Letter: Bare truths
I am sure that many people will be impressed by the wit, imagination, originality and learning that a modern university education affords - as evidenced in your photograph (THES, January 19) of...
Search
-
-
Letter: University conflicts of interest
The dismissal of researcher Thanos Mergoupis by the London School of Economics raises troubling questions about academic freedom in the United Kingdom ("Autonomy row hits LSE as sponsor axes research...
-
Letter: University conflicts of interest
In years to come, researchers trying to explain the decline of British universities will probably stumble across a wretched little document titled The Transparency Review . They will then uncover how...
-
Letter: Confused defence
Tom WIlson of Natfhe confuses the defence of national bargaining with defence of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (Readers' reactions, THES, January 19). The UCEA is indefensible....
-
Letter: Burmese Aid
"A light for dark Burmese day" (Feature, THES, January 5) highlighting Burma's education crisis was very welcome. Prospect Burma, a British-based education trust, runs a scholarship programme, part-...
-
Leader: Tories' bold ideas still need to show some substance
The Conservative Party's new higher education policy is a bold and decisive one, and its decision to make it a visible plank of its election platform is welcome. Alongside David Blunkett's Greenwich...
-
Union fury at 'shameless' v-c pay rises
Vice-chancellors have accepted pay rises of more than double the increases they are offering their staff. University heads got an average rise of 6.3 per cent in 1999-2000, about twice the rate of...
-
Next week
NEWS What private money means for universities FEATURES The UK turns a blind eye to malnutrition among refugee children RESEARCH Gauging the risks to soldiers from depleted uranium weapons TEACHING A...
-
Local innovation wins £54m
Research, innovation and training in manufacturing will receive a £54 million boost in the coming year through a new regional innovation fund, Stephen Byers, the trade and industry secretary,...
-
Edinburgh prepares to cut biomedical staff
Edinburgh University biomedical staff are among the first to be targeted in a university-wide restructuring. Biomedical and clinical laboratory sciences will phase out two honours anatomy courses,...
-
Academics scale back industrial action
Industrial action at the University of Northumbria was expected to be scaled down this week as managers ruled out compulsory redundancies. Members of lecturers' union Natfhe had been boycotting...
-
Russian founders as Ustinov Institute folds
The University of Durham is to scrap its Russian degree plus Russian and Central/East European studies as its Russian department, the Ustinov Institute, is merged into the School of Modern European...
-
MSPs want payment threshold to increase
The Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee has questioned the Scottish Executive's proposed £10,000 earnings threshold for graduate endowment payments. In its first report...
-
Blackstone: targets call for 'new tradition'
Education minister Baroness Blackstone has told universities to adopt a "new tradition" to hit government participation targets. At City University on Wednesday, Lady Blackstone said future growth in...
-
Cambridge audit shows staff equality fears
Almost one in three staff at Cambridge University feels unfairly treated, an equal opportunities audit at the university will confirm next week. A third of staff do not regard Cambridge as a good...