Murphy to fight fee contributions
Jim Murphy, president of the National Union of Students, will campaign against fee contributions in the review of student funding backed by four-fifths of delegates to conference last week. But Mr...
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Cardiff lawyers launch travellers' helpline
A telephone helpline for gypsies and new age travellers is being inaugurated by Cardiff University's Law School. Designed to offer advice to travellers facing threats of eviction following the 1994...
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AUT elects Burgess
The Association of University Teachers has elected Philip Burgess from Dundee University as its vice president and president-elect from September. Penny Holloway from Ulster was elected vice...
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Alex Frost
(Photograph) - Face to face: Alex Frost, a third-year fine art student at Staffordshire University confronts one of the pieces at the university's exhibition of students' work entitled 'Hung, Drawn...
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University advert league
Luton, De Montfort, South Bank and Staffordshire universities were the most prolific advertisers in national newspapers during last year's clearing, in a bid to fill their undergraduate places. More...
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Extra assessment panel plea suceeds
An extra research assessment panel has been created following representations from academics in the fields concerned. When the Higher Education Funding Council for England unveiled plans last year...
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Pounds 5.3m centre is jewel in Midlands' crown
Ministers in search of a model for a working partnership between higher education and industry may be encouraged by recent developments in Birmingham's "jewellery quarter". Last week, the University...
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Wales' botanic idea takes root
Wales is likely to emulate England and Scotland in having a national botanic garden following support from Secretary of State John Redwood. Four areas have been shortlisted as potential sites for the...
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Modern approach to crime 'medieval'
Crime should be seen and treated as a disease, according to the doctor who found the cure for tuberculosis 40 years ago. Sir John Crofton, who this week received the City of Edinburgh District...
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TTA plans review of funding
The new Teacher Training Agency is to launch a wide-ranging review of funding for initial and in-service teacher training. It has invited bids for an independent study team to consult with higher...
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Griffin Price and David Little
(Photograph) - Dead beat: Griffin Price and David Little contemplate violence on the night watch in the Welsh College of Music and Drama's Violent Night, one of the finalists in the National Student...
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Durham okays Gemini systems
Two telescopes to be built in Hawaii and Chile have received a technical boost from Durham University scientists who have successfully tested the ambitious optical systems intended for them. The...
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Howling wolf
Scottish's normally placatory education minister Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, has been accused of crying wolf. Warning that quality is under threat because of funding cuts, perhaps? Nothing so...
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Hot seat
Spotted recently outside the Houndsditch headquarters of London Guildhall University was a vehicle costing rather more than Ms Stewart's venerable Vauxhall - to wit a magnificently ostentatious...
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Lean machine
Lean production is obviously being followed by lean living for Heather Stewart of the Southampton Institute. On page three of the institute's newsletter Sinews, she is seen pocketing Pounds 120 (and...