Big Issue boys
The latest edition of The Big Issue in Scotland quizzes some former graduates about their student past. George Robertson, shadow secretary of state for Scotland, asked what he is most proud of about...
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Organ grinding
Yet more proof that men are much more sensitive plants than women. Blue Stockings, Black Gowns, White Coats, a Glasgow University history of women in medicine by Johanna Geyer-Kordesch and Rona...
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Mind that trolley!
Question: "What's the difference between a vice chancellor and a supermarket trolley?" Answer: "A supermarket trolley has a mind of its own." Not necessarily the funniest academic joke you've heard,...
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Quality sex aids
Life as a quality assessment manager may be more exciting than you think. Attending a recent QA workshop at a hotel on the outskirts of Cardiff last month, Peter Jones of Manchester Metropolitan...
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Three-way race
Is Roger Ward, the man who is to industrial conciliation what O. J. Simpson is to the quiet life, about to lose his lead role in further education? Already competing with Association for Colleges...
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Axe-man changeth
Foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind has gained something of a reputation for changing his mind, viz. Scottish devolution, and Europe. He has no doubt been thrilled by last week's news that Scotland's...
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Setback for social work
The future of lecturers on some university social work and probation studies courses looks bleak following this week's 榴莲视频 Office decision to press ahead with an on-the-job training route for...
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Bermuda Triangle ghostbusters
A shipful of scientists with one Briton on board set sail this month to drill the ocean floor in the Bermuda Triangle . Their mission is to investigate gas hydrates, which lie below the ocean floor,...
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European hopes of extra cash
Millions more Ecus could flow to special research projects under the Framework programme if the European Commission convinces ministers and MEPs that member economies are on the up-turn. The...
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Dangerman
(Photograph) - Dangerman: wild animals are prowling the University of East Anglia in the shape of sculptures by Stephen Vince. His art safari, which includes Who comes first?, a line of dancing...
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Pay structure delayed
A final decision on the establishment of a single or dual pay structure for all university and college staff will not be made before a further round of consultations between employers and the unions...
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Colleges call for bursaries switch
The Association of Scottish Colleges called for further education bursaries to be removed from local authority control as Scottish local government faces reorganisation. The association fears that...
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Easy come, easy go
The Cancer Research Campaign applied to the National Lottery Charities Board for a grant of Pounds 200,000 to investigate mortality from breast cancer in Glasgow, not Pounds 450 million, as we...
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Private launch
The Further Education Funding Council's private finance initiative was due to be launched yesterday with a conference in London addressed by Gillian Shephard, secretary of state for education.
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Internet News
THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides details of news, features and books in this week's newspaper. The latest Synthesis charts trends in higher education. Job advertisements appear on THESIS...