Bad voting news on economic front
When the economy is doing badly, Government popularity takes a nosedive. That may sound like commonsense. But now it has been proved by politics lecturer Neil Gavin of Liverpool University. He and...
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Teaching train on track
Why should academics learn how to lecture when their careers depend on research, asks Alison Utley. As the notion of students-as-paying-customers gains firmer ground, they are increasingly unlikely...
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Far East taps Scottish head for brewing
India and China have both decided to set up national brewing schools and have turned to the world experts on beer - the Scots. The International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at Heriot-Watt...
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Division in university pay
A survey of the latest salary data has revealed that academics in new universities earn on average Pounds 3,500 less than their counterparts in older ones. According to the Association of University...
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Pollster predicts Labor win in Oz
Two of the longest-serving left-of-centre governments go to the polls this weekend. Spain's voters look set to reject Felipe Gonzalez and his Socialist party after 13 and a half years in office, but...
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Ministers pledge support for Cresson's lessons
Society is undergoing fundamental change, Edith Cresson, European commissioner, and former French socialist education minister and prime minister, explained to the 500 or so delegates attending the...
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TECs told to look higher
Training and Enterprise Councils are failing local graduates and employers by not providing sufficient support for high-level skills training, according to a report by leading employment experts. In...
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Rare flowers face climate doomsday
Global warming and the associated rise in carbon dioxide levels could spell the end for many of Britain's indigenous plants, researchers have revealed. Although the research relates to wild plants it...
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Hang on a minute
(Photograph) - Essex University students get to grips with a new indoor climbing wall. Unveiled on Wednesday, it is one of the largest and most advanced at any British university. The total cost of...
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Legal liability
Strathclyde University has been celebrating the 200th anniversary of its foundation by John Anderson, who was himself a distinguished professor at Glasgow University. Principal John Arbuthnott has...
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I spy
Alumnus to be proud of No: 33 is Rupert Allason, aka spy novelist Nigel West, aka the Hon Member (Conservative) for Torbay. Mr Allason's constancy, unbending support for open and honest government,...
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Image building
y So which party is really concerned about education? Junior education and employment minister Cheryl Gillan thought she had the answer a couple of weeks ago during a debate initiated by Lib Dem...
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Tossing the cyber
But there is a fitting appreciation of Scottish culture from Glasgow University, currently publicising its offerings for next month's Set96 science, engineering and technology week. In Cyber Science...
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In touch
The Association of University Teachers in Scotland is planning a particularly rousing all-day council meeting tomorrow, debating its vision for higher education under a Scottish parliament. But we...
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A Big-Porkie
Students on the agriculture and food sciences degree course at Nottingham University had the bright idea of developing a BSE-free burger based on pork instead of beef. But when the local newspaper...