The X files
VE day isn't the only big anniversary this year - 1995 also marks the centenary of the invention of the X-ray and proof that even the greatest scientists get it wrong sometimes. Lord Kelvin's...
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Popper's friends mount last ditch attempt to retain library in Britain
A final bid to keep Karl Popper's library in the country is being made by a group of friends and admirers headed by one of his former students at the London School of Economics. Last weekend, Sotheby...
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V-cs eye single quality road
Vice chancellors are being canvassed by the Committee of Vice and Chancellors and Principals for their views on a single quality agency, as proposed by the chairman of the CVCP in a letter to the...
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Cutbacks shouldn't happen to a vet
Veterinary schools are facing serious financial problems because a doubling of their undergraduate intakes has not been matched by funding increases, says the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons....
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Love thy neighbour
Heriot-Watt University's Norwegian Students Association has led Edinburgh's celebrations of Norwegian Constitution day on May 17, marked by an early morning ascent of Arthur's Seat, (the nearest...
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Scots union overhaul
There is uncertainty over future union support for the Educational Institute of Scotland's College Lecturers' Association as a result of the increasing localisation of education. The EIS is...
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Colleges to bid for data rooms
A Pounds 20 million Millennium Fund proposal for further education colleges envisages their becoming information centres for use by the whole community. The bid for cash by the Further Education...
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Head teachers offer peace
School head teachers have offered to work with college principals to help heal the wounds caused by hostile local battles for 16-year-olds. Joint local curriculum boards and a code of practice on...
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Borders penalised for unfair dismissal
A senior lecturer in health studies at Borders College has been awarded the maximum compensation for unfair dismissal of Pounds 11,000 by an industrial tribunal. Sandra Lewis was made redundant after...
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Welsh consider capital idea
Welsh universities and colleges have been asked whether they would like recurrent and capital funding to be merged. A consultation paper issued this week by the Higher Education Funding Council for...
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Drive to promote vocational A levels
The Employment Department has launched pilot projects in ten regions to bring employers and further education colleges closer and promote so-called "vocational A levels". James Paice, minister for...
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Right on tee: Nottingham University mechanical engineers Steve Mather and Dennis Vardy
(Photograph) - Right on tee: Nottingham University mechanical engineers Steve Mather and Dennis Vardy say the golf club they have designed is easier to swing. By redistributing the weight of the club...
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Graduates are ill prepared for jobs market
Universities place too little emphasis on preparing students for employment, according to the compilers of a new report which shows that, while the demand for graduates is greater than ever, the...
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Split in art and design diplomas
The market for pre-degree art and design courses has split into three as colleges boycott efforts to create a unified national system. Thirty further education institutions have joined a new...
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Tussle over vouchers
The second White Paper on competitiveness is expected to reveal Government thinking on a voucher system for post-16 education. There is a Whitehall tussle between the Departments for Education and...