Throwing a spanner in the text
Physicist Alan Sokal was unconvinced by the abstractions of cultural studies. So he sent a spoof article to the discipline's leading US journal couched in the right jargon but, at heart, utter...
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Scholarships offer
Strathclyde University is offering scholarships to pupils in the most deprived areas of Glasgow, starting next session. The university has set up links with a number of secondary schools in areas...
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Fascinating losers
History may be written by the winners, but is it written about them? Keith Robbins's formidably inclusive Bibliography of British History 1914-89, recently published by OUP, lists 152 books and...
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Older intake comprises more than 40% of roll
Student profiles are ageing at virtually all United Kingdom universities, according to the latest statistics. More than 40 per cent (642,076) of the student population (1,567,313) in 1994-95 were...
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N. Ireland ponders vocational future
The Department of Education in Northern Ireland is seeking views on whether a range of vocational qualifications should be regulated by an English quango or in the province. The consultation paper,...
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Protest closes Natal campus
The University of Durban-Westville in South Africa is due to reopen on Monday, following weeks of protests and a management coup by students and staff. Since mid-May the campus has suffered violent...
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Cultural clues to student guidance
The presence of international students in higher education is becoming a significant economic force in the United Kingdom, especially as the battle for them intensifies with other western...
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Broad support for Jinnah film
Simon Targett correctly pointed out that, as an academic, I wished to avoid being "embroiled" in Pakistani politics while attempting to make a film on its founder M. A. Jinnah (THES, May 31)....
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Mother church's dissenting daughter
Lesbian theologian Mary Daly tells Lucy Hodges how she ended up in a fractious relationship with a mother church she believes has few maternal instincts Mary Daly's books are full of capital letters...
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Science: boom and bust
Britain's scientists suffered a double blow this week. Space researchers in London, Cambridge, Warwick and other universities are facing the loss of years of work and many valuable research projects...
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BMA inquiry after 'crisis' claim
Plans for an inquiry into the future of medical academe were outlined this week to the British Medical Association at a meeting in which there was an outburst by Colin Smith, a senior BMA figure, who...
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The Beigel boy
Clearly an exponent of the laid-back approach to academic honours is Florian Beigel, professor of architecture at the University of North London. Awarded the post back in 1992 when UNL won university...
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From sore thumb to 2:1
Pam Perkins will never forget being told by an irate parent that it was mature students like her who were keeping teenagers, like his son, out of university. Mrs Perkins, who started her BA at the...
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Ulster suffers 'places' shortfall
The government has accepted the case for increasing the number of higher education places in Northern Ireland and encouraging greater diversity of provision. This follows research showing that...
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Queen clampdown
The University of Wales, Aberystwyth announced an inquiry this week into the student protest during the Queen's visit to the town in order to find out who "overstepped the boundaries of peaceful...