campus in West Belfast is not economic. The confidential document, which has enraged senior academics at the University of Ulster,...
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You dirty rat queen
Zoologists have discovered a mammal whose queen uses sheer force of personality to suppress the fertility of most of her subjects. The queen of an African mole rat colony spends her time pushing and...
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NVQs pass tough admissions test
ATHES survey has found a cautious welcome for NVQs and GNVQs in higher education despite the teething problems. Tony Tysome reports. Britain's most controversial qualifications have been given a...
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Radar test spreads wisdom
Dental academics have adapted a test to check radar operators' skill in spotting enemy aircraft to examine their students' clinical competence. The receiver operating characteristics analysis system...
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Northwest research wall falls
The education ministers of Bremen, Flanders, the Netherlands, Lower Saxony and Northrhine-Westphalia have drawn up an action plan to stimulate regional collaboration in higher education and research...
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Opposition to German loans with 8% charge
The German government is considering charging up to 8 per cent interest on student loans as part of a wider plan to reform the student subsistence grant. The money generated would be redirected to...