Why I... believe Lorna Sage inspires by example
As a professor of literature at the University of East Anglia, Lorna Sage may have seemed like a member of the establishment, but she always had the nerviness of an outsider, of someone who was (in...
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QAA should stay its heavy hand
Proposals for an inspection regime that varies in line with top-up fees are flawed, writes Geoffrey Alderman. In a paper leaked to The THES , the Quality Assurance Agency's chief executive, John...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... David Triesman argued that the University and College Employers Association is moribund. The UCEA certainly has problems, and the higher education unions would strongly...
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Higher education awards
University of Bournemouth The following have been presented with honorary doctorates: Ian Carruthers , chief executive of the Dorset Health Authority; Bill Cotton ,former managing director, BBC...
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Latest UK news
Protesting lecturers risk wages Lecturers taking part in the national dispute over pay were told this week that they will not be paid until "normal working" is resumed. Warwick warns of...
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Latest international news
Police fire tear gas at demonstrators Police in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, have fired tear gas at 3,000 demonstrators, many of them students, who were demanding the resignation of president...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Scientists from Lucent Technologies have found a way to wring more bandwidth from the mobile phone spectrum, increasing the data-carrying capacity of radio signals by a factor of...
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Functional Genomics
Deadline: 01/03/2001
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Research Grants
Deadline: 31/01/2001
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Call for proposals for research on the Aral Sea Basin
Deadline: 28/02/2001
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Latest international news
Students defy army to call for ceasefire Thousands of university students have defied a military order and taken to the streets in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, to press the government to...
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Latest UK news
Quality head attacks over-assessed degrees Universities are assessing students too often to allow them to gain the proper conceptual understanding required for an honours degree, John Randall, chief...
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From today's UK papers
MISCELLANY Ministers have intervened in a last-ditch attempt to stop Huntingdon Life Sciences, the laboratory company being targeted by animal rights activists, closing after its bank decided not to...
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Latest international news
Iran defends right to jail academics Iran has hit back at German government criticism of jail sentences for six reformist intellectuals who attended a...
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Latest UK news
Rise in PGCE applications Applications for PGCE places are up nearly 10 per cent on last year, according to statistics from the Graduate Teacher Training Registry. The biggest rise is in primary...