Hacked off
Britain's oldest working journalist, 101-year-old George Fraser, was recently awarded an honorary degree by his alma mater, Aberdeen University. Vice principal Graeme Roberts, giving the laureation...
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Taming shrew
Alumnus to be proud of no. 83 is the Hon Tim Lamb, chief executive of the new England and Wales Cricket Board, who with chairman Lord MacLaurin issued a "private warning" to England cricket coach...
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Aberdeen postgrad escapes prison
A former Aberdeen University postgraduate has escaped a potential prison sentence after ending a defamatory campaign against the university. Court of Session judge Lord Kirkwood last year deferred...
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Kick back: Rachel Salt
(Photograph) - Rachel Salt displays the form that earned her fifth place in the recent European Tae Kwan Do championships held in Helsinki. The Wolverhampton University second-year sports science...
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Life in the Twiglet zone
COMPUTER SCIENCES: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY 1992 rating: 5 1996 rating: 5 Bowls of abandoned Twiglets and untouched champagne festooned the end-of-term party for Edinburgh University's informatics...
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Engineering council streamlines to save Pounds 1 million
THE Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is rationalising its support for engineering and could save around Pounds 1 million. The council has nine engineering research programme areas....
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NUS calls for monitoring body
THE NATIONAL Union of Students has called for a national council for awards to monitor standards in higher education and approve the awarding of qualifications, writes Chris Johnston. In its...
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NUS calls for monitoring body
* The Association of Graduate Recruiters has told Sir Ron Dearing that the proliferation of degrees has left graduates inadequately equipped for the world of work and employers confused about...
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NUS calls for monitoring body
The Council of College and University English (CCUE) fears that the humanities in general are under-represented on the Dearing committee, which might propose reforms without appreciating their...
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Grapes of Sussex
Wine may have featured heavily in last month's festivities. But English wine? The image of English wine has not kept pace with the reality. It is a multi-million pound industry of up to 500...
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Training people to spend the Euro
While European ministers gathered in Dublin to launch the Euro, European academics were defining the future business leaders who would be spending it. More than 150 delegates from industry, academe...
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Anita takes the plunge in Bath
"British business education is backward and this is not only a profound sadness but it is dangerous," says Body Shop founder and chief executive Anita Roddick. "Business is richer, vaster and more...
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A polished performance
DRAMA: CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA 1992 rating: Two 1s 1996 rating: Two 2s and a 3b The Central School of Speech and Drama polished its performance carefully for this year's research...
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Geography of success
Businesses located in strong geographical "clusters" of related industrial activity still perform better than their more isolated counterparts, despite the communications revolution, research from...
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Natural computing
Three strands of research have united Edinburgh's informatics planning unit - logic, language and "natural computing". Natural computing, a term coined for ideas of computing based on biological...