Abertay nurtures business embryos
Abertay University is launching a student business incubator unit to stem the exodus of creative technical talent. Dozens of new jobs could be created by Dundee-based Embreonix. It will help...
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Scientists down tools over privatisation plans
Melbourne. Hundreds of Australian scientists from six national agencies stopped work last week to protest at plans by the federal government to outsource their information technology services....
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Colleges caught in music wrangle
Boston. Many American students returning to classes this autumn have found that their universities are preventing them from downloading music from the internet. Concerned that they will be sucked...
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Expansion planned for small firms' graduate jobs scheme
An innovative graduate employment scheme in Edinburgh, chaired by Andrew Cubie, could be expanded across the country in a bid to support small and medium-sized businesses. The Graduates for Growth...
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Cutting through mire of eccentric political answers
Last week saw the Tory draft manifesto, with its promise that universities could break free from government - and take a substantial alimony with them as they went. Next week comes the Liberal...
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In whose name are all these articles printed?
Editors of academic journals should work for their readers, not their contributors, says Catherine Jones Finer Do academic journal editors matter? Or should they merely be seen as administrators of...
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Brits just ain't well endowed
The Conservative Party draft manifesto promises to enable British universities to "excel in the top league of world academic institutions" by "creating endowment funds" through "privatisation...
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Copyright fee for all
In its advertisement, the Copyright Licensing Agency repeats the spurious claim that its course pack clearance system is "a fair system for both the copyright user and the owners, ensuring authors...
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A rich situation
Tim Knox's editorial displayed nothing more than the tired old rhetoric of the political right (Opinion, THES, September 8). Allowing universities to set their own fees will not increase "choice", it...
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A rich situation
Is the vice-chancellor of the University of Teesside really as incapable of consecutive thought as the National Union of Students seems to be (Letters, THES, September 1)? How can any of them know...
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Modem world
While many people may be unthinkingly applying new technology to learning, this does not apply to all ("Beware geeks bearing modems", THES September 1). Many organisations with which I am working are...
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Modem world
Strathclyde may be bidding to be Europe's first "Thinkpad University", but it is not the first European university to "lap up" students (Enterprise, THES, September 8). Eindhoven University of...
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Earning and learning
If academics in London are to get much higher salaries (Soapbox, THES, September 1), then the costs of degrees in London should rise to reflect this. The effect of this would be to make much...
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Earning and learning
Sarah Fitzpatrick's claim that graduates earn substantially more than non-graduates over their lifetime needs revising in the light of the increasing numbers of mature students (Opinion, THES,...
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ACCA, Oxford Brookes
I would like to clarify some issues raised in the Whistleblower article entitled "PlBan for instant degrees abandoned" (THES, July 14). The agreement with Oxford Brookes University will enable...