The glum zone
Dundee University's new departmental handbook reminds us that in 1989, the court decided "to adopt a policy banning smiling in all parts of the university . . . except in areas specifically...
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Quip per quo
No need for the Association of University Teachers to fork out on an expensive after-dinner speaker. General secretary David Triesman is always first to his feet. At last week's AUT conference he...
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Students to get learning vouchers
A voucher funding system for post-16 education and training to create a more student-led market is proposed in a Government-backed consultation paper published this week, writes Tony Tysome. But the...
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Medics on community call
A shift in the teaching of medical students out of universities and into the community was launched this week as the Government proposed changes to its allocation of funds for medical teaching. From...
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Research overheads row hits new peak
Disagreement over who should pay the overheads for charity-funded medical research increased this week as the issue became linked to charities' demands that they should benefit financially from the...
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Envoy soothes union fears
A TUC special envoy is trying to make peace between the two main lecturers' unions after fears of membership wars at universities merging with colleges. Union relations officer Brian Ward was called...
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Banking on success
(Photograph) - Banking on success: Geoff Evans, head of the school of applied sciences at South Bank University, expected to spend this week dealing with the Higher Education Quality Council's...
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Middle class access fear
Europe's universities have been warned they risk barring the middle classes from higher education if they try to bridge the funding gap by increasing tuition fees substantially without tax...
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Made and unmade in Britain
The Economic History of Britain Since 1700, Volume One - The Economic History of Britain Since 1700, Volume Three - The Economic History of Britain Since 1700, Volume Two
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a naval reformer with a feel for ciphers: "And so I betake myself to that course which (is) almost as much as to see myself go into my grave - for which, and all the...
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A fruit salad full of ancient desire
Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature
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All for a good lost clause
The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-50 - Public and Private Ownership of British Industry, 1820-1990
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Burning passions by the Nile
Love Lyrics of Ancient Egypt
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Exploring railway conjunctions
Forging Industrial Policy
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Gloomy punters, dismal science and neworacles
Institutions in Economics