What a performance
Mary Rice will not have enjoyed the industrial tribunal against the Medical Research Council (page 2), which found that the MRC was justified in dismissing her for sceptical remarks about its...
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Explosive advice
A Glasgow University round-table discussion "Adult learners: always the afterthought?" lived up to its name when Brian Wilson, Scottish education minister, cancelled due to a starring role on...
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Called to account
Alumnus to be proud of no 148 has provoked a rare outburst of new Labour dissent. An Early Day Motion asking whether Martin Taylor's treatment of his staff at Barclays Bank makes him the ideal person...
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What you get for your money in Liverpool
The Oxbridge college fees debate is coming to the boil. Harriet Swain reports on the issues at stake John Moores University in Liverpool offers places in halls of residence to about 2,700 of the 6,...
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What you get for your money in Oxford
The Oxbridge college fees debate is coming to the boil. Harriet Swain reports on the issues at stake Accommodation in halls at St John's College varies from Pounds 350 for an eight-week term for a...
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Wilson promises action on access
Scottish education minister Brian Wilson has promised a "New Year offensive" to boost the number of students from poor backgrounds, writes Olga Wojtas. Mr Wilson, launching a leaflet and booklet to...
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Degree inquiry plea
Sir Stewart Sutherland, principal of Edinburgh University, has called for an investigation into the value of the traditional four-year Scottish degree. The Garrick committee, the Scottish arm of the...
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Sutherland training idea vetoed
The government has rejected the Dearing report's recommendation that a new national committee of inquiry should be set up to examine teacher training in higher education. Sir Stewart Sutherland...
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Performance tables for teacher training institutions
The government announced last week that performance tables for teacher training institutions would be published from July 1998. Ms Russell said that UCET would accept publication, but only if the...
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Alarm at control by consortia
What is the future of nursing education as more school-leavers attend university? Julia Hinde reports The provision of nursing degrees should be planned centrally and not at a local level, say...
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AUT rejects arbitrator's Pickering recommendation
The Association of University Teachers has rejected the recommendation of an independent arbitrator that it should pay Pounds 18,000 compensation to a member who alleges he was inadequately...
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Queen of Quorn probes novel foods
BIOTECHNOLOGIST Janet Bainbridge is an authority on, among other things, Quorn. This unusual expertise is about to come in to its own as food minister Jeff Rooker has just asked her to chair the...
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Will White Rose blossom?
THREE rival universities in Yorkshire have joined forces to exploit blue skies biotechnology research worth Pounds 40 million annually. The White Rose Biotechnology Consortium has been formed by the...
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Phantom plans help young scientists profit
THE BIOTECHNOLOGY and Biological Sciences Research Council has announced the finalists for a national competition to encourage business acumen among young scientists in universities. The qualifying...
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Credibility boost for homeopathy
PRINCE Charles has called for a professional and public debate over the status of complementary and alternative medicine, which he argues should be integrated with orthodox treatments. His comments...