Fat is a contentious issue
Richard Klein misses two vital points. One is that in the European context at least, fatness has nearly always been admired in women, not in men; and the other is that extreme fatness and extreme...
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Title fight
The handling of Bolton's application for a university title in 1996/97 (THES, January 24) is entirely in line with Government policy - no special favours and nothing to do with Tory marginals. This...
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How to teach: an old dog, new tricks
I AM ALWAYS impressed by the alacrity with which some newly appointed vice chancellors say they will carry on teaching. Anthony Giddens, incoming director of the London School of Economics, is a...
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Chinese solution to a puzzle
AS A VISITOR to Britain looking at the press, radio and television, one soon notices that China's amazing transformation is hardly reported. Few people are conscious of the huge success of over one...
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Universities split over share-out
THES reporters examine the fall-out from the research assessment exercise now that funding weightings are known FUNDING weightings attached to grades awarded in the latest research assessment...
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Prior options abandoned
THE GOVERNMENT has backed down on plans to privatise research council laboratories. The prior options study, a Government privatisation probe of more than 40 public sector research facilities,...
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Opera woos islands
THE Pavarotti Foundation has proposed setting up a classical music and opera college on the Hebridean island of Eigg. The plan would give the University of the Highlands and Islands project a fillip...
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Citizen soldier
(Photograph) - Citizen soldier: A London student learns to shoot with the University Officers Training Corps. The Government believes in a link between a good education, army discipline and...
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Physics axed
The University of East Anglia has voted to axe its physics degree blaming falling student numbers. The university's senate last week approved the closure of undergraduate courses with no new students...
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NAO call for ombudsman
Swansea scandal prompts action. The National Audit Office has called for the establishment of an ombudsman for higher education after reviewing events which led to "a breakdown in both governance and...
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Dean of art and design at University College Newport is suspended
* The dean of art and design at University College Newport was suspended indefinitely by the governing body this week. Faculty staff sent the college a letter of no confidence in Peter Sayers last...
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Quanca leap for Tate
Schools curriculum advisor Nick Tate is to be chief executive of the new qualifications authority, it was confirmed this week. The Qualifications and National Curriculum Authority will replace the...
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Business chief predicts local, vocational future
Universities would become local vocational training institutions under a higher education model which is expected to hold great sway with Sir Ron Dearing. Chris Humphries, representing the 81...
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Bone of contention
(Photograph) - Bone of contention: half a pint of milk a day keeps the doctor away, or so believe researchers at Sheffield University's centre for human nutrition. They have completed an 18-month...
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Scientists tackle the brain strain
SCIENTISTS from across Europe have announced a collaborative initiative to promote brain research, with mental health problems expected to escalate as we enter the next century. The European Dana...