Time to enter the next century
Britain's old universities are lagging behind the rest of the sector in their preparations for Curriculum 2000, college heads have warned. Annette Zera, principal of Tower Hamlets College, told a...
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Redundancy fear
Twelve of the 90 staff in the University of Central England's faculty of the built environment face redundancy because of falling student numbers and projected deficits, writes Harriet Swain....
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Siblings in High Court fee fight
A brother and sister with bankrupt parents who have mounted a High Court challenge over tuition fees have told how cash problems have left them struggling to meet study commitments, writes Tony...
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High price for skills revolution
Colleges need more than Pounds 1 billion extra over the years 2002-03 and 2003-04 to make the learning and skills revolution happen, the Association of Colleges has warned. Chancellor Gordon Brown...
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Apology for tutor taunted by drunks
The University of Lancaster has agreed to make an official apology to a senior tutor who was abused by students in a college bar. Caroline Giles and five female students working as bar staff were...
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Sydney
The University of Technology has established an office in London hoping to attract hundreds of British students to its campuses in Sydney. More than 26,000 students are on the UTS campuses in Sydney...
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Queen final judge in cash row
Exeter University has pulled the plug on research of international standing because it will be ineligible for the research assessment exercise, writes Phil Baty. Now the Queen is being asked for a...
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Stressing the need for stress busting
Continual changes, lack of control over work, inadequate staffing, low pay, lack of recognition or promotion prospects, lack of facilities for breaks, excessive working hours, excessive workload. A...
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Derby's doldrums
'This constitutes a major breach of our quality assurance arrangements, which cannot have been undertaken accidentally, or without a degree of complicity' Derby University's scandal-hit operations in...
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Don's diary
Monday First day of a new semester. I should be meeting students and colleagues, instead I'm on the London train, finishing a six-minute briefing for the Prince of Asturias on Hispanic research in...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago in The THES... Labour MP Bill Rammell argued that the government should not allow universities to charge differential fees Bill Rammell's article left me speechless. He tells us that he...
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Current sources of research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ARTS & HUMANITIES RESEARCH BOARD www.ahrb.ac.uk Research...
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Banks stripped of student loan role
MONTREAL Canada's federal government has stripped three major banks of the task of managing the country's student loan programme, and taken on the task itself. The ministry responsible for the Canada...
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Free education
Oxford students have been in the forefront of opposition to tuition fees in the past couple of years. It will be interesting to see whether they will have support from one student who begins a two-...
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The sense of skills
Help is at hand for anyone who cannot tell the difference between basic and key skills. The Basic Skills Agency and Further Education Development Agency today launch a programme to end the confusion...