FE degree funding future in doubt
Future payments to further education colleges providing degree and sub-degree level courses is under review by the Higher Education Funding Council which next week publishes a report giving the...
Future payments to further education colleges providing degree and sub-degree level courses is under review by the Higher Education Funding Council which next week publishes a report giving the...
Many British psychologists accept the possibility of false memories, according to a survey by the British Psychological Society. Of 810 chartered psychologists responding, two-thirds accepted the...
(Photograph) - Gloucester went public on Monday with its University for Gloucester Project, under which a university would be built on the city's disused quayside. Consultant Sir Christopher Ball (...
The World Archaeology Congress-III began in extraordinary circumstances in New Delhi and ended in uproar. Jonathan Sawday was there "Shantih, Shantih, Shantih'' -- those familiar with Vedic...
Simon Targett reports on the link between creativity and leadership. Einstein and Thatcher. Two names to conjure with, for sure. But in the same breath? That is what Harvard professor Howard Gardner...
A 'Chinese peaceful expansion' has been taking place in south-east Russia. Zhores A. Medvedev looks at the four options under consideration to ensure the district does not become a Chinese republic...
John Morton argues that theories which claim to recover lost memories are far from infallible When we, a group of academics and clinicians, were asked by the British Psychological Society to produce...
The research grants have dried up, so genetics professor Steve Jones is now writing and broadcasting about science as well as practising it. Kam Patel reports With much of his year already booked up...
The story of Nigerian universities in the 1990s is the story of a permanent crisis. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, with about 10,000 members committed to a struggle to restore a lifeline...
The Christmas break is now the only time when a university comes to a halt. The contrast between this all-too-brief few days and the rest of the year is all the more marked because the intense, often...
Two recent developments might help to reassure Mr Stittle (THES, December 30) and others who feel concerned about the state of accounting education. The first is the establishing of a Special...
John Stoddart argues that self-regulation is the only route to high standards The creation of a single higher education sector in 1992 gave an opportunity to review radically the framework for...
Simeon Underwood highlights inconsistency in assessments When all the world and the quality assessment exercise were new, one of the few enjoyable features for us administrators was the response of...
You published a letter ("Pension penalty clause", THES, November 18) from C. N. Refford of Cranfield University about the need to invoke the aid of his MP to get a response from the Teachers'...
Christmas Day. I love Christmas but carving the turkey (only for ten?) etc, brings on a serious attack of managerialism for which my children upbraid me like the stroppy AUT organisers they...