Passionless pair fail to inspire
Loughborough's election candidates are pushing hard to win over the 10,000 students eligible to vote in the run-up to May 1. The seat is held by the Conservatives. But following boundary changes, the...
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Margaret Simey signs the nomination papers of Louise Ellman
(Photograph) - Margaret Simey, a 91-year-old former suffragette, was among four generations of women to sign the nomination papers of Louise Ellman as Labour candidate for Liverpool Riverside on...
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Labour hopes for upset
With more than 3,000 students and academics on the voting roll, and the Conservatives defending a majority of 2,969 over Labour at the last election, it is easy to see why the Association of...
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LSE don beats Bryan Davies to last Labour seat
Ross Cranston, professor of law at the London School of Economics and former adviser on legal matters to Neil Kinnock, has been chosen as Labour candidate for Dudley North. His rivals included Bryan...
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University of Wales backs Welsh assembly
The Court of the University of Wales has endorsed the creation of a Welsh assembly as "an important extension of democracy" for Wales. The motion, whose backers included Derec Llwyd Morgan, vice...
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Election wish-lists eat into lottery loot
Two Scottish economists have warned that the election promises of extra money for good causes through the National Lottery is threatened by public spending pressures. Stephen Bailey and Stephen...
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Scots think tank takes long look at policy
As political debate focuses on the increasingly short timescale of the election, a Scottish think tank is promoting a ten-year perspective for education policy. The education and training commission...
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V-c applauds Labour's work and learn plan
Labour's plan for a University for Industry has been welcomed by Sir John Daniel, vice chancellor of the Open University. Sir John said it was "a timely development, emphasising the power of...
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Local councils beat path to new minister's door
The Local Government Association, representing 130 councils, and the Further Education Funding Council, will be pressing whoever becomes minister for further and higher education after the election...
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Hair and taxes evade trimming
Seats of learning:THES reporters profile the key constituencies around the country where the votes of academics and students can make a crucial difference to the outcome of the election THE...
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Industry boss slates engineers rethink
THE ENGINEERING Council has been told to "go back to square one" with its review of engineering training and qualifications by the director general of the Engineering Employers Federation. Called...
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Students prefer bar to rally
THE FOCUS of students' lives has moved from the classroom to halls of residence, bars and clubs, according to a survey of students' lives and attitudes from the 1960s to the present. The size of...
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Robodon: machines may become more intelligent than man, says Kevin Warwick
(Photograph) - Robodon: machines may become more intelligent than man, says Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading University. Accompanied by his thinking dwarf robots, Professor Warwick...
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Teaching in decline, says study
EVIDENCE that undergraduate teaching is being damaged by the powerful research culture of British universities is emerging from new studies. Ian McNay, head of the centre for higher education...
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Euro threat to budgets
MORE money could be drained from further education on top of the crippling cuts to next year's budgets after a ruling by the European Court of Justice. It could mean that organisations, including...