Master stroke
Alumnus to be proud of No 96 appears to have broken two of the basic rules of political life - first, that whatever you do you should do it in private and away from your constituency and second, that...
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Regulator mystery
IT IS PLEASANT to be able to acknowledge Ivor Gaber's generous praise of New Media, New Policies as "comprehensive and timely" (THES, March 28). I am very sorry that his copy of our book had pages...
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Dial in the Dales
(Photograph) - Derby University and High Peak College are combining forces to pilot a new virtual campus in the Peak District. Andy Pearce (pictured) will manage the pilot "Dial" (Derbyshire Internet...
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Derby sent to Coventry
Lecturers' union Natfhe has asked its members not to apply for jobs or engage in any collaborative work with the University of Derby following its refusal to accept the national pay settlement. A...
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Plaid fears on investment
GOVERNMENT fixation with inward investment has seriously damaged higher education in Wales, according to the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru, writes Huw Richards. Plaid higher education spokes-...
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Blacks lag behind in South Africa budget
Durban. South African universities and technikons are to receive more money than they expected this year, but historically-black universities have still lost out. Funding, outlined in the budget...
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Research value 'in doubt'
Almost a quarter of lecturers no longer believe that an active research interest is essential to be a good university teacher, a national survey has found. The Association of University Teachers...
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Tower of strength
(Photograph) - Trainer was re-elected by the National Union of Students conference in Blackpool this week for a second year as president. He pledged to fight against top-up fees, promote wider...
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Graduates resigned to debt
GRADUATES are increasingly accepting debt as a fact of life, according to the findings of a national survey. Only one third of students graduating last year said they were worried, concerned or angry...
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Dolly fails to find warm hello
DOLLY should never have been cloned, Britain's first gene jury has been told. More than 400 members of the public took centre stage last week at the debate hosted by the Wellcome Trust. The audience...
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Poor performers targeted
FIFTY "under-performing" academics are to be axed by Nottingham University in an attempt to improve ratings in the next research assessment round. Lecturers have until May to decide whether to leave...
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College risks Natfhe strike
Sheffield College is facing the possibility of a total shutdown after its lecturers voted for industrial action over plans to cut more than 200 jobs. Members of lecturers' union Natfhe voted 56 per...
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Research papers
Readers can find research papers by accessing THESIS, The THES Internet service at http://thesis.newsint.co.uk
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Skin farm breakthrough
THES reporters review the best of the papers from the Institute of Physics annual congress in Leeds A PHYSICIST has stolen the human skin farming initiative from biologists. Robert Bradley, from...
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Learning power test
A LEARNING accounts pilot running in Gloucestershire is a likely model for the rest of the country should Labour come to power, says Stephen Byers, shadow employment and training minister. The local...