Libraries for OU medics
I was interested to read "OU revolution for doctor training" (THES, February 6). The idea of medical students doing the clinical part of their course at district general hospitals and GP practices is...
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Appoint of principal
CONTRARY to what was stated (THES, February 20), I did not appoint my wife to the post of vice-principal. The board makes appointments at that level. She was also not promoted. Ms Hay holds the same...
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Tailor loans to cover all study costs
Correspondents argued last week that higher education should be free ("Professors call for fee and grant rethink"). We agree completely that higher education should be free at the point of use....
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Ministries divide and rule
THE symbolic importance of Santiago de Compostela's central square is often commented on. Around the square there is the university, which recently celebrated its 500th anniversary, the cathedral...
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Title holders fight changes
University colleges have warned that they may be forced to close degree courses if the government pursues plans to make them change their names. They said that proposed strict rules on the use of the...
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RGO back to first site
A national centre for the understanding of astronomy could soon be attracting more than a million visitors a year to Greenwich, writes Julia Hinde. The council of the Particle Physics and Astronomy...
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Battle defends FP5 budget
Science minister John Battle has mounted a firm defence of a European council agreement to cut research spending, writes Tony Tysome. He told The THES this week that the Council of Research Ministers...
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Wish-list drafted for Mars trip
Europe's space scientists have come up with almost 30 different proposals for experiments to accompany the European Space Agency's proposed Mars Express mission. Mars Express, due to launch in 2003,...
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Tories fume at Lib Dem betrayal
TOP-level talks between Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown led to Liberal Democrat peers "ratting" on an agreement to send the controversial Teaching and Higher Education Bill back to the committee stage,...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: of the 20 per cent of first-degree graduates who went on to further study: * 55 per cent of women went on to study for...
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ACLU in PC debate
Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union and professor of law at New York Law School, will debate the implications of political correctness on campus tomorrow during a three-...
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Labour's dealings with peer pressure
Huw Richards assesses how reform of the House of Lords could affect higher education REFORMING the House of Lords has bubbled away in the background of British politics for most of this century....
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Blunkett's dream awaits cash
ANOTHER round of consultation on post-16 education began this week after the government's long-awaited white-turned-green paper on lifelong learning raised more questions than it answered. The...
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Full steam ahead without extra fuel
The government has reaffirmed its intention to lift the cap on expansion in higher education, but has not committed itself to extra spending to cover the cost. Its response to the Dearing report into...
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Cheltenham and Gloucester bid gains pace
Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education's bid for full university status gained momentum as the Privy Council granted it research degree awarding powers. The college, which previously...