Plaza suite in the stars
The growing trend towards adventure holidays will literally leap out of this world and into space in the not too distant future. David Wade looks ahead Tourism takes many forms, whether it be jumping...
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How a law faculty got court out
It is not the done thing for a law lecturer to take his department to court, but Asif Qureshi has dared to do just that. Alison Utley reports It is one thing for, say, a geographer to challenge his...
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Did we jump or were we pushed?
The British believe they bade a graceful goodbye to empire. But Peter Marshall (left) discerns weakness behind the grace, while Patrick French reveals how Britain relied on espionage to prop up its...
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Shadow games as the sun set
The British believe they bade a graceful goodbye to empire. But Peter Marshall (left) discerns weakness behind the grace, while Patrick French reveals how Britain relied on espionage to prop up its...
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First reactions from stakeholders
Dashed hopes or a real way forward? By and large Dearing is welcomed by the HE sector which just hopes the Government implements it DOUGLAS TRAINER President of the National Union of Students Dearing...
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Youth taught draft dodges
Ivan, a 26-year-old ecologist from Moscow State University, has 12 months to go before he is safe from military service. By managing to stay in higher education since the age of 18 he has avoided...
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Rebuilding aid for Somalia
THE European Union is helping reconstruct Somalian higher education, ravaged by civil war. Sigurd Illing, EU special envoy to Somalia, says that for six years there has been nothing beyond basic...
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Spectator sport
(Photograph) - Morris Holbrook, professor of marketing at New York's Columbia University, handed glasses to his audience at an academy of marketing conference held by Manchester Metropolitan...
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War expert writes Falklands history
Lawrence Freedman, head of war studies at King's College, London, has been appointed by the prime minister to write the official history of the 1981 Falklands Campaign.
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Fact file
28 per cent of students leaving Cambridge University with a first degree got first-class honours. 16 per cent of students leaving Oxford University with a first degree got first-class honours. 1 per...
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Snub for quality watchdog
CAMBRIDGE and Birmingham universities have refused to be audited by quality watchdogs. They have told the Higher Education Quality Council that they think plans to check their quality monitoring are...
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Regions keen on small firm sensitivity
Most regions met Dearing's proposals with enthusiasm. Chris Humphries, director of policy and strategy at the Training and Enterprise National Council, was keen that universities get in bed with...
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Funds-to-follow-students idea fraught but inevitable
Evelyn Ebsworth, vice chancellor and warden of Durham University, said: "The idea of more funds following students is one that has been floated by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals for...
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Buffer bodies to protect autonomy
BUFFER bodies separating the Government from higher education institutions in funding matters must be maintained for the sake of university autonomy, says the report. The committee places so much...
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FE response does not address skills issue
COLLEGE principals say that Dearing has failed to stress the crucial importance of the further education sector in strengthening post-16 education and the national economy. The Association of...