Absolutely zonkers
Both an alumnus to be proud of (no 80 in the series) and a practitioner of the literary sideswipe is Sean Thomas, son of novelist D. M.Thomas and a graduate of University College London's Bartlett...
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Esteve-Coll is to retire
Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll (pictured right) is to take early retirement from her post as vice chancellor of University of East Anglia after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She arrived in...
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The biggest book move in history
(Photograph) - On the move: Workmen help carry out the biggest book move in history, as 12 million books and manuscripts begin their migration from Bloomsbury to the shelves of the new Pounds 511...
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OU links up with islands
The Open University has signed a partnership agreement with the University of the Highlands and Islands which will boost UHI's bid to secure degree-awarding powers in its own right. The UHI project...
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Postgrad loan plan
Eleven universities are planning to launch a new postgraduate loan scheme. But postgraduates have dismissed the idea as a mere marketing ploy. The universities, from the research-based 94 Group, are...
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Privatisation of research establishments is slated
The Government's privatisation probe of more than 40 public sector research establishments has been slammed as "profoundly unsatisfactory" by MPs. A report published this week by the Commons science...
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Sports students to hit jackpot
Up to 4,500 lottery-funded sports scholarships are to be created for elite British competitors, the Department for National Heritage announced following last week's budget. Precise levels of funding...
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Don's Diary
THE WEEK began with a day spent in Warwick, preparing for what seems increasingly like an exercise in futility: preparatory meetings for a teaching quality assessment visit the following week that...
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All quiet on Serbian front pages
BELGRADE media loyal to the Serbian government ignored the largest demonstrations in the country's recent history last week. While most students were actively supporting the the protests, state-owned...
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Paymaster calls the wrong pension tune
IT WAS once said of Sir Keith Joseph that he not only had the capacity to shoot himself in the foot but, worse still, he could hit his left foot while aiming for his right one. The ghost of Sir Keith...
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Ground rules
As the common longing for a firm moral bedrock intensifies, will Andrea Dworkin's black-and-white brand of political feminism be revived? Jennifer Wallace finds her in optimistic mood. Gascoigne...
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A yoke that's wearing thin
The link may go back a long way but Britain protests too much about its 'special relationship' with the United States, says Kathleen Burk. Anglo-American relations have attracted an incrustation of...
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Please disrupt our conference
The disruption of a conference on East Timor by an organised mob in Kuala Lumpur last month may have done the troubled country a favour. Peter Carey reports. Fifteen years ago, when I first became...
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Stand by your texts
As Valentine Cunningham stands shivering in the harsh winds blowing through academia, what exactly fires his resolve to stick to his calling? When thousands of higher education teachers take to the...
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The shock will hit the new
Universities and colleges are shedding their staff by force and cajolery. THES reporters examine the options. An estimated 3,000 jobs have been lost in universities this year, writes Alan Thomson....