Round-up of bids to expand teaching
Medical education is preparing for a revolution that may never happen. Julia Hinde reports Universities must submit costings for expanding medical education to the 糖心Vlog Funding Councils...
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Chairs
University of Wales, Cardiff Sioned Davies is to be the first female professor of Welsh.She will also be head of thedepartment of Welsh, succeeding Glyn Jones. University of Manchester Promotional...
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Appointments
University College London Chris Llewellyn Smith, professor and director general of CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics), will succeed Derek Roberts as provost on April 1, 1999....
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Fellowships
Royal Society of Edinburgh The following have been elected honorary fellows: James Mirrlees, joint Nobel prize-winner for economics in 1996, professor of political economy at Cambridge University;...
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Left in power or left in the lurch?
Harriet Swain looks at the candidates vying to be president at next week's NUS conference This year's National Union of Students annual conference, which starts on Monday, is a historic occasion. It...
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Dislike for GNVQs
EMPLOYERS still do not like General National Vocational Qualifications, research by the Institute of Directors has found. While 80 per cent of employers deemed A levels to be important in assessing...
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GMC considers short courses
Medical education is preparing for a revolution that may never happen. Julia Hinde reports London's St George's Hospital Medical School this week took its case for Britain's first fast-track medical...
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Foreigners floored by dating game
THES reporters on the British Psychological Society's annual conference held in Brighton this week OVERSEAS students in Britain are highly motivated and feel more in control of their lives than home...
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Independent check call for complaints
Vice-chancellors respond to Nolan on student complaints AN INDEPENDENT check is needed on university's internal systems for handling student complaints, vice-chancellors have agreed. A university's...
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Fact File
* 12 per cent of male, first-degree graduates over the age of 25 were unemployed six months after graduating * 9 per cent of female first-degree graduates over 25 were jobless * Among under 25-year-...
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Foster cuckoos upset nests
THES reporters on the British Psychological Society's annual conference held in Brighton this week FOSTER care placements are in serious jeopardy because of an explosive mismatch of children's ages,...
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Family ties on trial
Phil Baty looks at the thorny problem of employing family members Universities are increasingly employing members of the same family - and running the risk of being accused of nepotism. But there are...
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Women's library plan
An Pounds 8.5 million National Library of Women is being planned with the support of influential women led by Barbara Follett, MP. The new library will house the collection of the Fawcett Library,...
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Writ for troubled professor
THE DEAN at the centre of allegations of nepotism and bullying at Anglia Polytechnic University is facing High Court action over a failed deal to provide accredited courses in Malta. It emerged this...
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True colours: Serbian students opposed to a deal ending the language dispute
(Photograph) - True colours: Serbian students opposed to a deal ending the language dispute which has divided university education in Kosovo for the past seven years parade their opposition to...