Alfred's hot topic
King Alfred's College of Higher Education in Winchester has announced it is to seek university status by 2005. The college had been in talks with the University of Southampton to create a federal...
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Irish abuse
An industrial tribunal has ruled that Alan Bryans, a lecturer at Northumberland College, was discriminated against by his employers who ignored their own policy on racial harassment by failing to act...
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Lecturers go legal
The Lecturers' Employment Action Fellowship was set up this week to continue the fight against FE college employers over new contracts. Monday's test case in Birmingham, which was to decide whether...
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Jobless and special needs are overlooked
Long-term unemployed people and students with special needs are losing out on training at the hands of Training and Enterprise Council policies, a new report says. As a result of government pressure...
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Brief bloom for modern apprenticeships
Modern apprenticeships are popular with employers, but questions remain over their suitability for a wide range of sectors and their funding in the future, according to a report by the Industrial...
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Steer clear of a tight corner
A daring kayak expedition to Siberia has hit rough water before leaving Barking - because the University of East London canoes are too big for Aeroflot's cargo crates. Eight explorers, mostly current...
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Music head quits over cuts
The head of music at Wakefield College in Yorkshire will resign at the end of this month in protest over "intolerable" cuts facing music education at the college. Richard Ingham, who is taking...
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Computer chips brought down to size
A computer chip the size of a postage stamp could soon have the power of 1,000 personal computers, say Cambridge scientists. This is because scientists have made a breakthrough in which they can get...
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HEFCE buys right to copy freely
Fears that a trip to the photocopier could lead to copyright infringement could become a thing of the past if a new funding council scheme is successful. The Higher Education Funding Council for...
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Taking the reins
(Photograph) - Taking the reins: John Webster, professor of animal husbandry at Bristol University and animal welfare campaigner, argues in a book published this month for a pragmatic, utilitarian...
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Science 'safe' in shuffle
Sir John Cadogan, director general of the research councils has moved quickly to reassure scientists that the United Kingdom research base is secure. The transfer of the Office of Science and...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from an author who, By the Way, started off as a banker: "The Empress turned on her side and closed her eyes with a contented little sigh. The moon beamed down upon her...
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Speaking Volumes: Productivity and Technical Change
Jonathan Mitchie on W. E. G. Salter's Productivity and Technical Change. How on earth do you pick the one book in your academic field which has meant the most to you? The books which have meant the...
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Augmenting the pharaoh's Egyptian
Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period
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Brutal tactics in a heavy-weight world
The Dutch Republic - The Transformation of European Politics 1763-1848