First impressions
The opening lines of this week's book were penned by an author who now permanently resides in Highgate: "In the days when the spinning-wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses - and even great ladies,...
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While around the world campuses were plagued by death and violence
In the year that memorial tables to the four colleagues murdered by Concordia University professor Valery Fabrikant were unveiled, there were several reminders that universities are not immune from...
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Chairs
University of Leeds Inge Bates, senior lecturer and director of the centre for the study of post-16 developments at the University of Sheffield, developmental chair in education and work; Peter...
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Honorary degrees
University of Hertfordshire DSc: Brian Corby, retiring chancellor, former chief executive of the Prudential Assurance Company and the first chairman of the Association of British Insurers, president...
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Cardiff leaps up table
The University of Wales, Cardiff, which rose 20 places in The É«ºÐÖ±²¥S research assessment rankings this year, is set to receive degree-awarding powers from the Privy Council next year. The powers will...
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Appointments
Association of Commonwealth Universities The following have been appointed to the council for 1996-97: Chair: Brenda Gourley, vice chancellor and principal, University of Natal, South Africa. Vice...
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News: 1996 was the year of waiting for Dearing. While politicians had a breather, campuses heaved with rows over cash, cows and hackers
Dearing: Daze in wait On February 19 higher education came to a hiatus when Education and Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard announced that Sir Ron Dearing was to head a Robbins-style inquiry into...
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Grants
University of Edinburgh Research grants Dr E. Fraga, Pounds 148,702 from EPSRC (automated synthesis of large complex process flowsheets); Professor J. Ponton, Pounds 156,075 from EPSRC (automatic...
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Honorary degrees
University of Aberdeen Britain's oldest working journalist, 101-year-old George Fraser, has been awarded an honorary MUniv degree from his alma mater, Aberdeen University. Mr Fraser, who still writes...
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Antithesis
And here is next year's news: January Election fever mounts as Michael Howard promises to crack down on middle-class crime by imprisoning anyone who is slow repaying their student loan. Jack Straw,...
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Bomb blasts Islam off course
Attempts to set up a new Islamic studies course in Strasbourg are apparently being hampered by a fresh wave of anxiety about Islamic fundamentalism triggered by the recent bomb attack on the Paris...
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Lawyers square up for battle over practice
law students and lawyers are embroiled in a bitter dispute over what enables someone to practise law in Spain. At the moment, anyone who has completed a first degree in law can set up a practice and...
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Pretoria seeks greater control
Most South African universities have welcomed proposals for reform but some fear government interference. Karen Mac Gregor reports from Durban. The South African government is to secure far firmer...
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US colleges face huge bills
UNITED STATES universities and colleges face a massive $26 billion r bill to wipe out their backlog of building repairs and maintenance, a report has found. The cost, $5.7 billion of which represent...
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Non-expulsion hard to stomach
A student at the Ontario College of Art and Design who deliberately vomited on two museum paintings because he found them to be "stale, lifeless crusts" will not face expulsion or suspension from his...