Sources for research funds
Each week this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council www.epsrc.ac.uk...
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Cambridge faces fine for missing radioactive stock
Cambridge University is being prosecuted for the loss of a radioactive package. It could face an unlimited fine if found guilty. The Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency confirmed...
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Fees for foreigners spiral
Student leaders have warned that some universities are in danger of pricing themselves out of the overseas higher education market, as new figures reveal a yawning gap in the cost of tuition. The...
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Admin system overshoots budget by millions
A computerised administration and financial management system for Denmark's higher educational sector is so overdue that few institutions want it - but three universities need the system because...
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French course puts accent on e-business partnerships
A business school in France's alpine city of Grenoble has received hundreds of enquiries about a masters course in electronic business that begins in the 1999-2000 academic year. The one-year course...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES ... George Walden suggested that tuition fees should rise above Pounds 1,000 so academics can be paid more Max Roberts Department of psychology University of Essex Students...
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Global group seeks seven members
The 16 large research-intensive universities that form Universitas 21 are planning to expand membership. At its annual meeting in Montreal, U21 organisers said they would like to add seven members,...
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U21 pools brains to take on markets
The 16 members of Universitas 21 have decided to exploit their collective intellectual property assets on the world market by incorporating their association. The two-year-old global network of...
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Thai jobless out softselling politics
The Thai government is hiring 20,000 jobless graduates and diploma holders to teach communities about a new national constitution designed to combat political corruption. The 687 million baht (Pounds...
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Individualism becomes the first casualty of war
Torn between his ethnic and academic identities, Dejan Djokic finds the latter, the identity of an individual, must prevail Academics, like everyone else, are affected by wars. The wars in the former...
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Esa does it best away from political sphere
Next week, Europe's space ministers will meet in Brussels to decide on the next generation of projects for the European Space Agency. They will seek to build on a remarkable record of success and...
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Age-old problem
Kate Purcell's research uncovered the appalling level of discrimination practised against older candidates ("Bright young things only need apply", THES, April 9). Universities are one of the biggest...
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Age-old problem
The ageism that leads UK employers to shun mature students ("Unwanted oldies", THES, April 9) is deplorable. It is bad for, and reflects badly on, employers. It deprives them of the chance to plumb...
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Seven help us!
Henry Ellington's heptalogue of "golden rules" ("Teaching with confidence", THES, April 30) made my heart sink and convinced me that initiatives such as his are part of the problem, not of its...
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Part-time shift
Your article "Younger students opt to go part time" (THES, April 30) reflects what we are finding. Of inquiries for entry to our part-time LLB for 1998-99, 24 per cent were from under 25s and, of...