That sinking feeling
Roger Brown, the quality watchdog turned Southampton Institute principal, is unsurprisingly keen to steer clear of the murkier events in the institute's past. He was noticeably nervous posing for...
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Stress barrier
Strathclyde University is suffering from an outbreak of 1984-speak, in which the word "stress" has been replaced by "staff well-being". Staff committee minutes reveal growing concern about stress...
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Ahead of the game
Perhaps the members of the Oxford University branch of the United Nations Association should give up on crisis simulation games and get into predictions instead. The subject chosen some time ago for...
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Polymaths in power
Alumni to be proud of 163 to 165 show that, whatever the inequalities of British higher education, there are some countries where you can be a polytechnic graduate and get right to the top. Deposed...
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Bell sets sights on higher status
A Scottish college widely seen as the victim of political horsetrading 15 years ago is making a bid to move from further education to higher education. Bell College of Technology in Hamilton was one...
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Hain says no to MP call for sackings
Welsh education minister Peter Hain has rejected calls by Labour MPs to sack governors at scandal-hit Gwent Tertiary College. Mr Hain received the request from a trio of Gwent MPs: Llew Smith (...
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Sex assault probe defended
St Austell College this week defended its decision to investigate internally allegations of serious sexual assault, despite the secretary of state's acknowledgement that the matter was "mismanaged"....
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Money makes the world go...
THES reporters assess the trouble in store in the autumn when tuition fees are introduced Students who pay their tuition fees in instalments may be charged extra by universities, according to Miles...
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MPs to fight for grants
MPS ARE expected to confront the government over the abolition of grants and introduction of tuition fees when the committee stage of the Teaching and Higher Education Bill begins on Tuesday. But the...
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New blood among scrutineers
Members of the 1997 intake of MPs will dominate the Commons committee which will scrutinise the Teaching and Higher Education Bill over the next few weeks. The committee stage starts next Tuesday...
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Gap-year takers gain confidence
THES reporters on the British Psychological Society's annual conference held in Brighton this week IRISH teenagers who take a year out of studies are more self-confident when they return to the...
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FBI on computer case
The FBI has been assisting researchers from Glasgow Caledonian University with their inquiries into computer crime. John Biggam and Alan Hogarth of GCU's department of computer studies interviewed...
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By Jupiter, it's a hit
A new style of music has unexpectedly emerged from Dundee University computer research. A CD album of music from the television show Jupiter Moon has been released, featuring electronic speech...
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Research in hot water
Southampton University researchers have just returned from the Galapagos Islands having carried out an intensive diving expedition to study the effects of El Ni$o, the periodic change in ocean...
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Army eyes ban on Islamic dress
The ban on Islamic religious dress for students looks set to become a battle of wills between the army and prime minister Mesut Yilmaz with universities trapped in the middle. The country's...