Panhandle alley
Idealism is not dead among young academics. One participant in the poster sessions at the American Political Science Association conference in San Francisco displayed a cardboard placard of the kind...
Search
-
-
Don's Diary
MONDAY. If you are going to have to spend four hours sitting around an airport there are worse places to do it than Zagreb. There's parkland, a bar with an outside terrace and, because of the...
-
Regions shun sport academy
Senior academics have strongly criticised the proposed British Academy of Sport, claiming it could become a "white elephant" and starve other sport sectors of funding. Margaret Talbot, head of sport...
-
Labour relations
Science, innovation and technology are central to Labour's industrial strategy for improving Britain's competitiveness. Policies in the Business Prospectus, announced on Wednesday by Tony Blair,...
-
Cider apples with a rosier health impact
A naturally occurring chemical that protects against heart disease could be added to certain foods in an attempt to improve the nation's health, a conference hears today. Because the substance is not...
-
Scots get their voice
THES reporters turn the spotlight on the working groups set up so far by Sir Ron Dearing as part of his inquiry into the future of higher education. Dearing's Scottish committee has a radically...
-
Health tops Danish agenda
KOGE. Denmark hopes to lead the world in health research in five fields following a strategy assessment. The government is ploughing an extra DKr200 million (Pounds 23 million) and a large proportion...
-
Ifs and butts of an outcry
Jim Edwardson explains why he accepted a donation from British American Tobacco to fund research into Alzheimer's disease and why he would not do it again. The Medical Research Council's...
-
Love and class struggles
It was 25 years ago, in September 1971, that I first landed in Britain to study for an MA degree. In the spirit of the upcoming 25th anniversary of The THES, I offer these personal reminiscences. The...
-
Irish degree council rapped on spending
Ireland's degree-awarding body could cut its annual budget by almost a half and still provide colleges with a better service, according to a team of independent consultants which investigated its...
-
Research rise
Research and development expenditure by government, private companies and universities was Pounds 14.6 billion in 1994, an increase from Pounds 13.8 billion in 1993, according to the Office for...
-
UCL steps up to world class
University College London took another step towards creating one of the largest university medical schools in the world after merging this week with the Institute of Child Health in Great Ormond...
-
The team to raise the standard
THES reporters turn the spotlight on the working groups set up so far by Sir Ron Dearing as part of his inquiry into the future of higher education. A head teacher, a student, a training chief, a...
-
Success for the MBA on tick
MONTREAL The prospect of an MBA programme that guarantees students a Can$50,000 (Pounds 25,000) a year job with their degree has tempted Canadians to dip their toe into private higher education....
-
Surprise organ of offence
The ugly snobbery of Laurie Taylor's piece (THES, August 23) was breathtaking. I do not believe that you can hide behind the defence of "take a joke", "it's only a caricature", or "look what he says...