On the high road
The Scottish Office may pour cold water on the prospect of a University of the Highlands, but do others take the scheme a little more seriously? Edinburgh University's annual report reveals that its...
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Light workload
The need for a Lords select committee on science and technology became obvious this week as problems with lights that "would not shine high enough" and lack of an overhead projector delayed its...
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Crosswind catch
Equally baffled by technology was the Royal Society of Edinburgh, which has an ingenious heating system whereby cold air is sucked into the building, warmed up, and blown into its lecture theatre....
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No-hopers
Third prize, awarded for open-mindedness, is for the entry: "The trustees will not be prejudiced by the jargon involved in the new welfare industry, such as 'caring', 'underprivileged' or 'deprived'."
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Tip of the tongue
Queen's University, Belfast's "parody of esteem" principle is producing more, er, steam than light since Queen's appeased the Nationalist half of its intake by dropping the Queen from graduation...
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A clean bill of health
The Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine welcomes and supports the serious and extensive coverage given to its field (THES Synthesis, January 20). However a number of points need to be...
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A clean bill of health
Roger Ellis reveals some misconceptions about physiotherapy and the professions allied to medicine generally. He appears to consider the inclusion of disciplines such as anatomy, physiology and...
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Mao and the Net
As I read "Scuppering the Great Helmsman" (THES, December 16 1994), I could not help but think that the author must be one of the few true believers in Mao left alive these days. But what John...
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DIY assessment for beginners
John Stoddart, chairman of the Higher Education Quality Council, made an eloquent case in The THES (December 9, 1994) for a "supportive, collective self-regulatory system" of quality assurance for...
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Taslima Nasreen
Six leading writers will speak on the subject of the Dissident Word in the fourth series of Amnesty Lectures which starts next week at the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. I used to hear the chants of...
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Wole Soyinka
Six leading writers will speak on the subject of the Dissident Word in the fourth series of Amnesty Lectures which starts next week at the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford. The literary career of Nig-...
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Court of appeal
The O.J. Simpson trial: judicial proceeding or popular entertainment? Wendy Lesser on the cameras in the courtroom. It would be either foolish or disingenuous to suggest that fascination with the...
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College clash over Shattock report
Twenty-two senior managers from Wilmorton College, Derby, have signed a letter to Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, calling for the urgent implementation of a devastating report on...