Anger at a university that's doubled the pain
Your front-page article on redundancies (THES, June 14), correctly reports the anger felt by academic staff at South Bank University at the proposal to axe at least 84 lecturing posts. This...
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Tongues tied
Linguistic rights are closely linked to civil rights. A newly signed declaration should go some way towards their preservation. Ned Thomas reports. Where else could you meet an Arawak-speaker from...
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LSE leads the way on top-up fees
Academics at the London School of Economics voted by four to one on Wednesday to accept the principle of fees for home and EU undergraduates as part of a package of measures designed to tackle a...
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Dali look at Dallas
Mireia Montane, director of the European office of Catalunya's education department, told an Educational Institute of Scotland conference about moves to promote the Catalan language after its 40-year...
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Anglia pioneers DIY masters
A blueprint of how higher education institutions might allow lifelong learners to design their own properly validated masters courses has been produced by Anglia Polytechnic University. The...
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Fair exchange
Politicians may beef about being in the European Union but the benefits for higher education are unquestionable, says Olga Wojtas. The European summit in Florence this weekend is being overshadowed...
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Straitjackets and business ties
J. R. Shackleton, below, and Richard Harris, right, join The THES debate to argue against the rigidity of inspection proposals in favour of flexibility. It is difficult to find reasoned dissent from...
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Star of the big screen
Gail Vines meets Theresa Marteau, a health psychologist committed to exploring the consequences of giving people the information uncovered by genetic testing. Talk to Theresa Marteau about the "...
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U-turn on the Budget
The Government is to reconsider the higher education Budget cuts announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last November. In the first public acknowledgement that the Budget dealt too harshly with...
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Teacher fight ahead
University-based teacher training is in jeopardy following the Government's announcement that it intends to set course content. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has warned that plans...
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Triesman vows to reject 1.5% pay rise
Lecturers' union leader David Triesman launched a three-pronged attack on employers today as the two sides began the battle over pay in earnest. Mr Triesman, general secretary of the Association of...
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In the wrong league
Strathclyde University believes there are lies, damned lies and The Times League Table. The university was miffed by its relatively low showing, especially as, for example, it was marked low on...
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Wired tongue helps disabled
The remarkable dexterity of the human tongue has been harnessed by medical engineers to help the severely disabled. They hope that patients who cannot control their head or limb movements enough to...
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Lucky Liverpool
Only two areas in the UK, Merseyside and the Highlands and Islands, have EU "Objective 1" status, earmarked for economic regeneration, and the Highlands and Islands is still battling for a higher...
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Meltdown looms in the staff room
Is there a crisis in teacher training? Yes, but not the one featuring in Government pronouncements. Is there a need to eradicate the legacy of the 1960s? Yes, but which legacy? Education minister...