Split winnings
Those who claim the binary line has simply been redrawn between higher and further education will have their suspicions confirmed by the latest grants from the National Lottery. Glasgow University,...
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Doctor course to relieve pressure
Keele University's school of postgraduate medicine is pioneering a degree aimed at prospective consultants in the health service. Brian McGuinness, head of the school's centre for primary health care...
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Greek names tagged
A dusty loft in Oxford's strangest college, All Souls, is where the whacky but worthwhile Lexicon of Greek Personal Names was born more than 20 years ago. Things have moved on and upwards since then...
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Going, going, gong
Sturdy realism still rules among United States academics - at least among the older members of the profession. Overheard in Chicago at the American Political Studies Association meeting was the...
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Travelling blight
No contest for the unluckiest participant at the Montreal conference - the antipodean historian whose 30-hour journey to Canada became a 52-hour calvary following a series of airline glitches....
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V-c award
"After the way he organised and ran his session, he is probably going to end up as a vice chancellor" was one participant's comment on a British panel organiser at the International History Congress...
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OSTracised
One event looks set to be cancelled at next week's annual British Association jamboree - a debate on whether the Office of Science and Technology should have been merged into the Department of Trade...
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Government teacher training scheme hits trouble
A Government programme launched this week to promote teaching as a career has been condemned as too little, too late, by teacher training heads. The new Teacher Training Agency unveiled plans for a...
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Lifelong learning green paper in offing
The Government is preparing to publish a "lifelong learning" green paper which will explore new approaches to supporting adult and continuing education and training. The paper, which was originally...
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Shephard rushes foundation probe
University and college heads have been asked to make a rapid response to the Government's inquiry into entry requirements for foundation year courses, writes Tony Tysome. The Higher Education Quality...
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Graduate job bias theory under fire
Careers experts and higher education heads have condemned claims that "second-rate" graduates from new universities are struggling to find jobs. The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services...
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Eleven-year-old electronics wizard, Jamie Baxter Martin, the youngest-ever student at Plymouth University
(Photograph) - Eleven-year-old electronics wizard, Jamie Baxter Martin, the youngest-ever student at Plymouth University, has celebrated his third success in a row after being awarded a grade B GCSE...
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Universities' science weak
Universities had the highest failure rate for activities run during National Science Week last March, says a report released this week. But the week overall was an "outstanding success". The week, "...
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JMU third semester hits hitch
Plans for piloting the summer semester at Liverpool John Moores could still be rejected in whole or in part by the university's academic board, writes David Charter. The board was not consulted in...
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Scottish Vocational Education Council
The Scottish Vocational Education Council was incorrectly described as the Scottish Vocational Educational Committee in an article by Ann Macleod in last week's THES.