Small fantasies
Richard Page, minister for small businesses at the Department of Trade and Industry, this week announced a competition to encourage business awareness among biological science students. The...
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Internet News
THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides details of news, features and books in this week's newspaper. The latest Synthesis charts trends in higher education. Job advertisements appear on THESIS...
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Pay structure delayed
A final decision on the establishment of a single or dual pay structure for all university and college staff will not be made before a further round of consultations between employers and the unions...
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Dangerman
(Photograph) - Dangerman: wild animals are prowling the University of East Anglia in the shape of sculptures by Stephen Vince. His art safari, which includes Who comes first?, a line of dancing...
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European hopes of extra cash
Millions more Ecus could flow to special research projects under the Framework programme if the European Commission convinces ministers and MEPs that member economies are on the up-turn. The...
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Bermuda Triangle ghostbusters
A shipful of scientists with one Briton on board set sail this month to drill the ocean floor in the Bermuda Triangle . Their mission is to investigate gas hydrates, which lie below the ocean floor,...
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Axe-man changeth
Foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind has gained something of a reputation for changing his mind, viz. Scottish devolution, and Europe. He has no doubt been thrilled by last week's news that Scotland's...
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Quality sex aids
Life as a quality assessment manager may be more exciting than you think. Attending a recent QA workshop at a hotel on the outskirts of Cardiff last month, Peter Jones of Manchester Metropolitan...
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Big Issue boys
The latest edition of The Big Issue in Scotland quizzes some former graduates about their student past. George Robertson, shadow secretary of state for Scotland, asked what he is most proud of about...
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Carling, the thinker
Alumni to be proud of No 11: Will Carling, the England rugby player whose reputation has been built on an unmatched ability to time his pass, took psychology at Hatfield College, Durham University....
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Back to the future
Unlikely quote of the week - from a newish member of London University's staff: "It's great now that the students are back." Now there's one academic who has still to be acculturated.
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Numbers to find their own level
Tony Tysome summarises the Conservative Political Centre's draft report on Higher Education. The Conservatives' National Policy Group on Higher Education says its recommendations to the Government...
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Scientist calls for meteor monitor
The risk of humankind being devastated by the impact of a meteor is so great that a world network of telescopes should be built immediately to provide an early warning system, an astronomer said last...
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DFEE cuts top posts
Tony Tysome reports on the shake-up of senior civil servants at the Department For Education and Employment. Gillian Shephard's "dream come true" - the Department For Education and Employment -...
