Breeding ground for governors
As party conference season approaches, Alan Thomson and Huw Richards look at student politicians of past, present and future and examine the impact of mass education on politics In 1992, a fifth of...
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Students run riot on campus
Conflict between rival student groups at the University of Natal in South Africa has caused chaos, with running battles with each other and the police. The protests were sparked by unhappiness on the...
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Wrong answer for HE
One of the reasons why reform of student support arrangements has had so little priority in recent years can be found in The THES's interview with Education and Employment Secretary, Gillian Shephard...
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Why fallibilism is wrong for maths
Paul Ernest contrasts absolutism in mathematics with fallibilism and tries to convince us that the latter is acceptable (THES, September 6). Towards the end he denies any expectation of converting...
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Under an international microscope
In the first of an occasional series on academic lives, Chris Johnston asks postgraduate students from overseas what they think about studying in Britain. * JANE POTTER Jane Potter, 30, of California...
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Pounds 5.8 billion
Vice chancellors say the universities will be Pounds 5.8 billion in the red by 2005/06. They want to get the money from students - but it may not be that easy. Vice chancellors were warned this week...
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Chance lost to cash in on UK training
British businesses are boosting the number of employees receiving formal on-the-job and off-the-job training in a bid to close the skills gap with rival international companies, according to a...
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Future faces
(Photograph) - Former student politician Jeremy Browne (left) is a prospective parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats and John Bercow is a PPC for the Conservatives. Jim Murphy has gone...
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Masters abroad cash cut
Malaysia has cut the cash available to its university teachers who want to register for a masters course at foreign universities, Geoff Scott writes. Many senior academics believe that removing the...
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Blind alley in Parma
The danger universities may be heading into if they wait on Government action is nicely illustrated by the report on access to higher education, which being considered at a Council of Europe meeting...
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Cornish clots on the A30
Your article entitled "Physical versus organic growth" (THES, September 13) hits the nail on the head when you point out that Exeter's so-called "Cornwall Initiative" is being pushed "despite the...
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Academic Sherlock Holmeses aid detectives
A university department dedicated to busting violent crime has become the focus of attention for police forces in the United Kingdom and abroad which are turning to academic sleuths to capture...
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Courses require a degree of meditation
Students considering enrolling at a new residential college run by the Maharishi Foundation, which promotes transcendental meditation, were told this week to get as much impartial information as...
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Winging it
A heart-rending moment at last week's British Association meeting in Birmingham was provided by Gordon McGregor Reid of Chester Zoo, as he showed a picture of the last passenger pigeon, now extinct...
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Report says British 'best for value'
British universities and colleges offer value for money compared with some of their main international competitors, a study has found. Average course fees charged to overseas students by Britain...