One year older and no richer
Labour has achieved much in its first year in office. Potentially most significant is its success in carrying through John Major's initiative and securing a peace deal in Northern Ireland - if...
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Room to think
Paul Fuller urges universities to put research space management into their strategic plan. Whether universities are looking to establish a research base or searching for ways to develop their...
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V-cs embrace virtual futures with edge of rivalry
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ potential delights and possible dangers of cyberspace are attracting the attention of Australia's most senior academics. Drawn by the prospect of using the Internet to teach courses more cheaply...
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Honorary degrees
University of Oxford DCL: Roman Herzog, president of the Federal Republic of Germany; Martin Jacomb, chairman of the British Council; Peter Taylor, former Lord Chief Justice of England. DLitt:...
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Ashdown commits party to science budget boost
Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown yesterday committed his party to boosting the science budget to levels last seen in 1979. Giving the Save British Science Society annual lecture at Imperial...
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NVQs suffer a skills blow
NEARLY 40 per cent of assessors of national vocational qualifications admit to passing sub-standard students, according to a survey out this week. The finding is a big blow to the Government's...
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Europeans protect university tradition
David Jobbins reports from Palermo on higher education's preparations for the 1998 Unesco world conference. EUROPEAN rectors have lent their support to a declaration on the future of Europe's...
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Lang to boost Scots training links
Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland, plans to boost training links between further education colleges and local companies as part of Scotland's strategy following the White Paper on business...
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Students on the game
A Barclays Bank survey on student debt looked at how youngsters cope with little money. For some, David Barrett finds, the answer lies in prostitution CHILDREN and sex are a volatile mixture. Having...
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That was the media analysis that was
Glasgow Media Group Reader Volume Two - Glasgow Media Group Reader Volume One
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A challenge to the Hera antagonists
Temperate criticism is not usually the hallmark of Association of University Teachers and Natfhe, the college lecturers' union. When Jill Jones and Alan Carr (É«ºÐÖ±²¥S letters, June 13) argue that "...
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Collective failure of the imagination
Martin Gandoff and Martin Hulse argue that universities are not equipping students with an understanding of how the IT revolution is transforming business and their futures We are not educating our...
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Japanese way of the world
Becoming World Class
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And the first prize goes to...teaching
The National Teaching Fellowships Scheme is shortly to award its first 20 prizes. But, as Jennifer Currie reports, the winners see the awards less as personal gain than as a tribute to their...
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Current sources for research funding
Each week this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk É«ºÐÖ±²¥ LIBRARY AND INFORMATION COMMISSION www.lic.gov.uk Call for research...