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WHAT: In the third of our series on key skills Stephen Heppell offers advice on how to teach students to make the most of information technology without panicking WHY: Computer skills enable students...
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Star turn
Kam Patel listens to the man who once told Ken Livingstone to name a London park after his favourite all-female snails. Geneticist Steve Jones does not drive a Renault. He wants his life science...
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Nobel for economist of famine
Two scholars with British connections were among the Nobel laureates announced this week. Amartya Sen, of the University of Cambridge, has won the Nobel prize for his work on welfare economics....
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Budget row threatens European research
Europe's multi-billion pound research programme could be delayed by up to a year because of a parliamentary stand-off over funding. The European Parliament, backed by the European Commission, failed...
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Millions protest at religious dress ban
Mass protests were held throughout Turkey last Sunday against the ban on religious dress in universities and other public places. Organisers claimed two to three million people took part. In Istanbul...
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Unesco warms to Eritrea
Paris For a few fleeting moments this week the higher education world put funding and management issues aside to consider the plight of a small newly independent nation and its embattled university...
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Laurie Taylor
"Sometimes when student notes get left behind I read them and wonder if we've been in the same lecture room", - Professor P. Taylor, international communications expert - THES October 2 INDIVIDUAL...
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Dublin
University College Dublin has been accused by the Employment Equality Agency of "generally" discriminating against women academics in promotions, a charge the university denies. In the past two years...
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Moscow
Russia's new prime minister Yevgeniy Primakov last week informed President Boris Yeltsin that student grants arrears would be paid shortly. Some 240 million roubles (Pounds 9 million) had been...
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Fernando H. Cardoso
People is edited by Harriet Swain and researched by Lynne Williams. Send all information to Lynne Williams. The THES Admiral House 66-68 East Smithfield London E1 9XY Tel 0171 782 3375 Full listings...
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Breakfast boost for Oxford college
Oxford University's continuing education college, Kellogg College, has received a $10 million (Pounds 6 million) benefaction from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The college, which has more than 16,000...
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Ban slapped on use of UfI name
The government has banned universities and colleges from using the title "University for Industry" in a surprise move to protect the brand name. The schemes hit include Sunderland University's UfI...
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Importance of taking part
Early assessment of projects designed to increase participation in higher education found the key aspects were advice and guidance, student support and partnerships. But the National Institute of...
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Natfhe to ballot after 27-hour week rejected
Lecturers' union Natfhe will hold a national ballot over the next few weeks on contracts and possible strikes. The union's further education sector conference last week decided to recommend rejecting...
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Tribunal hears of plot to get rid of official
A tribunal heard this week that Doncaster College principal Terry Ashurst confided his plans to get rid of a troublesome trade union official. An unfair dismissal claim has been brought by former...