Hatton head resigns
The director of Newcastle University's Hatton Gallery resigned six weeks before the gallery was targetted for closure, in protest at the university's "stonewalling tactics", writes Alison Utley. Art...
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Eastern facts
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses * There are 23 universities and colleges with higher education provision. There are 39...
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Peterboro' to get own university
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses Peterborough should have its own university by next year, the local Training and...
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Maths days numbered
THE University of Northumbria could become the first large higher education institution to scrap its pure mathematics degree. It has reviewed its academic provision as part of a "rebalancing exercise...
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Virtual Gallery 97
The THES will open a virtual gallery of students' artwork during the summer vacation. Art schools are invited to submit up to ten images with written details, preferably on diskette or other storage...
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VR field trips come step closer
Edinburgh University has added to its multi-site campus with a virtual environment centre which could lead to students going on virtual reality field trips and carrying out virtual reality surgery....
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Manual staff underpaid overstressed and ignored
MARIE Conlan takes home Pounds 68 a week from her cleaning job at the United Kingdom's biggest non-collegiate university. The 30,000-student Manchester Metropolitan University pays Mrs Conlan Pounds...
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A-level reform on hold as ministers disagree
Reform of the A-level system has been put on hold for at least a year to allow wider consultation, education and employment minister Baroness Blackstone confirmed this week. It is understood that...
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Unions unite to fight role analysis
THE COUNTRY's two largest lecturing unions have joined forces in a bid to sink a new staff role analysis scheme. The Association of University Teachers and lecturers' union Natfhe agreed last Friday...
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Students clueless about SMEs, and vice versa
Small firms discriminate against graduates in the job market, a study by Huddersfield University for Wakefield Training and Enterprise Council has revealed. Despite the fact that the "small and...
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Health warning on science policy formulae
Scientists must get more involved in issues of science policy if the health of European science is to be safeguarded, says Sir Dai Rees, president of the European Science Foundation. In his president...
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Art expert takes sour view of Royal Holloway
A FINE art expert from the BBC's Antiques Roadshow is suing a University of London college, claiming more than Pounds 200,000 in damages relating to alleged unpaid commission for the sale of a...
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Brian Wilson gets Gaelic
Brian Wilson, the Scottish Office minister for education and industry, has been given special responsibility for Gaelic in a pioneering Government initiative. Mr Wilson has championed Gaelic...
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Orlando Figes
In the High Court last week, The THES apologised to the author and historian Orlando Figes over an article published on May 2, "Plagiarise. . . only be sure to call it research." The article referred...
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Outrage over ALF squeeze
Many of England's most successful further education colleges, already reeling after last week's college funding allocations, are facing further cuts as the deadline was set this week to create a...