Medics fear PhD neglect
SENIOR medics have called for a re-evaluation of postgraduate medical training amid fears that recent reforms could bleed the lifeblood from academic medicine. The draft report of the University of...
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Strathclyde denies steel site claim
STRATHCLYDE University has denied an MP's claim that it is bidding to build on the site of the former Ravenscraig steelworks now that St Andrews University has abandoned its plans for a university...
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Americans show staying power in battle for status
Huw Richards talks to two men in the London hot seats of learning about Australia and the US IT WAS not so much Independence Day as Permanence Day. Last month staff at London University's Institute...
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Debts dog fame school
The Liverpool fame school founded by Paul McCartney remains in limbo, despite its patron's recent knighthood. Debts of more than Pounds 7.5 million last year put the Liverpool Institute of Performing...
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Musicians' college is out of tune
THE Royal College of Music, the only conservatoire with the power to award its own degrees, has been urged to revamp its "over-complex" quality monitoring system. Its "centralist approach" to quality...
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High hopes for anti-fat molecule
A chemical that could be used to tackle obesity is being investigated by scientists at Strathclyde University. The chemical, which causes weight loss in experimental subjects, was found in a plant...
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Wrist work helps you get a grip
People whose dexterity has been affected by nerve damage to the wrists could regain mobility thanks to Leicester University's medical faculty. Special hand exercises which could help restore skilled...
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Just say maybe, it depends on my friends
CHAOS theory could provide the key to helping drug addicts kick their habit. Alan Dean, a lecturer in the school of social and political sciences at Hull University, is identifying underlying...
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The snoozy life at the big snoop
After staking out private detectives for two years, Martin Gill and Jerry Hart have returned safely to Leicester University's Scarman Centre. They believe that they are the first academics to dip...
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India protects degree market
FOREIGN universities trying to gatecrash the Indian higher education market have discovered that their degrees will not be recognised. The ministry has warned students that they sign up at foreign...
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Hebron welcomes pull-out
AS THE INK dries on the long-awaited agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority on redeployment in Hebron, the city's university is coming to terms with the peace. Looking...
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Wits v-c leaves before he starts
THE University of the Wi****ersrand faces a further year of uncertainty following the surprise resignation last week of its new vice chancellor before he was due to take up the post. Sam Nolutshungu...
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Fears over Pounds 35-a-week work proposal
Teachers and student unions in France have voiced concern over a plan to give students work experience and pay them about Pounds 35 a week. The idea was put forward by the French employers'...
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Graduate joblessness doubles
Job prospects for French graduates have worsened sharply with the number of unemployed one year after graduation soaring from 13 per cent in 1990 to 26 per cent in 1995. This and other findings in a...
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Spain faces contracts decision
Spanish university leaders are looking for solutions to one of their biggest sources of tension - the status of lecturers on short-term contracts. Established teaching staff are officially civil...