Peter blue
The Royal Institution is old and venerable and prides itself on its old and venerable superlatives, such as the fact that its annual Christmas lectures are 166 years old this year. Director Peter Day...
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Shady business
The university had been deluged with the president's men - issuing instructions but not guaranteeing that the president would visit the university. The first time that vice chancellor Gordon...
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Pounds 5m threat to food research
The Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is planning cuts of Pounds 5 million in its Pounds 121 million research budget over 1996/97, a move that is likely to lead to job cuts and threaten...
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Chris-cross
Lucky Bill Clinton on his visit to Queen's University Belfast last week, got to meet Chris, the university's porter. Chris was first in line to shake hands with the president. In fact, Bill got to...
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RC college in merger
Scotland's national Roman Catholic college of education, St Andrew's, has joined forces with Glasgow University to set up the Glasgow School of Education. The agreement builds on existing...
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Lifetime learning paper lacks policy backup
A new learning culture in which individuals and employers take more responsibility for education and training is the vision behind the Government's new Lifetime Learning paper, said education and...
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Lowest-paid get least skills training
Britain's training system is producing a "skills underclass" by reinforcing rather than bridging the skills gap between the high-paid and the low-paid, according to a survey by the Commission on...
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CBI calls for 'skills passport' boost
Business leaders are backing the idea of a "skills passport" to boost the flagging skills revolution. In a new report, Realising the Vision: A Skills Passport, the Confederation of British Industry...
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Toilet training for rail novices
An engineering student on a placement spent three hours searching through 26 train manuals to find "lavatory seat" - only to discover that the technical term is "hopper cover". His frustrations led...
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Richmond voices
The Further Education Funding Council has decided to support a proposal from Richmond Adult and Community College to join the FE sector as an independent corporation. The council has had more than...
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A levels under fire
A levels are outdated and should be replaced by a single overarching academic and vocational qualification, according to a Tory Reform Group report by Giles Marshall published this week.
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Research cash switch
Millions of pounds earmarked for university infrastructure, including the hiring of technicians for research in universities, was spent on employing research assistants and on extra grants, a report...
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'Act of vandalism' condemned
Universities this week condemned cuts of Pounds 500 per student in real terms over three years as "short-sighted" and "an act of vandalism" as they considered the implications of the budget. Staff...
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Waste changes in the pipeline
Domestic waste water is a complex and delicate subject, particularly the various items which find their way into sewers and are technically known as "gross sanitary solids". These include sanitary...