Benefits of a loan system
The Government's decision to tighten the rules which allow people to study while drawing benefits is revealing. Further education colleges, like universities, are under-funded. Students have too...
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Openness in science
The irony of the encounter in space between a Russian and an American spacecraft last week will not have been lost on Britain's astronomers. For just as the Cold War warriors were meeting in space...
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Tuition fees make their mark
The collapse of eastern Europe has shown state-run industry to be a failure, is it the same for state-run universities? THES looks at the competition. The private University of Witten-Herdecke is a...
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Two-thirds drop out on way to degree
The collapse of eastern Europe has shown state-run industry to be a failure, is it the same for state-run universities? THES looks at the competition. Higher education in Italy is dominated by the...
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Private line to public purse
The collapse of eastern Europe has shown state-run industry to be a failure, is it the same for state-run universities? THES looks at the competition With more than 200,000 students in fee-paying...
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White lies damage global ecology
Washing powder adverts that capitalise on claims to environmental friendliness should be banned because they are untrue and distort the market, say scientists at Imperial College. Many detergents are...
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Delorian figure rises on Italy's left
Ex-academic Romano Prodi is set to be one of the key figures in the realignment of Italian politics, says a British academic specialist. Mark Donovan, lecturer in politics at the University of Wales...
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Beer and chips at Swansea
Enabling computers to predict the taste of new beers is the aim of mathematical models being developed at Swansea University for the brewing industry. Intended to substantially reduce the cost of...
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Manner of speech helps disabled
Disabled people could soon be able to control their household appliances by voice thanks to a collaboration between cyberneticists at Reading University and a local firm. The work by Nicholas Lee, a...
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Onward Christian scientists via video
Leading scientists challenge the view that nothing should be believed unless proven scientifically in a video series next week. The Christian Education Movement, which is marketing the videos, says...
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Health first on Chinese life menu
Running a Chinese restaurant is very, very good for you. According to data from the 1991 census, United Kingdom Chinese are a third less likely to suffer illness and almost 50 per cent less likely to...
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Ulster FE in contract battle
Further education colleges in Northern Ireland have been warned they could lose 2 per cent of their budgets if they fail to get lecturers to sign new flexible contracts. The threat comes in a letter...
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Wessex family gets together
Southampton is considering forming a regional university with its four accredited colleges based on the multi-campus model common in the United States. The project, already being referred to as the...
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Scots lack self-criticism
Scotland's higher education institutions are failing to be sufficiently self-critical when assessing their teaching quality, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has warned. In its second...
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Highlands goes hi-tech
The new chairman of the University for the Highlands and Islands academic council believes high-tech links between all the colleges in the project could be in place by the end of this year. Mick...