The funding stakes
Peter Knight presents his annual analysis of the winners and losers in the funding per student for university teaching. For the past two years I have analysed the funding for teaching that each...
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Throw in the towel
Never one to decry the commercial spin-offs of higher education, Antithesis hereby salutes the success of the University of Surrey team who invented the Advanced Shower complete with all-in-one...
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Wind it up
So who says that management education occasionally does strange and disturbing things to the English language? It was quite an achievement for Warwick Business School to explain the functions of...
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Government made tax error
The Government has admitted there were more than 1,600 faults in a computer system which has led to many new graduates being overtaxed. The problems were first discovered by Tommy Docherty, a...
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Students are paying more than Pounds 170 million
Students are paying more than Pounds 170 million in hidden course costs, according to a survey by the National Union of Students. The survey shows that the average undergraduate pays out more than...
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Top up fees under attack
RAYMOND Robertson, Scottish Office minister for education, has condemned top-up fees as deplorable, but has acknowledged that universities are entitled to introduce them. In a House of Commons debate...
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Let's get down to business, says CBI
Universities must form tighter partnerships with business, the Confederation of British Industry warned this week. Pressure from industry to improve the business acumen of graduate recruits and the...
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Flexing their muscle
THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT How to reconcile flexibility and funding? On the day of the deadline for submissions to the Dearing Inquiry, Simon Midgley outlines the hopes and fears of...
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Signature stroke
And finally Antithesis would like to wish a highly creative hello to the principal of the Wimbledon College of Art, Professor Colin Painter.
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Southampton report hits an attitude problem
The author of an independent report on internal communications problems at Southampton Institute was told to strike out references to "attitudes" from his paper, it emerged this week. Ian Pirie, vice...
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Employers resort to the courts to resolve employment disputes
Unions revealed this week that their legal bills are soaring as members and employers resort to the courts to resolve employment disputes. The AUT has reported a 70 per cent increase in its legal...
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Admissions chaos near
University admissions are likely to be thrown into chaos as unions reveal plans to step up their campaign over pay. Lecturers' unions say that if next Tuesday's one-day strike fails to break the...
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Geologists dig far too deep
University geology courses are largely irrelevant to modern living and should shift their focus from the earth's core and mantle to the inhabited crust, the director of the British Geological Survey...
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Tables showing university income
Tables showing university income in the industry supplement (THES, November 1, p32-33) were derived from data collected and published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, whose assistance...