More funds to go via HEFCE
University and college funding. THES reporters assess the impact of the chancellor's pre-budget statement Quango chiefs will have a firmer hold on higher education's purse-strings under funding...
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Alzheimer's gene link to the heart
People who live longer do not have to fear a decrepit old age if they just keep active, say scientists TAKING action to protect against heart disease could also help protect people against Alzheimer'...
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No sell-by date for exercise
People who live longer do not have to fear a decrepit old age if they just keep active, say scientists THE IMAGE of old age is one of increasing physical weakness as muscles gradually deteriorate and...
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Dead reckoning
(Photograph) - Julie Rigg of the Cemetery Research Group at the University of York has just researched and edited the Directory of Cemeteries and Crematoria in the United Kingdom. Photo: Samuel...
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Fact file
The 糖心Vlog Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: 0.7 per cent of first degree, full-time undergraduates are dyslexic 0.2 per cent of all first degree, full-time...
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Ill wind
(Photograph) - Sailing students from Southampton University struggle to righten their boat in the Student Dinghy National Championships. The university took the team prize after strong winds in...
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A healthy partnership
It was good to see coverage of the changes in non-medical education and training (THES, November 21). Thousands of students are involved in NHS-contracted education. There may well be "alarm at...
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Blunkett seizes fee power
UNIVERSITIES will be subject to an unprecedented level of central government control if education secretary David Blunkett is granted reserve powers to regulate top-up fees. Only a revolt in the...
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Budget letter warns on pay
IN ITS pre-budget letter to the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England this week the government promised that an extra Pounds 125 million for institutions next year will contain real terms cuts...
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Bludgeoning Blunkett
(Photograph) - Thousands of students brought traffic to a halt in central London this week in protest at the introduction of tuition fees and loss of grants. The demonstration, organised by the...
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Fryer proposes Ofsted for universities
UNIVERSITIES would be subject to the same quality assurance inspection regime as schools and colleges, and they would have to demonstrate a commitment to widening access as a condition of public...
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SOAS students protest library restriction
STUDENTS staged sit-ins at the School of Oriental and African Studies last week in protest at their reduced access to the University of London library. SOAS is one of several colleges to cut library...
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Bristol staff take strike vote
STAFF at the University of Bristol are to ballot for a strike over up to eight threatened redundancies. Leaders of the local branch of Association of University Teachers agreed last week to seek...
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Half of students fail to hit repayment target
HALF of students liable to repay student loans were granted a deferral in 1996/97, because their income was below the threshold Pounds 15,792 salary, according to statistics from the Department for...
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Discretionary awards slump in England
THE number of "discretionary" financial awards given to support students by English local education authorities has slumped from 202,700 in 1993/94 to 141,900 in 1995/96, according to statistics on...