RDA plans threaten autonomy
Government plans for regional development agencies could threaten universities' and colleges' autonomy, critics have said. Last week's publication of the white paper Building Partnerships for...
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Regional development agencies should have powers to influence further and higher education provision
The regional development agencies should have clear powers to influence further and higher education provision, members of the House of Commons Employment Sub-Committee said this week. Taking oral...
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Welsh college students improve A-levels results
The A-level performance of Welsh college students improved perceptibly last year but still trails its school counterpart. The school and college information booklets for 1997, issued this week by the...
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Still a case of 'neither fish nor fowl'
Photography. The way we conceptualise pictures, the media's use of disturbing images, and surreal selling THE CURIOSITY and puzzlement that greeted the arrival of photography is being examined as...
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The surreal way of subconscious selling
Photography. The way we conceptualise pictures, the media's use of disturbing images, and surreal selling WESTERN society has plundered the once anti-establishment surrealist ideology to produce...
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Drop-out rates mar expansion success
Wastage and female enrolment are the main trends in the latest OECD education reports, says Mary Boland Britain has one of the lowest student drop-out rates among members of the Organisation for...
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Swedes beat the Swiss
Wastage and female enrolment are the main trends in the latest OECD education reports, says Mary Boland This year's report provides a more complete picture of higher education in OECD member...
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Horsetrading in the Ivy League
FOR THREE years Michelle Fernandez watched as her compatriots at one of the most selective private universities in the United States sat in judgement on its applicants in an admissions process...
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Brits shop for students in India
THE NUMBER of Indian students turning to the United Kingdom for higher education is picking up after a slump in the 1980s with the introduction of full-cost tuition fees for overseas students. But...
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Community boost
European Union funding has helped the University of Ulster and computing company ICL to set up a venture to promote economic regeneration in Belfast. Synergy Centres will participate in community...
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Student mobility grants
Student mobility grants supported by European money are expected to be increased following an agreement by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers to give the...
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Klingons of the world unite
SPEAKING Klingon, the fictitious language used by the Star Trek characters of the same name, has become a growing worldwide activity, according to one Montreal linguist. First spoken by enemy...
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Melbourne bids for world top 10
TWO of Australia's biggest universities have formed a strategic alliance that has startled the higher education world and will be closely watched, and possibly copied, elsewhere. Melbourne and Monash...
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No monkey business in space
PRIME minister Viktor Chernomyrdin has promised Russia's space programme an extra $267 million in 1998 to retain "national prestige". He is also halving the number of space firms and banned the use...
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Swedish university shake-up
SWEDISH universities are braced for a management shakeup that will strengthen the government's grip on top posts in the new year. Legislation comes into force on January 1 that will alter the boards...