Bill of wrongs 1
The extra 10 per cent funding per part-time student heralded for Birkbeck, the Open University and other similar institutions from 2004-05 is a myth ("Grants gamble to save bill", THES , January 9)....
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Bill of wrongs 2
Female graduates earn the same as males with A levels - £22,000-£23,000 aged 30 to 50 years. Male graduates earn about £13,000 more. Females with A levels earn between £10,000 and £12,000. This shows...
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Bill of wrongs 3
Tony Dennis incorrectly implies (Letters, THE S, January 16) that I consider the government's proposed reform of higher education a completion of the "Thatcherite revolution". I was asked ("Blair...
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Coaching for colleges 1
It is untrue that colleges have high rates of quality inspection failure ("High college failure rate places plans for expansion in jeopardy", THES , January 9). The majority of academic reviews of...
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Coaching for colleges 2
Colleges understand the Ofsted inspection system, but senior managers in further education are largely unaware of the effort required for a QAA review. The secret of success is for the teaching staff...
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No gains for 'gang'
Your report on research income growth at Imperial College London, Oxford and Cambridge universities and University College London ("'Gang of four' run away with research lead", THES , January 2) is...
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Italy the ignominious
The enforcement proceedings for discrimination against foreign-language lecturers in Italy pit the European Commission, as guardian of the European Union Treaty, against a protectionist and...
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Ig Nobels UK Tour 2004
Navigation, Nutrition and Necrophilia... The Ig Nobels are awarded for the world's most original research. Highlights will include why the brains of London taxi drivers are more...
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Commission awards 2003 Prizes to the best European projects in Renewable Energy (link)
Brussels, 21 January 2004 On the occasion of the European Conference for Renewable Energy, today were handed over in Berlin the 2003 EU Awards of the Renewable Energy Campaign for Take-Off. For the...
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ITRE committee urges more support for Europe's presence in space
Brussels, 21 Jan 2004 The European Parliament's committee on industry, external trade, research and energy (ITRE) has called on Member States and the Commission to increase national and Community...
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400,000 EU scientists working in US: Europe must redress the imbalance, says Irish Enterprise Minister
Dublin, 21 Jan 2004 "Innovation and research key to stimulating growth and jobs" - Harney The capacity of the European Union to hold onto its science and technology graduates and to attract non-EU...
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EU project shows policy makers how to increase sustainability in Europe's cities
Brussels, 21 Jan 2004 An EU funded project on the ability of transport and land use policies to increase sustainability has concluded that a 'policy package', rather than individual policies focusing...
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Third international conference on cancer and the adolescent
Brussels, 21 Jan 2004 The Teenage Cancer Trust is organising the third conference on cancer and the adolescent, the only such event of its kind in the world, to take place in London, the UK, on 1 and...
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Today's news
Israeli branch of UK university issued bogus degrees The University of Humberside is under police investigation in Israel over a multimillion-pound fake degrees scam. It is alleged that&...
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Commission awards 2003 Prizes to the best European projects in Renewable Energy (link)
Brussels, 21 January 2004 On the occasion of the European Conference for Renewable Energy, today were handed over in Berlin the 2003 EU Awards of the Renewable Energy Campaign for Take-Off. For the...