Culture as Business
Culture, as the government keeps telling us, is big business. The contribution that universities and art colleges make has many strands: the provision of trained personnel for music, design and film-...
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Graduates lack 'real world' skills
Employers at the Confederation of British Industry's conference have their say on graduate requirements Expecting universities to respond to the demands of employers may be asking too much since...
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How to find the right trousers
Animation is booming but if Britain is to keep winning the Oscars there needs to be greater collaboration between film-makers and academics. Norman Taylor and Roger Noake explain. Should another...
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Arts of gold
The National Lottery has prompted an unprecedented expansion of a cultural sector that already employs almost twice as many people as the motor industry. Sara Selwood reports. The notion of culture...
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Book this space
(Photograph) - Book this space: A-level student Carl Palmer, from King Edward VII School in Louth, Lincolnshire, is using his clothing to advertise for sponsors to help him pay fees at the University...
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Points of view
The visual arts in the UK are making a huge business and social impact. Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton puts developments into an international context. The economic argument for supporting cultural...
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Courses for menu-driven TV
To keep pace with a fragmented and revolutionised TV industry, training must innovate and not imitate, argues David Plowright. For the first 40 years of its life, broadcasting was valued more as a...
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Dreams and machines
Two alumni of the Royal College of Art tell Kam Patel how they use their design expertise in commerce. For car designer Paul Hanstock, the two years spent at the Royal College of Art were an...
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Painting a rosy picture
Royal College of Art graduates are having immense success securing course-related jobs. Kam Patel reports. A survey of students who graduated from Royal College of Art between 1992 and 1996 shows...
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Greed drives market
Boom and bust stock market fluctuations are caused by greedy traders rather than political or economic instability, according to a physicist from the University of Manchester. His research overturns...
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Call for equality
Equal opportunities should become a "mainstream" part of university funding, quality assurance and accreditation, Anne Wright, vice chancellor of Sunderland University has told a women in higher...
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Is the Square Mile colour blind?
A degree from a university in or near the City of London is no passport to a job inside itswalls for graduates from ethnic minorities. Phil Baty reports GRADUATES from London's new universities, on...
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Fuel cells are 'power of the future'
A NEW form of clean and efficient energy could soon be powering hospitals and houses as scientists from Keele University design the energy machines of the future. Fuel cells are revolutionary devices...
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Trial proves new osteoporosis treatment
DRUGS that reduce the risk of women with osteoporosis suffering bone fractures have been successfully trialled by the University of Plymouth. Osteoporosis, which weakens bones, usually occurs after...
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Students urged to go abroad
THENUMBER of young Australians working and studying in the Asia-Pacific region will rise significantly if initiatives gaining support are successful. Powerful voices have spoken out over the past...