God wins place in Poland
In a referendum on Sunday the Polish people look set to agree a new constitution, one that will, at long last, replace the model fraternally bequeathed by Stalin in 1952. The vote comes at a critical...
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Cleaner way to a brighter future
David Blunkett has been inundated with open letters but I have not seen a single mention of clerical and support staff. When staffing was mentioned it was fairly clear it meant academic and research...
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Tribal chic
(Photograph) - Tribal chic: The newsreader Trevor MacDonald, ill-fitting suits and Barbra Streisand were among the sources of inspiration for designs from Edinburgh College of Art fourth-year fashion...
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Akker takes legal advice
NATFHE chief John Akker is to take legal advice on challenging the union procedures which led to his sudden suspension amid claims of incompetence. Union insiders say that former general secretary Mr...
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Merritt inquiry urges code clarity
Clearer and "more emphatic" guidelines are required for governing bodies in higher education, the National Audit Office has said. An NAO investigation into events which led to the resignation of Neil...
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Principal quits ahead of management probe
Stan Mason, principal of Glasgow Caledonian University and Scotland's highest-paid principal, has unexpectedly given up his post just as the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has announced a...
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Rooftop protest
(Photograph) - Rooftop protest: A South Korean student, draped in the country's flag, is arrested on the roof of the Seoul headquarters of the failed Hanbo Steel Company after demanding the arrest of...
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Racing start
THE NEXT Damon Hill could be female, if a motor racing research project finds the winning formula. Judy Eaton, a lecturer in gender and psychology at Coventry University, is studying the social and...
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Sharpe shooting
NEXT WEEK sees the gripping finale in ITV's swashbuckling adventure series Sharpe, with Sean Bean starring in the re-creation of the Battle of Waterloo. One viewer with more knowledge than most of...
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Families still come first
ESRC's population and household change programme will inform Government on welfare reform. Early findings below. THE FAMILY has survived enormous change to retain its central position in most British...
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Fender warns governors
Tony Tysome on the background to the latest move in the Southampton Institute saga Southampton Institute governors have been told by funding council chiefs that the institute faces "significant risks...
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Unions aren't us, thanks
SHAUN COLE, advanced fellow in cosmology at Durham University, is not a union member. "It doesn't cost much to join, but I am not quite sure what I would get out of joining," he said. "In terms of...
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Keele staff cut to plug gap
Staffing levels at Keele University's modern languages department could be halved to help plug a Pounds 400,000 funding gap. The dozen or so remaining staff would be expected to cater for existing...
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Natfhe chief suspended
LECTURERS' union Natfhe this week suspended its general secretary John Akker pending a disciplinary hearing into claims of incompetence. Mr Akker was suspended from his Pounds 58,000 a-year job on...
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Cash by results funding on table
A radical new way of funding higher education which would do away with the distinction between part-time and full-time students is being considered by Sir Ron Dearing and the new Government. It could...