Fee radicals
The recommendation by David Roberts ("Fees hike would not deter undergraduates", THES, February 26) that a rise in tuition fees would not put students off applying for university is preposterous. Mr...
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Points of principality
John Naylon's view (Eyewitness, THES, February 19) that Andorra offers Gibraltar a promising precedent of "joint sovereignty" overlooks the fact that Andorra is an independent country that is a...
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Save our science
What is wrong with the way we do science? Susan Greenfield gave Tony Blair suggestions for reform The best type of science discovery is that which departs radically from what has gone before and...
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Nuts and bolt-ons
Olga Wojtas talks to a sociologist who is fighting Australia's study skills centre establishment. Growing numbers of British universities are setting up study skills centres to help students make the...
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Star Turn
A Havard psychology professor, master of mirth and all-round high-flier shares his coloured lecture notes with Jon Marcus. By the end of his weekly two-hour lecture on adult learning and professional...
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Demos designs on 21st century
The Design Council is planning to launch an ambitious project on education in a competitive, knowledge-driven economy. Work will include commissioning a report from think-tank Demos on the main...
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Farming colleges till soil together
Four agricultural colleges are uniting in a consortium to explore ways of enhancing land-based education and training. Bishop Burton College, East Yorkshire, Harpury College, Gloucestershire,...
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Web goes boldly into teaching
A project to establisha virtual reading group on learning and teaching in higher education has won a grant from the Staff and Educational Development Association. The project, managed by Paul Curzon...
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Tutors recruited in joint honours
A new centre for joint honours has been created at Leeds University to recruit a pool of part-time personal tutors from teaching departments to help with pastoral activities. The university said the...
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Staff trained in disability needs
A consortium of four Scottish higher education institutions is getting Pounds 150,000 for a staff development scheme to help students with disabilities. Aberdeen, Stirling and the Robert Gordon...
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How to ... Get groups to work
WHAT - Students can often learn more about their subject by working on tasks in small groups. Sally Brown suggests ways of ironing out the difficulties in teamwork. WHY - Employers and professional...
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A microchip off the old block
Computers could easily replace lectures, says Nick Coleman. Academics only need to write imaginative software that lets the student learn. Is the university lecturer about to relinquish his job to a...
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Funding scandal college to shed staff
Halton College will have to shed a third of its staff following investigations into financial irregularities by the Further Education Funding Council. The board of governors confirmed this week that...
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National Audit Office
The National Audit Office has ordered the Welsh Funding Council and the Welsh Office to strengthen their oversight of further education following a collapse at Wales's largest college. An NAO report...
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Institute of Learning gears up
The Institute of Learning and Teaching has appointed Paul Clark, director of learning and teaching at the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, as its first chief executive. Dr Clark was...