On the trail of travellers
A researcher from the University of the West of England, Julie Wilson, is jetting off to Bangkok - to research backpacking. Ms Wilson, who is based in the faculty of the built environment, is...
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Bricks and mortar board
Alan Howarth, the former Tory education minister who crossed the floor to join Labour in 1995, last week pointed out some of the benefits of the research assessment exercise. Speaking in Westminster...
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Any other skills?
Advertisements for the next director of the London School of Economics appeared last week. Headhunters Heidrick and Struggles are leading the quest to identify candidates and have specified that "...
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More to bars than beer
Coventry University student Stephen Brookes has been commissioned to create a series of radio programmes on pub culture. As part of his final-year media project for a degree in communication, culture...
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Quiet campaigning
An unfortunate incident occurred at last week's conference on the employability of non-traditional students. Colin Biggs, head of education consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was obviously proud...
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Universities are key in move to capitalist core
Andrzej Kozminski calls for a change in the state's role from owner of higher education to policy-maker Under authoritarian regimes, universities played a key role in preparing for transformation....
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Why I think consistency is not always a virtue
Shock, horror. What is the world coming to? A group of researchers from the universities of North London and Surrey have discovered that not every academic gives the same mark for a student's essay....
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Financial freedom will cost
If universities gain independence, it will be the poor who lose out, argues Gill Evans The Russell Group has been making play with the idea of becoming independent of state control for some time. Now...
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Corruption of quality
An obsession with monitoring is destroying higher education, argues Stephen Prickett In March 2001, along with several thousand others, I received a corrupt offer in the form of a letter from an...
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Update: 12:40
Spending review date to be announced next week The date of the comprehensive spending review is to be announced next week, Robin Cook confirmed to the House of Commons yesterday. He told Tory former...
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Government urged to ditch Capita after ILA failure
MPs have urged the government to abandon Capita in the development of new individual learning accounts after the company's "appalling failures" in delivering the first scheme. Capita won a £50...
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Lecturers told to get real-world job skills
Lecturers should spend time in the "real" world of work to learn the practical skills they need to teach job-seeking students. Too many lecturers have spent most or all their working lives in academe...
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Cambridge plans diluted
Cambridge University has backed down on proposals to increase the number of signatories needed to force a ballot at Regent House from ten to 50. The change was proposed by the university earlier this...
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Makeover for degree at TVU
Foundation degrees for hairdressers, beauticians and aromatherapists will be offered next year under plans being developed by Thames Valley University. The university is developing an applied...
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Medics' funding future healthy
A reorganisation of the funding of medical, nursing and other healthcare students will bring stable funding and long-term investment to many new universities - but medics fear that it will also mean...