Parasites urged to get a profession
ACADEMICS are like parasites, or so says University of East London emeritus professor of psychology John Radford. Addressing the London conference of the British Psychological Society, Professor...
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Exeter down but not out
Exeter University, which on some calculations saw a decline in its overall performance in the RAE, took a disappointed rather than downhearted view. John Inkson, deputy vice chancellor, said that...
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Work is the 'magic' element
There was no "magic secret" to Goldsmiths College's spectacular rise in the institutional rankings in this year's RAE, according to Nikolas Rose, pro-warden (research) and professor of sociology. "We...
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Chemists report a fall in graduate recruits
Graduate recruitment by the chemical industry is heading for a fall this year, according to a survey by the Chemical Industries Association. Firms surveyed said they were expecting to recruit a total...
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Chemical heads slam 'jargon'
Heads of chemical engineering departments say teaching quality assessment of their discipline is riddled with jargon, takes up too much time and is carried out by assessors who do not know enough...
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Research wins legal protection
A Keele University professor has obtained an injunction in the High Court banning the disclosure of confidential research material. The material included documents on Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (...
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Mixed approach
THES reporters look at how departments prepared for and responded to last week's research assessments. APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE: STIRLING 1992 rating: 5 1996 rating: 5* Applied social science at...
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Playing the whole team
THES reporters look at how departments prepared for and responded to last week's research assessments. BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT: WARWICK 1992 rating: 5 1996 rating: 5 "We weren't prepared to mess...
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Gender gap hits economy
Seoul. SOUTH Korea's female high-school students are being encouraged to compete for more places at top universities. The move follows the passing of a Women's Development Law and the acceptance of a...
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War and pieces
(Photograph) - John Buckley from Wolverhampton University is the new WarGaming world champion after finishing on top at the recent International WarGamers Federation world championship in Derby. The...
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Hi-tech library not so new
Paris. PARIS students were among the first readers to queue for the 1,697 seats in the general public's reading rooms of the national library, which opened last week just two months behind schedule....
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Jews seek return of historic manuscripts
A COLLECTION of more than 100,000 Hebrew and Yiddish publications, some dating back to the 17th century, has become the focus of a dispute between the National Library of Lithuania and Jewish...
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Bilingual degrees on offer
Hamburg. GERMAN universities are to establish bilingual degree courses in a bid to make their higher education system more attractive to foreign students. The education ministry will invest DM30...
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States update pacts on degrees
MORE THAN 50 countries are expected to back a new convention on the recognition of higher education qualifications at a diplomatic conference in Lisbon in April. The Council of Europe and Unesco are...
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Malaysia relaxes rules on university entry
THE RURAL poor in Malaysia are expected to be the main beneficiaries of the relaxation of entry requirements to local universities. About 40 per cent of school leavers could go to university...