Provinces left out of the loop
The Canadian Government is to skirt the provinces' educational power by giving money directly to tens of thousands of post-secondary students, cutting the cost of attending university. Belinda...
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EU talks to drive reforms
European Union membership talks with Turkey will lead to a major overhaul of the way the country’s universities are run, according to Hüseyin Çelik, the Education Minister. Yok, the higher education...
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Turbo-charged support all set to boost take-up
An increased package of financial aid for part-timers will bring benefits for students and institutions, Bill Rammell writes This week, I announced the funding arrangements for part-time...
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Nancy Rothwell
Feeling imposed upon is worse than having too much work. Don't be a martyr to jobs you detest - delegate that admin Last week I was told by a colleague that I should feel stressed. So I'm working on...
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No beating around the Bush
America's gift to the world when it comes to exams is the multiple-choice test, observed Barry McGaw of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development at a conference in Cambridge this...
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Thinking outside the box
At the same conference, Baroness Onora O'Neill, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, also had the issue of nationhood and ethnicity in her sights. But her ire was reserved for forms and paperwork...
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Dark horse gallops to the fore
Only four months to go before we know who gets the top job. No, not the Tories - even they can't drag it out that long. This is the successor to Sir Howard Newby as chief executive of the Higher...
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We'll take the high road...
Aberdeen University may have slightly ruffled the feathers of its sister institutions with a leafleting campaign across the country claiming it is "far beyond St Andrews, well above Edinburgh, ahead...
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Protecting your tights?
Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of Canada's Supreme Court revealed in this year's annual lecture at the UHI Millennium Institute that when she first visited Belfast she was assigned two bodyguards....
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Blumenthal's synthesis gives food for thought
"It's not all about reading a recipe: both the cook and the scientist need to try new ideas and experiment" THE FAT DUCK, BRAY, Berkshire It began with a vacuum flask of boiling liquid nitrogen at -...
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Why I ...believe scientists should be less ashamed of their passion
I'm a physicist; the nerd of the PhD student pack, if you believe the stereotype. But I haven't got a beard and I don't own a pair of sandals (the thought of sandals with socks gives me the screaming...
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Multiple choices
If SATs can widen access, we owe it to disadvantaged students to try them out, says Peter Lampl Last year, the Schwartz committee, of which I was a member, documented the mushrooming of additional...
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Short shrift for short-termism
Funding bodies are hampering universities' bid to improve the lot of contract staff, says Rachel Flecker It is encouraging to see universities tackling the casualisation of research staff, but their...
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Give them a little textual pleasure
Forget course guides and handouts, Frank Furedi says students need to embrace the book I have to confess that I have a thing about books. My heart starts throbbing when I go into a library I have not...
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Try Kavanagh's wig on for size
Have you always dreamt of being the star of a courtroom drama, the jury hanging on your every word? If so, the role of expert witness is probably not for you. Harriet Swain delivers a reality check...