ET finds BT is good for talk
On a recent trip to Bristol University a THES reporter was amused to hear frequent reference to one "ET". It transpired that ET was none other than vice-chancellor Eric Thomas, a man with, indeed,...
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Grub from those on a grant
Scotland's first minister, Jack McConnell, has been expanding vocational training opportunities by hiring catering students to organise and deliver formal dinners. He said: "(My wife) and I made a...
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Why I support efforts to adopt a US approach to university fundraising
I was privileged to attend a private view of an exhibition on the Legacy of Genghis Khan at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York last November. One of the curators, Stefano Carboni, showed us...
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Keep staff on board
Woe betide the government if it opts to ignore academic opinion in its reforms, says Roger Brown It seems clear that the government's higher education strategy paper will include among its main...
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Regain the right to self-regulate
When it comes to quality assurance, Britain could learn a lot from the US, argues Geoffrey Alderman American InterContinental University last year underwent its decennial "reaffirmation of...
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Personality could open door to med school
Scottish applicants to medical schools are being tested for narcissism, empathy and moral reasoning in a radical project that hopes to transform the admissions process and promote wider access....
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Maggie excuse was just 'bunk'
Sir Edward Heath's protestations that he was never Margaret Thatcher's warmest admirer - often dismissed as pique - are given substance by documents released this week by the Public Record Office...
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Japan set to hit target for foreign student intake
Japan is back on track towards its target of 100,000 international students enrolled at its universities by the start of the 21st century. The ministry of education said that a record high of 95,550...
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Surrey seeks escape from state control
Surrey University could become Britain's first public university to opt out of government control and rely on independent funding. In 2000-01, the university was among the institutions that received...
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'Research will be the victim of higher fees for teaching'
Ministers are to rely on students paying higher fees to force lowly rated research departments to concentrate on teaching. This month's higher education strategy document will force universities to...
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Time to work on the image, Mr Clarke?
Culture minister and self-appointed art critic Kim Howells will have to curb his tongue this time. Just weeks before his colleague Charles Clarke makes clear his vision for the future of higher...
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In the news: Sir Clive Booth
Since relinquishing the helm of Oxford Brookes University in 1997, Clive Booth, knighted in the New Year Honours, has developed an enviable portfolio. It was a relief, he concedes, to leave the day-...
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Employers' view may hold the key to growth
Employers' perceptions of higher education courses in further education colleges compared with universities are to be tested this year in two government-backed research projects. The results are...
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Lemon and lime upsets EastEnders
The strife that plagues the average EastEnders resident might not be far from reality: research shows that one in five people living in the East End does not like anything about the area. Second-year...
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Appointments
* Paul Hunt , director of the University of Essex's Human Rights Centre, who has served on the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights since 1999, has been appointed UN...