Prodigies and their university teachers
Too young, too far, too fast? Ruth Lawrence, probably the best-known young university entrant, now has a year-long research and teaching post at Givat Ram University in Jerusalem. It is the first...
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The use of theory in a postgraduate thesis
For good or bad, theory seems to be what is always somewhere else - what is outside one's discipline, on the continent, to be imported or kept at bay. Anthropology was somewhere else for me; I came...
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MRes gets go-ahead
A masters degree by research (MRes) has received a government go-ahead following trials by four research councils over the past three years. There are some 250 students studying for the degree on...
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Chairs
University of Northumbria at Newcastle Professorships: Jan Reed, reader in nursing research; Barbara Hudson, senior lecturer in the division of sociology. Visiting professorships: Finlay Graham,...
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A success story that may never be told
Fear of rising costs is blamed for deterring mature students from university. THES investigates. FOR Melissa Coward, entering higher education is an opportunity to get into a profession after working...
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Grants
University of Wales, Bangor Charities Professor R. Thorpe, Pounds 84,350 from Leverhulme Trust (snake venom evolution); Dr M. Lehane, Pounds 126,5 from the Wellcome Trust (functional domains in...
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Appointments
Ruskin College, Oxford Jim Durcan, management consultant, academic and Labour Party supporter, has been appointed principal of the college and will take up his post on Monday (February 16). The...
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The high price of family endeavour
Fear of rising costs is blamed for deterring mature students from university. THES investigates. Jenny Le Gear is facing the prospect of having to abandon her hopes of entering higher education so...
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Academics dust down theology for a new age
BRITAIN needs a new theology for a new age, according to 34 academics who have signed up to the idea. Churches must respond to changing public needs and be seen to be in touch with contemporary...
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Cost forces out over-25s
A SHARP drop in the number of mature students applying for higher education cast a shadow this week over the government's claims that its policies will not jeopardise lifelong learning. Figures from...
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Ghost story
(Photograph) - Ghost story: students at Worcester College of Higher Education made ghosts, ghouls and body bags the theme of their Friday 13 protests against tuition fees. Across the country students...
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Oxford in the red by 2005 if nothing changes
OXFORD University will go into the red in a few years under current policies and trends, according to financial maps from a team of management consultants. Oxford's 1995-96 surplus of Pounds 7.6...
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Access students flounder later
Fear of rising costs is blamed for deterring mature students from university. THES investigates. A long-term study of the pioneering Scottish Wider Access Programme has found a "mismatch of culture"...
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Aid to help Asian fallout
SOME universities are freezing overseas fees or creating bursaries to try to ease the plight of students hit by the financial crisis in South-east Asia. Heriot-Watt - with 490 overseas students,...
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Job prospects poorer for the over-25s
MATURE students gain better degrees than their younger peers, but are more likely to be jobless after graduation, a study has found. An analysis by the Higher Education Statistics Agency shows that...