Honorary Degrees
University of East London DUniv: Issa Shivji, professor of law at the University of Dar es Salaam; Hans Hoxter, pioneer in the training and education of counsellors; David Austin, rose breeder;...
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Raiders of Euro cash
AN EXCLUSIVE international club of ten "innovative" universities is preparing for a smash-and-grab raid on European funding pots. The European Consortium of Innovative Universities, whose members...
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FEFC chair: we must be open
The new chairman of the Further Education Funding Council expects "early action from the government on the issue of governance", writes Phil Baty. Lord Bryan Davies said: "I expect more local...
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Lifelong paper relegated
THE government has downgraded its master plan for lifelong learning from a white paper to a green consultation paper. The move, confirmed this week by the Department for Education and Employment,...
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Radical reform of post-16 predicted
The government wants to shake up post-compulsory education in England. Tony Tysome and Phil Baty look at who stays and who may go Post-16 education and training in England is facing "the most...
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Building blocks
The Construction Company in and out of Recession
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A place for everyone in a joined-up lifelong sector
Third in our summer series on education at at century's end, David Melville precicts a seamless post-16 learning environment. Greater challenges lie ahead for further education, and for post-16...
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Research Opportunities - Business and Management Studies
The following listing is for research degrees and jobs in Business and Management Studies #221> . Where possible a central contact person or office contact point has been given. Where there are...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section will list funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS. www.environment...
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Blackstone promises no dilution of A levels
The Government will not "water down the standard of A levels", education and employment minister Tessa Blackstone insisted this week. Baroness Blackstone was keen to appease her detractors amid...
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`This is a time for broad thinking'
The Economic and Social Research Council has identified nine key themes to guide it into the next millennium. Kam Patel reports Nine research themes, ranging from the behaviour of the national and...
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Can spin-outs reap returns?
Having a stake in a Pounds 150 million firm might sound pretty appealing to the average academic, but the path to the successful spin-out can be strewn with obstacles. Martin Ince reports Academics...
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Danes unveil research plan
Danish research should in future concentrate on the environment, health, information technology, the social sciences, the arts and other areas that will ensure sustainable development based on...
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Campaigning v-cs push for a new deal
Welcome spending spree. Universities, science and further education say what more money will mean THE government's decision to direct new funds to higher education following its comprehensive...
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Realising the dream
Human nature being what it is, we may live in a new world but we react in ways shaped by an old one. New visions may inspire but getting there is hard. So found Harold Wilson 30 years ago as his...