Two sides of the argument
THES reporters round up some of the latest industrial tribunal cases in universities and colleges A lecturer sacked for gross misconduct after allegations of sexual misconduct has appealed to...
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Two sides of the argument
THES reporters round up some of the latest industrial tribunal cases in universities and colleges Wakefield College said this week it was facing a compensation bill of up to Pounds 300,000 following...
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Euro sex change
Eurosceptics have long doubted the accuracy of statistics emanating from Brussels. Evidence has now emerged of a possible scam to boost the numbers of senior women in higher education. John Sizer,...
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Pregnant pause
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals has begun a travelling roadshow promoting best practice in widening access, based on 11 examples from England, four from Scotland and one from Wales....
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Car plant
Antithesis's spring jaunt to Japan last week revealed one of the problems of a snappy title for a new project. Masanori Iye, director of the Pounds 160 million Subaru telescope, which the National...
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Howlers invited
"After five years she returned Hardy's ring, which hit him very hard." Just as surely as deluged bank holidays, crisis at Manchester City and worries about sterling, comes the examination season, and...
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Dress minister
Delayed flights from a promotional trip to the United States meant Scottish education minister Brian Wilson had a wild dash from the airport to speak at a Scottish Office-Scottish Higher Education...
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Bad Will
Alumnus to be proud of No 172 has won plaudits for intelligence and creativity as an England rugby player. Unfortunately, Will Greenwood was caught using his head in a less constructive manner -...
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Ofsted style is set for the dustbin
Quality watchdogs are expecting to win support for a new quality assurance system that avoids Ofsted-style inspections. They say higher education leaders are showing signs of backing plans that would...
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Trouble in store for new quality regime
The Quality Assurance Agency could find itself in conflict with the new Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, a former quality chief has warned, writes Tony Tysome. In a paper...
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Art rises to time's challenge
Artists at the London Institute and physicists at Cern, Europe's particle-smashing laboratory in Geneva, plan to collaborate to bring the mysteries of time and the sub-atomic world to the public. Ken...
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Appointments
Northern School of Contemporary Dance Sharon Donaldson, former dancer with Spiral and Extemporary and Phoenix Dance and choreographer, has joined the teaching staff. Noticeboard is compiled by Lynne...
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West by north-east
JANET bandwidth to North America doubles this month, with 45Mbps new capacity from Teleglobe. Their cable comes ashore at Redcar, the Teesside resort famed for its against-the-odds tourist marketing.
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Cern leader prepares for top UCL post
Chris Llewellyn Smith, the head of Cern, will see in the millennium with what his predecessor calls the "best job in British higher education". Professor Llewellyn Smith will take over as provost of...
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MRC reveals grants
The winners of the Medical Research Council's cooperative grants have been announced. The grants, proposed last May as part of a reorganisation of MRC awards, are designed to foster collaboration...