Moving motto
It is not too hard to understand why the Student Loans Company has engaged the services of a public relations consultancy, but given their record on processing applications are not they rather...
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Crosswind catch
Equally baffled by technology was the Royal Society of Edinburgh, which has an ingenious heating system whereby cold air is sucked into the building, warmed up, and blown into its lecture theatre....
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Light workload
The need for a Lords select committee on science and technology became obvious this week as problems with lights that "would not shine high enough" and lack of an overhead projector delayed its...
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Tin soldier
Michael Thomas, professor of marketing at Strathclyde University, is turning into a regular star of Prism, the staff newsletter. Last term, it recorded that he had been awarded the Polish Commander's...
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Arms and a leg
After 500 years the University of Aberdeen has learned some sponsorship tricks. The visitor's guide to Marischal College mentions the roof bosses on Mitchell hall, which commemorate such figures as...
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On the high road
The Scottish Office may pour cold water on the prospect of a University of the Highlands, but do others take the scheme a little more seriously? Edinburgh University's annual report reveals that its...
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Expansion to a common goal
Unions. The common themes espoused by university unions in their submissions are summed up by clarion calls for a "learning society" - unfettered by financial constraints. Natfhe, the AUT and the...
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Diversity, credit in cash context
Funders. The Higher Education Funding Council for England suggests that, if significant structural change is needed, the council could have a more explicit interventionist role. It notes the absence...
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Distinctive Scottish mission accepted
Scotland. The Scottish Office has moved to allay fears that the higher education review announced by Gillian Shephard will ignore the distinctive education system north of the border. Lord James...
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Individual challenges
Learned societies. The British Psychological Society says that degrees must provide general skills as well as specialised ones if they are to prepare graduates for their careers and the creation of...
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National Commision on education
The National Commission on Education criticises the decision to separate discussion on the purposes and size of the sector from that on funding and argues: "The present arrangements for institutional...
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Mass flexibility with lifelong learning
Students. For the National Union of Students, the "greatest challenge" for higher education is "the creation and development of a mass system, with comparable participation rates from all social...
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Tories set up reform team
The Conservative Party launched its own review of higher education this week, to run in parallel with that of the Government. A manifesto group of vice chancellors, academics and business leaders,...
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Professor K. K. Aziz, gives the history of the word "Pakistan"
(Photograph) - In a word: The historian, Professor K. K. Aziz, gave the history of the word "Pakistan" at a celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the name in London this week. The name "Pakistan"...
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Quality and coherence
FE Colleges. The Association for Colleges looks forward to the fusion of academic and NVQ-based learning into a single coherent qualification structure up to postgraduate level. It foresees expansion...