Copyright shake-up raises fears
DANGEROUS loopholes exist in new rules which aim to harmonise copyright arrangements in Europe, publishers have warned. The European Commission's draft directive aims to ensure fair copyright...
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Sir Ron takes Melbourne seat
SIR RON Dearing is to become one of two overseas members of Melbourne University's new governing council in 1998. It is the first time an Australian university has invited distinguished foreign...
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Tuition fees will reap Pounds 126 million
CHARGING students tuition fees will push up total resources for higher education by Pounds 126 million next year, according to funding council estimates. Announcing the amount of cash available to...
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Women paid less than male peers
WOMEN staff are undervalued in universities according to early results from pilot studies into job ranking, writes Harriet Swain. Data submitted by the London Institute, Heriot-Watt and Oxford...
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Head turner
(Photograph) - Peter Dunne is one of the students from the North Wales School of Art and Design at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education who have created some terracotta warriors. Based...
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Reuters discovers world of secret dataholics
The world is seeing the rise of a generation of "dataholics", according to a Reuters survey. More than half the respondents said they craved information and got a "high" when they found it.
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: 7.7 per cent of males and 6.1 per cent of females were awarded first-class honours for first degrees 36.5 per cent of males...
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Techies in demand
UNIVERSITY underfunding is undermining the Canadian software industry's already difficult drive to fill its many vacancies, writes Philip Fine. The information technology industry is thriving and...
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Why Lords are a-leaping
Yesterday the higher education bill had its second reading in the Lords. Three peers offer their views BARON BELOFF OF WOLVERCOTE Max Beloff is a Conservative peerand was the first principal of the...
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Stay cool
(Photograph) - Chris Stokes, a BSc graduate from Huddersfield University, designed a scalp cooler in his final year that will limit hair loss for women undergoing chemotherapy.
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Women display staying power
Wastage and female enrolment are the main trends in the latest OECD education reports, says Mary Boland Women now comprise the majority of students in third-level education in most OECD countries. In...
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Flexible fees 'inevitable'
FLAT-rate fee charges of Pounds 1,000 per student are unlikely to stave off the pressure of market forces, vice chancellors say. While none has immediate plans to charge top-up fees, they suggest a...
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Mackney to modernise college union
WEST Midlands regional official Paul Mackney is the new general secretary of Natfhe, Britain's largest lecturers' union. He marked his ballot victory with a pledge to carry out a thorough...
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Privatise loans to avoid crisis
THE government could avoid a looming higher education funding crisis by privatising student loans so that universities borrow money to lend to undergraduates, according to a committee of MPs. Members...
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Three more students die from meningitis
Three more universities are on alert following the death from meningitis of three students. Stirling University has set up a 24-hour helpline following the death of a 19-year-old, while antibiotics...