Further education pressure group formed
Thirteen of Scotland's 46 further education colleges have formed a pressure group in a bid to secure more funding for further education in the country's rural communities. The Scottish Rural Colleges...
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Wilson defends Garrick rejection
Gerald Wilson, secretary of the Scottish Office education and industry department, has defended the government's decision to turn down the Garrick Committee's call for a chief scientific adviser for...
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Business begins to mind its languages
WHEN Prime Minister Tony Blair delivered his address to the French National Assembly last month it received much media attention simply because it was in French, writes Alan Thomson. This minor...
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Baroness's Brazilian sales drive
A MAJOR drive to sell education and training overseas is underway with the revamp of a government group harnessing the resources of the public and private sectors. The Education and Training Exports...
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Charities welcome call to open books
BRITAIN'S research charities have welcomed a call to pay "the full economic costs of the (university) research they fund and no more". The recommendation by the influential House of Commons science...
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Talks dangle bonus for good teaching
EXCELLENT teaching in universities is to receive its reward under a key funding council strategy discussed this week. Talks will take place over the next few months on how to allocate money to...
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Buildings in dire straits
WORLD-class higher education needs investment on the scale envisaged by Dearing, funding chief Brian Fender told delegates to his council's annual conference this week. "Universities and colleges can...
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Green among Bradford's recycled mills
Bradford is chipping away at the grimy veneer stubbornly clinging to its image to rebrand itself next week as one of the greenest and most progressive places in Britain. The Yorkshire city is...
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Hopes for derelict sites
YORK University archaeologists are seeking to persuade businesses to re-use thousands of derelict mills, warehouses, factories, naval dockyards and power stations dotted around the country. Their...
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Scramble for new docs
Hertfordshire University has become the latest institution without medical students to join the scramble for up to 1,000 new medical school places. Universities and National Health Service regional...
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Novelist's quest for science
Novelist Ian McEwan is to chair the panel of judges for this year's Rhone-Poulenc prize for science books. Mr McEwan is "a voracious reader of science", whose consumption of the genre has accelerated...
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Titanic heroism masked tragedy
AN Investigation into the sinking of the Titanic has revealed how the Edwardians turned the tragedy into a triumph within a few days of the event and the loss of 1,522 lives. Cultural historian...
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Cash-strapped museums turn to locals to champion cause
THE POWERFUL and vocal support mustered by London museums for extra public funding is having an adverse effect on regional museums whose plight is being largely ignored. In a letter to the Museums...
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Award
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine The Mary Kingsley Medal was presented to Philip Lever, viscount, in recognition of his contribution to the work of the school and in conjunction with the...
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Appointments
University of Sussex Sir Richard Attenborough, actor and film director, patron and president of the Gardner Arts Centre, will succeed Charles Gordon, duke of Richmond, as chancellor of the university...