V-cs look at 'honest deal' code
Vice chancellors are debating a code of conduct for the treatment of overseas students which urges British institutions not to seek recruits by criticising each other. The theme of "honest dealing"...
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Young teachers queue for charity
A hardship fund for destitute teachers is facing more and more requests for money from new graduates entering the profession. Student loans have been blamed for the sudden upsurge in cries for help...
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Managers get more macho
The shiny new face of further education with its caring nature and liberal outlook is challenged by fresh research that has uncovered a "disturbing" and growing trend towards a harder-edged masculine...
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Snake charmer
(Photograph) - Snake charmer: The Cambridge Natural History Society held its annual Conversazione in the department of zoology last week. The 100 exhibitors included local naturalists, schools and...
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Churches send Irish students to the US
More than 100 students from Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic will gain free placements at United States business schools under a scheme launched last month at the Washington...
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Superstore plan boosts peaceline campus
The University of Ulster's planned peaceline campus in West Belfast has received a surprise boost from the retail sector. F A Wellworth, one of Northern Ireland's leading chainstores, has announced...
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Bangor export program
Computer programs developed at Bangor University to improve dyslexic's linguistic skills are now being used in Romania to teach English to local children. Xavier Educational Software, a small...
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Mentors prove to be fine guides
Nearly 90 per cent of students on mentoring schemes say that their self-confidence has grown and 30 per cent say that their academic work has improved as a result. The National Mentoring Consortium...
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Pension claims hit by delays
Thousands of part-time lecturers and other staff in old universities will have to wait until the autumn to know if they can claim pension rights backdated to 1976. The delay follows the decision of a...
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Depression hits young in the West
The post-war era has witnessed "substantial increases" in the rate of psychosocial disorders in young people across Europe and North America, according to a report by top psychiatrists and...
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Study focus on Welsh poverty
Poverty is a major problem in rural Wales, according to Mark Goodwin of Aberystwyth University's Institute of Earth Studies. He has just completed a survey of 1,000 households, and has found that up...
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Tapes cut child stress at trials
A -month investigation into the effectiveness of videotaping children's evidence has found that the tapes are succeeding in reducing the stress faced by children in trials, but do not appear to be...
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Australia's guests want to stay on
Almost half of Australia's 45,000 foreign students hope to remain in the country as immigrants after completing their courses, according to a survey by a team of five academics. The team surveyed...
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Alison Lawn