Students are textual creatures
Books are the basic tool of education, and in buying them students seek value for money, says John Davies. My ideal book would be not too heavy, have a nice cover, a clear contents page with chapters...
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Supertext:The textbook that changed my life
It is perhaps an indication of what a sad, empty life I have led that I have in my time memorised, word for word, two textbooks. The first was a history textbook that I used at school, the title, and...
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Textbook guide
Welcome to the first THES Textbook Guide . The provision of materials for teaching and learning is a subject of great debate in higher education. This new guide will be exclusively devoted to...
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Listen up
(Photograph) - Listen up: Ste Curran (left) and Matt Wilcox, students at the University of York, are broadcasting to the whole city now that University Radio York has won an FM licence.
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Bombs away
(Photograph) - Bombs away: Chris Jones from Park Lane College, Leeds, in the review "English Eccentricities and Dream of Foreign Travel", staged in the city square last Friday. Students are showing...
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CVCP ready to take in colleges
A single body representing all higher education institutions could be created out of a wide-ranging review ordered by vice-chancellors. The review of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals...
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OU teams up with WGU for distance learning
The Open University has teamed up with Western Governors University to offer degrees in the United States. Each is putting up $4 million to create the Governors Open University System, which will...
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Women succeed by trying harder
Researchers at the University of Sussex have established why, on average, women get better degrees than men. "Our finding is that they do better because they work harder," Ruth Woodfield said. The...
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Tailor courses to work needs, says Coldstream
Academic courses are too full and degrees should gear learning towards work, said Patrick Coldstream, visiting professor at the Institute of Education. He said undergraduates are expected to master...
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In the news
What can Sir William Taylor offer the beleaguered Thames Valley University? Perhaps a little bit of MBWA. A man who likes initials, Sir William was appointed last week as acting vice-chancellor of...
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Student demos sweep across Europe
Tens of thousands of students took to the streets across Europe this week as part of an international week of action. Students were due to march through London on Wednesday to protest against tuition...
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Tribunal told of 'cabal' at Edinburgh University
A former Edinburgh University professor has told an industrial tribunal that there was a sense in which Edinburgh's social anthropology department was run by an "inner cabal". Judith Okely, now...
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College pays Pounds 100,000 to widow of employee
The widow of a former college employee has won Pounds 100,000 compensation after her husband died of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Margaret Lord was awarded the compensation after...
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Ravensbourne gets rid of finance head
Ravensbourne College of Art and Design has dismissed its head of finance for persistent "communication failures". An external accountant from Deloitte Touche is running the Bromley college's finances...
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Take care in JIF bids, Wellcome warns
Universities have been warned not to rush bids for the Pounds 600 million joint infrastructure fund. In a letter to all vice-chancellors, the Wellcome Trust, which is ploughing Pounds 300 million...