Highland fling
Scottish universities panicking over a potential drop in student numbers as entrants from elsewhere in the United Kingdom are deterred by the prospect of paying an extra Pounds 1,000 in tuition fees...
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Clone 1, Knit 1, Purl 1
Being one of most notable breakthroughs of 20th-century science does not mean you avoid getting fleeced. For the the first fleece of Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, is to be woven into wool...
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Just tax the men
The debate also produced a nice line in modest proposals. Labour's Lynne Jones, in a typically thoughtful and constructively dissident contribution, noted that the arguments that graduates should pay...
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Efficient gains
And whatever scheme finally emerges from the government's deliberations on fees, just hope that the maths of the people running it are better than those of the government whips. The tuition fees...
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High-flying spy
Alumnus to be proud of No 145 represents one of the most distinguished traditions of Cambridge University: spying. Not that there is any suggestion that Richard Tomlinson, charged this week under the...
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Get a life. Women told to work apart
Women should be encouraged to work with other women and be dissuaded from setting up businesses with their spouses, according to research released this week. Elizabeth Chell, professor of management...
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Culture as Business
Culture, as the government keeps telling us, is big business. The contribution that universities and art colleges make has many strands: the provision of trained personnel for music, design and film-...
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Graduates lack 'real world' skills
Employers at the Confederation of British Industry's conference have their say on graduate requirements Expecting universities to respond to the demands of employers may be asking too much since...
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How to find the right trousers
Animation is booming but if Britain is to keep winning the Oscars there needs to be greater collaboration between film-makers and academics. Norman Taylor and Roger Noake explain. Should another...
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Arts of gold
The National Lottery has prompted an unprecedented expansion of a cultural sector that already employs almost twice as many people as the motor industry. Sara Selwood reports. The notion of culture...
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Book this space
(Photograph) - Book this space: A-level student Carl Palmer, from King Edward VII School in Louth, Lincolnshire, is using his clothing to advertise for sponsors to help him pay fees at the University...
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Points of view
The visual arts in the UK are making a huge business and social impact. Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton puts developments into an international context. The economic argument for supporting cultural...
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Courses for menu-driven TV
To keep pace with a fragmented and revolutionised TV industry, training must innovate and not imitate, argues David Plowright. For the first 40 years of its life, broadcasting was valued more as a...
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Dreams and machines
Two alumni of the Royal College of Art tell Kam Patel how they use their design expertise in commerce. For car designer Paul Hanstock, the two years spent at the Royal College of Art were an...
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Painting a rosy picture
Royal College of Art graduates are having immense success securing course-related jobs. Kam Patel reports. A survey of students who graduated from Royal College of Art between 1992 and 1996 shows...