Jacobite rewording
Edinburgh University has been celebrating the publication of lecturer Murray Pittock's The Myth of the Jacobite Clans by running a competition for the most appropriate anagram of Bonnie Prince...
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Rolling bunk
A similar ethos was in evidence in the department of international politics at Aberystwyth where the Christmas party was replaced by a programme in interpersonal and social skills. This featured a...
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Scots heads warn of cuts
The heads of Scotland's 21 universities and colleges are drawing up plans to bring their financial difficulties into the public spotlight. The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals said...
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Beak to beak
(Photograph) - Beak to beak: exhibition organiser Mike Ambrose admires "Corvous Coruium", a sculpture by artist Emily Mayer, at a show held to celebrate the new exhibition space at the John Innes...
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'Safety net' funding has strings attached
Next year's funding safety net will come with strings attached following a decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Meeting last week for their preliminary post-budget...
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Welsh lose Pounds 20 million
Welsh universities and colleges will suffer cuts amounting to more than Pounds 300 per student over the next three years, under spending plans announced by the Government this week, writes Tony...
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Employers reveal no interest in NVQs
Employers are rejecting national vocational qualifications, with over half saying they are "not interested" in them, according to a survey by the Sussex University-based Institute of Employment...
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Overtime fears
Forty-one per cent of men and 20 per cent of women work overtime in Britain, according to the world's largest ever study of overtime. Bob Hart and David Bell of Stirling University have found that...
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Horses for resources
Bidders for the Natural Resources Institute have been whittled down to three: Cranfield University; a consortium of Edinburgh and Greenwich universities, Imperial College and Wye College, both part...
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Take the wrap for presents imperfect
The perfect giver of Christmas presents rarely gives money, always wraps gifts and draws attention to the "ritual sacrifice" of shopping they endured in order to find them, say psychologists. The...
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Rectors as peace-brokers
The rectors of Jerusalem's Hebrew University, of the Jesuits' Gregorian University in Rome and the vice president of Cairo's Al-Azhar University met in Rome as Christmas approached to promote...
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Data interpreted
The Government has produced a handbook to help further education colleges meet the needs of business and the labour market. It will help them interpret local employment data.
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Christmas spirit
(Photograph) - Christmas spirit: Drama students on the BA course at Bretton Hall University College, Wakefield, performing a scene based on Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management at a "Festive...
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Loan chief is named
Colin Ward, assistant managing director of the Student Loans Company, is to become chief executive for three years from January 1. Mr Ward joined the company in 1990, but Sir Eric Ash, acting chief...
