New government prefers to control
Nineteen-ninety-seven has been a dramatic year. In May the new model Labour party swept to power in the general election with an even larger majority than expected. A surge of euphoria greeted its...
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Losers in a numbers game
AS A lecturer in a 2-rated department trying to pull itself up on the crumbs of development money from the last research assessment exercise, it was with interest that I spent time recently visiting...
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Losers in a numbers game
I HAVE been told by my head of department at the Institute of Russian and East European studies, University of Glasgow, that my temporary contract will not be renewed when it expires in September...
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Breadth and the powerful
A Swedish- American friend told me some 35 years ago how eager his parents had been to buy a set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. This was to ensure that he and his two brothers would have broad...
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Look out, there are customers about
When travelling I find it mildly disconcerting to be referred to as a customer rather than a passenger. The former implies a purposeful freedom rather than the relative imprisonment of, say, a high-...
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Treasury 'betrays' Labour pledge
THE Treasury is behind a deal struck with employers that betrays the government's public commitment to improve education and training for 16- and 17-year-olds, it has been claimed. Liberal Democrats...
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DPhil spectre
(Photograph) - DPhil spectre: a ghost of Christmas past is haunting the halls of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and the college has been advised that, if it wishes to be rid of it, all the fellows must...
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Don's Diary
Sunday 9pm. Heathrow. Fogbound. Only Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are missing. Monday Midnight. Take-off to arrive hours later after lunch in the bright sunshine of a Cape Town day. Having...
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Two quit in sponsor row
THE University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology has become embroiled in a bitter dispute with banks and building societies following the high-profile launch of a joint venture...
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Uncounted army keeps campuses going
AN army of at least 40,000 part-time "teaching auxiliaries" keeps British higher education running but universities have no way of recording their contribution, according to new research. Christopher...
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European fears over stay-at-home young Brits
A SIGNIFICANT drop in the number of Britons spending some of their time studying on the Continent is causing alarm among European funding chiefs. Provisional figures revealed this week show an 8 per...
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National sports institute set for Sheffield
SHEFFIELD's two universities will be among the partners in the United Kingdom Sports Institute, whose location in the city was announced this week. Heritage secretary Chris Smith and the UK Sports...
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Aberystywth AUT censures management
A MEETING of the Aberystwyth branch of the Association of University Teachers has passed a motion of no confidence in the university's staff management strategy. It follows recent moves to axe up to...
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Universities will aid development, says Prescott
UNIVERSITIES have been singled out by the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, as important players in the proposed new Regional Development Agencies. Answering questions at the House of Lords...
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Hackney warns of possible 50 job losses
HACKNEY Community College's senior vice principal Ian Ashman has said that about 20 permanent lecturers, 20 part-timers and ten full-time support staff may lose their jobs as a result of a review...