Looking up: Alec Shepley
(Photograph) - Looking up: Alec Shepley, a PhD art student at Manchester Metropolitan University, displays his work "Watch the Birdie", which is images of birds projected on to scaffolding and...
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Maths reform irks critics
THE School Curriculum and Assessment Authority has largely ignored its own 15-month investigation into maths A-level standards by rushing through the widely condemned new maths syllabus, according to...
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Leeds courses axed
LEEDS Metropolitan University is planning to restructure 20 courses, axing three. Intake to all chemistry courses could stop from next year. BA hons courses in consumer services management and in...
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Cross word
Coincidence or covert support? Clue 19 down in The Times crossword on Tuesday November 19, the AUT Day of Action, was "University professors, discontented, press for a rise" (7 letters). Answer :...
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Jobs docked
Thirteen teaching and seven support staff jobs could go at Greenwich University amid union claims that plans to rationalise the university's property portfolio, including moving departments into the...
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If you want peace, prepare for peace
The threat of extinction that hangs over us can only be removed by abolishing war. This may take a very long time but it will never happen unless we make a start, insists Joseph Rotblat. Whatever...
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Learning to love each other
The Association of Colleges' first annual conference this week heralded a new spirit of collaboration in the further education sector. It was not always so. Incorporation, three years ago, brought to...
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Anxious students sacrifice their poor
In as fine an example of pathetic fallacy as could be found, last Tuesday's bleak weather underlined the misery of higher education staff demonstrating in the sleet for better pay. They have, as...
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Health is fine on a drop of wine
GRAND traditions can leave a country resting on its laurels rather than competing at the cutting edge of research. Until recently, France was no exception where its heritage as a country of fine...
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Bikers speed on a virtual road
HOW CAN can one ride the world's most powerful motorcycle and roar along twisting open roads at breakneck speed in perfect safety? Virtual reality, of course. A group of engineers from Pisa's Santa...
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Students close Quebec colleges
QUEBEC students have won a victory in their running battle against the introduction of tuition fees and cuts in the Canadian province's 48 junior colleges in advance of the December budget. Education...
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Supersub patrols the depths
THE FIRST unmanned submarine designed specifically for civilian research in ocean science was launched off the shores of Britain last week. Autosub1, developed at the Southampton Oceanography Centre...
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The cost of learning
PART-TIME work and borrowing have made students better off but the most vulnerable continue to face serious financial disincentives to higher education, according to a new survey. While the average...
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Students 'pick brand names'
CITY MOVES by Alan Shearer and Harvey Nichols could prove absolutely fabulous news for university admissions officers in Newcastle and Leeds by boosting the profile of their localities. Reports by...