Chemists report a fall in graduate recruits
Graduate recruitment by the chemical industry is heading for a fall this year, according to a survey by the Chemical Industries Association. Firms surveyed said they were expecting to recruit a total...
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Jung finds evolutionary allies
IN HIS ATTACK on the integrity of Jungian analysts, (THES, November 22) Richard Noll makes an unflattering comparison between the attitude we Jungians adopt to our patients and that of Ben Johnson's...
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CVCP should back, not attack, union action
YOUR FRONT page lead article (THES, November 22) tells us that "Universities expect to replace lecturers with information technology". However it curiously fails to mention the intended impact of IT...
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Wales needs top institute
IT IS HARDLY surprising that the Welsh principals are opposed to concentrating research in separate research institutions or elite universities in Wales, and think it would be academically and...
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Fire studies alarm call
THE RECENT tragic fire in Hong Kong and near disastrous incident in the Channel Tunnel are stark reminders of the devastating power of fire and the toll it can reap on those inadequately protected...
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Building a team for the future
A recent report from the Construction Industry Board has recommended the setting-up of a common foundation course for building industry students, in response to damning criticism of the United...
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Mining for salt can be a fractious task
ONCE UPON a time numbers mattered more for what they symbolised than for what they counted. Even in our hard-headed age, their symbolic power is latent. Take a couple of fractions, like 1/260th and 1...
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US loses pulling power
EXPRESSIONS of alarm over the static numbers of foreigners choosing to study in the United States have fallen on deaf government ears. There appears to be little appetite for challenging the...
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South Africa jobs fear
South African universities and technikons are braced for a serious funding squeeze, which they say could force staff redundancies and spark widespread student unrest next year. The cabinet should...
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Malaysia's future blueprint
A blueprint will be formulated soon on increasing student intake to Malaysia's institutions of higher learning, and determining which programmes are to receive priority for supporting national...
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Checkpoint Venice for tourists
A TOURIST checkpoint for entry to Venice is among suggestions from the city's Ca' Foscari University for use during the 2000 Jubilee and Holy Year celebrations. Left-wing mayor Massimo Cacciari, who...
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Football party kicks into gear
Footballing philosophy is breathing new life into the ailing world of student politics in Germany, where Marx and Lenin once topped the league. The St Pauli Party is standing in student elections at...
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Campus asbestos row goes to court
A fierce row over asbestos risk assessment and academic responsibility has broken out between Paris's Jussieu University campus anti-asbestos committee and members of the Academy of Medicine and the...
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Partners in a burgeoning club
NEARLY 200,000 students, over half of them undergraduates, benefit from partnership arrangements between universities and other institutions. Many of these students are in further education, but a...
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Waiting for Sir Ron and... the second coming of Christ
IN DEEPEST Berkshire, a small college of Seventh Day Adventists is preparing for the second coming of Christ. Newbold College, set in 80 acres near the village of Binfield and catering for some 350...