V-cs knock Scots for lone stance
VICE CHANCELLORS have warned that quality assurance across the United Kingdom is at risk because of the Scottish funding council's failure to join the new quality agency. The Committee of Scottish...
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Job placements are good for business
Undergraduate work placements not only enhance a student's employability, but have technological and monetary pay-offs for host businesses, according to research from Warwick Business School....
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Euromasters for US
A PIONEERING Erasmus network of five European city universities is making an Atlantic crossing. Universities in Bath, Berlin, Madrid, Paris and Sienna launched undergraduate ex-changes in European...
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'Squeezed' Paisley wins a reprieve
THE Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has intervened for the third year running to protect teacher training at Paisley University. SHEFC chief executive John Sizer said that Paisley would be...
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David takes on Goliath in battle for college staff's holiday pay
A TINY association for lecturers is taking on further education in a David and Goliath-style battle for paid holidays. The Lecturer Employment Advice and Action Fellowship, which has a few dozen...
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Pit digs deep to give Welsh a second chance
COAL may no longer dominate the Welsh economy, but the emphasis on education cherished in mining communities endures. Tower, the pit saved from closure in 1995 by a management buy-out, has linked up...
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Teacher-trainer divisions widen
BIAS against university teacher training providers is evident in the latest Teacher Training Agency funding allocations, the University Council for the Education of Teachers has alleged. The council...
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Sing-out sisters take over the pubs
KARAOKE is changing women's experience of pub culture by breaking down traditional gender roles, according to research. Whereas women once rarely entered pubs alone and usually occupied a secondary...
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New light shone on algae problem
AN eco-friendly method of removing deadly toxins produced by blue-green algae from drinking water has been developed by scientists at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. Chemist Peter Robertson...
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Ancient Chinese got to heart of problem
MORE than 1,000 years ago the Chinese used a herbal preparation to ease heart pains that had a very similar effect to modern-day nitroglycerine. Information contained in a medical document discovered...
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Worst housing jeopardises Wales's recovery
Wales has the worst housing in Britain, and the oldest in Europe. And it will get worse, jeopardising hopes of economic recovery, without fresh investment. A report for the Institute of Wales, a...
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Sub-Sahara swings
ANALYSIS of the fossilised shells of minute lake-dwelling creatures may at least partially clear mankind of causing drought through global warming, according to new evidence from Kingston University...
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Full-frontal assault on storms
WHILE most of Britain was huddled under brollies over the past few weeks, 100 meteorologists from ten countries were relishing the stormy weather. The meteorologists, based for the past two months at...
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Whither weather?
The wettest February has followed the driest January. THES reporters look at the changing climate. THE storms that claimed the lives of seven people in one night were severe by any reckoning. But...
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Poor-paid staff join brain drain
STATE universities in Kenya have finally accepted that low salaries and poor conditions of service have led to a serious brain drain over the past ten years. Presenting their views to a government...