Geological Society to accredit degrees
THE Geological Society is to accredit geoscience degrees to assure prospective students about teaching quality. The first courses to be accredited are at Manchester University and Birkbeck College,...
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Stubbs: change with consensus
SUCH is Sir William Stubbs' commitment to "making history", he is taking on the chairmanship of the new all-encompassing education superquango, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, without a...
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End nigh for agonising results wait
MORE than 300 undergraduates in Scotland are being spared the sleepless nights endured by generations of students during the long wait for examination results, writes Alison Utley. This week, in a...
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Microsoft quiet on Cambridge plans
CAMBRIDGE University vice chancellor Alec Broers said this week that he is "very excited" about the prospect of setting up a multi-million pound research campus with computer giant Microsoft, but...
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Newcastle threatens art gallery closure
A RESCUE package was being negotiated at Newcastle University this week following protests over proposals to close its Hatton Gallery. An independent trust to safeguard the future of valuable works...
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Park gets go-ahead
A TEN-YEAR-OLD scheme to build Britain's biggest science park on the outskirts of Bristol has finally been given the go-ahead by planners. Bristol University, Bath University and the University of...
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Rogues and beggars
The budget is on July 2, but just how are government departments supposed to cope with it? They have not been asked to submit full public expenditure bids as they would for a real budget, but most...
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Agenda bender
Sir Ron Dearing's report is just five weeks away. How can universities contain their excitement? No sooner will Sir Ron reveal all, than all those difficult funding and policy decisions which have...
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Punt of no return
The Dearing committee has come up with a new system for giving its industrious members a well-earned breather. Whenever a debate over any proposals gets too involved, heavy or heated, the chairman...
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Absolutely Akkered
Lecturers' union Natfhe has opened a stress helpline for its members. The move follows a survey which found over a third of members were depressed, and nearly two thirds were stressed. Helpline...
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Cooked report?
Like parents unwilling to think ill of their charges, funding chiefs have decided to overlook some suspiciously naughty behaviour by some institutions. A recent report from the 糖心Vlog...
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Paisley in print
Move over, David Lodge and Malcolm Bradbury. Paisley-born novelist Evelyn Hood has turned her attention to higher education in her latest book, Forward by Degrees. It may be fact rather than fiction...
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Dogsbodies
Figures may show (see page 7) that university librarians are better paid than their local authority counterparts, but even they cannot do justice to the awful lot of the local librarian, according to...
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Sporting chance
Alumnus to be proud of 109 will have given no pleasure to Alain Madelin, whom we reported (THES, May 23) comparing France's Ecole Nationale d'Administration to Ireland's IRA, Spain's ETA and Italy's...
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Wales costs up becoming federal
The University of Wales is about to thrash out the financial implications of introducing a federal system. The university's eight member institutions would gain greater independence under proposals...