Pot of gold for regions
SIR Ron Dearing may recommend top-slicing higher and further education budgets as part of his blueprint for regional collaboration. He is said to have taken a keen interest in a report produced by...
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Maths degrees alter content equation
MATHEMATICS degrees have broadened over the past few years and are now less focused on catering for the elite, a new study reveals, writes Julia Hinde. Peter Kahn of Liverpool Hope University College...
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Horror lurks in heaven
THE POTENTIAL cost to earth and civilisation from collision with asteroids is at least ten times greater than the hazard presented by the nuclear industry, scientists claim. This week they will tell...
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Mighty mice: Mini robotic mice
(Photograph) - Mighty mice: Mini robotic mice revved up and took centre stage last weekend for the 1997 World Micromouse Championships at Loughborough University. Organised by the Institution of...
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European space chief eyes Mars
THE EUROPEAN Space Agency's new director, Antonio Rodota, has promised cheaper, faster European space missions will soon follow Nasa's Mars mission success. In the week when Nasa's search for life on...
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Nolan extends sleaze detection to colleges
NEW measures to root out sleaze and corruption in universities and colleges are being considered by the Nolan committee on standards in public life. If approved, all those associated with...
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Royal opening for Surrey's new Pounds 6.6m centre
HRH The Duke of Kent this week opened the University of Surrey's new Pounds 6.6 million high-tech teaching and resources building. The Austin Pearce centre will house the school of language and...
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Management consultant takes over as v-c at UEA
The UNIVERSITY of East Anglia has appointed a management consultant as its new vice chancellor. In October, Vincent Watts, 56, senior partner at the $3.5-billion turnover Andersen Consulting, will...
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Gunnell to chair backbench education group
Former academic John Gunnell has been elected as chair of Labour's backbench education and employment committee. Mr Gunnell, 63, MP for Morley and Rothwell, lectured at the centre for studies in...
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Humanities graduates do well in job stakes
ARTS and humanities graduates do just as well in the jobs market as graduates of more vocational courses, researchers have found. Humanities Graduates and the World of Work, a survey of employers, by...
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Mine's a double
No prizes for undermining national stereotypes to United States researcher Elizabeth Dulk, who found that Scottish students drink twice as much alcohol as their American counterparts. But we are...
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Fashion points
(Photograph) - Fashion points: A design by student Soreta Riley at the first show for students on the BA fashion course offered jointly by the University of Huddersfield and Dewsbury College's Batley...
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Gene testing in insurance comes under scrutiny
The INSURANCE industry's use of genetic tests is the subject of a consultation document published this week by the Human Genetics Advisory Commission. The commission, which is chaired by Sir Colin...
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Natfhe boycott fails to stop Hera pilots
EMPLOYERS are to push ahead with pilot schemes for a new role-analysis system for higher education staff despite a boycott by lecturers' union Natfhe. A consortium of more than 100 higher education...
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Advisory group aims to overhaul adult learning
The GOVERNMENT's Advisory Group for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning met for the first time last week. The group, which is chaired by Bob Fryer, principal of Northern College, will be "...