Learners left out of Eurodelphi
An Athenian philosophy student is said to have asked the Delphic Oracle who was the wisest philosopher of the world, and was told that this was Socrates, who was wise enough to ask others about the...
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Budget brings sighs of relief
Higher education was one of the few government departments that escaped severe trimming in last week's French budget proposals. In contrast to an overall 1996 average budget increase of 1.8 per cent...
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Whitehall ex-chief welcomes probe
The largest-ever academic study of the workings of British government has been welcomed by a former head of the civil service. Lord Bancroft, head of the home civil service from 1978 to 1981 told the...
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Skulduggery at cutting edge
Some believe it was forged in Atlantis more than 12,000 years ago by star- beings bringing spiritual power to the earth. It has been linked with the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Bermuda triangle,...
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King Coal is an unhealthy soul
The high number of ex-miners registering as permanently sick and taking early retirement helps to explain why, contrary to expectations, the United Kingdom's coalfields have fewer people on the dole...
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Cell alternative to animal testing
Reducing the numbers of animals used in scientific experiments is the aim of cellular research under way at Aberystwyth University's Institute of Biological Sciences. The institute has devised a...
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ESRC aims to please users
The Economic and Social Research Council this week announced nine areas including the economy, the environment and the global market, that will form the backbone of its research for the next ten...
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Non-signatories threatened with New Year sack
One of the few further education colleges not affiliated to the Colleges Employers Forum, Stourbridge in the West Midlands is threatening to sack 20 of its longest serving lecturers on New Year's Eve...
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AUT in contract fight
Lecturers' leaders in the old universities are campaigning to recruit and improve the position of contract research staff. The Association of University Techers says that despite many union...
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Modular motivation found
Students on modular A level courses are better motivated, harder working, and more likely to gain high grades than their peers taking traditional A levels, according to a report released last week. A...
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Here beginneth the next lesson
Leadership is the Church of England's latest buzzword - insofar as it tolerates such trendy terms. Last week, the word was on every Right Reverend's lips after the Turnbull commission on...
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Dons take lessons in lecturing
As term starts a whole crop of new academics is facing its first students, The THES asks what support and training they get. Lecturers starting their first jobs this autumn face an unprecedented...
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Scotland avoids another brain drain
Scotland has avoided the brain drain that was expected to follow the recovery from the 1992 recession, according to a survey on graduate employment. The study by the Scottish Graduate Careers...
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Nothing new in schools' scheme
New school-centred teacher training schemes are too much like those run by higher education institutions, according to a report published this week. In-house courses managed by schools consortia have...
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Graduate jobs boost
Big recruiters are anticipating better times ahead for ambitious graduate job- seekers, according to a study by Sussex University-based Institute of Employment Studies. Companies are expecting a busy...