Cash claims signal halt to FE growth
A RISE in claims for growth money from further education colleges this year is threatening to halt the increase in student numbers and plunge the sector deeper into financial difficulty. The...
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Super league derided
Calls from four leading research universities for a superleague of selectively funded institutions have met with cynicism from the funding council and the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals...
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Up for the Cup
(Photograph) - Leeds University Rugby League club on the attack in their Challenge Cup tie against Hemel Hempstead last Saturday. The students' 26-12 win is a first step towards next May's Wembley...
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Season's eatings
'Tis the season of goodwill and gluttony when college and campus tables groan with slabs of Christmas pudding and melt-in-the-mouth brussels sprouts. But not everyone joins in this festive time with...
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And now for my next trick
Top sociologist Anthony Giddens has a knack for creating things. So what magic has this 'conjuror' got in store for the LSE when he takes over as director next month? Harriet Swain reports. An...
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Look back in hardbacks
January: The American Historical Association convention in Atlanta starts the year off right. "Why Do Ruling Classes Fear History?" and Other Questions is displayed and my editor, Michael Flamini,...
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Jung's seminal influence
DID Richard Noll have to be so heavy handed in his attack on my defence of Jung's theory of archetypes (THES, December 13)? Yes. Because if he is to succeed in his ambition to destroy Jung's...
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Monastic fantasy
BEFORE waxing lyrical about universities providing an "essential haven or home for cultural workers" (THES, December 6), Valentine Cunningham should consider the growing number of redundant academics...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Physical Sciences
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NVQs lift off
Candidate registrations for National Vocational Qualifications increased by 44 per cent to 118,298 for 1995/96, new figures from the RSA Examinations Board reveal. "This is the first sign of...
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The Lyons share of cognition
The city of Lyons has been chosen as the site for France's first major research centre for cognitive sciences. The Pounds 5 million project for the future Institut des Sciences Cognitives is being...
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Human geography project leader
Staffordshire's division of geography is undertaking a three-year Pounds 200,000 project for the Health and Safety Executive examining perceptions of risk in people who live near chemical plants....
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Hungary for the truth
Gyorgy Litvan is history in the flesh. Jailed for his activities during the 1956 uprising, he is about to retire as director of the institute devoted to that turbulent time. Huw Richards spoke to him...
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Honest scientist (batteries not included)
The chemistry department of a fictional English university and a sun battery provide the winning ingredients for a new play. Chris Johnston speaks to its writer and director Stephen Poliakoff The man...
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Delay on LSE fees
THE INCOMING director of the London School of Economics has refused to commit the school to undergraduate tuition fees, despite approval for the idea from the court of governors. Anthony Giddens said...