Former Royal Academy bursar jailed for theft
TREVOR Clark, a former bursar at the Royal Academy of Arts, was this week jailed for four years after being caught filching Pounds 400,000 from the institution. The cash-strapped academy said that a...
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Physicists query profit of industrial work
THE FINANCIAL returns from industrial collaboration rarely justify the efforts involved, according to most physicists in a report commissioned by the Institute of Physics. The survey, carried out by...
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Reinvented
Crikey! If we are not careful, someone will (re)invent engineering student apprenticeships (pooh-poohed as pointless), which is where I and others came in 30-odd years ago ("Job placements are good...
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Adelphi's island hop
THE article "Adelphi chief packs his bags" wrongly places Adelphi University in Garden City, New Jersey (THES, March 7). Perhaps the author was thinking of New Jersey's nickname "The Garden State"....
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Scots to challenge NUS full grant policy
THE NATIONAL Union of Students' year-old policy not to seek a restoration of full grants is set to be challenged at the union's Scottish conference tomorrow. A pressure group, Free Education Scotland...
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London University cuts library access
STUDENT access to the University of London library is to be reduced as part of a new college subscription mechanism. The UoL library board met on Tuesday and approved a system of funding which cuts...
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BBSRC reveals global warming findings
THE BIOTECHNOLOGY and Biological Sciences Research Council this week revealed the results of a four-year Pounds 8 million investigation into the effects of global warming and increased levels of...
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HEFCE answers critics
FUNDING chiefs are to raise their regional profile after a survey showed university managers wanted more face-to-face contact. The Higher Education Funding Council for England will announce proposals...
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Scots resist joint funding idea
THE Association of University Teachers Scotland is opposing any move by a modified Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to fund further education. The colleges are funded directly by the...
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Employers defend pay talks
THE universities' pay bargaining body rejected accusations this week that it had lost the confidence of vice chancellors and could be scrapped. Philip Love, chairman of the Universities and Colleges...
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AUT move to protect scientists' wage
PAY IS expected to top the agenda of a Medical Research Council institutes' meeting with scientists who are members of the Association of University Teachers. The MRC introduced new pay structures...
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Natfhe demands inquiry on FE
LECTURERS' union Natfhe has called for a Dearing-style inquiry into further education. Natfhe's national executive voted last Friday to campaign for "an urgent short inquiry" into further education...
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Natfhe demands inquiry on FE
Unless the squeeze on funding for further education in Wales is relaxed, quality is under serious threat. That is the warning 19 chairs of governors of further education colleges in Wales have issued...
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Shephard to face law on pensions
Natfhe has issued a legal challenge to education secretary Gillian Shephard, claiming she may be exceeding her powers by attempting to reform early retirement regulations. Natfhe solicitor Michael...
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Stephen Frying tonight
A bad week for Sir Ron. On Monday an FT interview on the broad thrust of the representations given to his committee was billed as having "outlined his vision" for higher education: "a little bit...