The two worlds of science and the humanities are still being pitted against each other. John Carey, Oxford's Merton professor of English literature, has no doubt which is winning. For him, as he...
THURSDAY. To the Scottish Office for the first meeting between the Scottish Trades Union Congress and Michael Forsyth, the new Secretary of State for Scotland. As Scottish Office education minister,...
UNIVERSITY OF WALES COLLEGE OF MEDICINE A personal chair has been awarded to Bryan Williams, reader in the section of rheumatology. Paul Smith, expert adviser to the International Atomic Energy...
The Reverend Moon's mass production of weddings had its equivalent at the recent American Political Science Association conference at Chicago. Adding to the mildly cattleyard feel implicit in any...
An Essex student's human rights database on the Internet has been disrupted during a six-month dispute with his university over control of the information. The university's registrar admits that a...
(Photograph) - Members of Bosnia's Tuzla National Theatre and the Youth Theatre of Tuzla enjoy a break at Kingston University, which offered them accommodation after their aeroplane home was delayed...
The THES Internet Service, THESIS, gets a new look next week. New World-Wide Web pages will bring graphic design and easy navigation to parts of THESIS which were previously text-only. The new look...
Members of lecturers' union Natfhe have voted for industrial action at Merrist Wood agricultural college, Surrey, over plans to make 12 lecturers redundant and appoint lower-paid practical...
Essex University is supporting an oral history project aimed at recording rural life in the county. Steve Hussey, Essex County Council Research Fellow in Local History at the university, is seeking...
Training and Enterprise Councils in England and Wales have made progress in securing jobs for trainees, according to Department of Education and Employment figures to be published this week. The...
Governors of South Bristol College and Brunel College of Arts and Technology are considering a merger of the two institutions, it was announced this week. Union leaders do not expect a merger would...
A 15-year study of haemophiliacs by the Medical Research Council has proved conclusively that HIV is the cause of AIDS. MRC researchers believe the findings will silence critics who have argued that...
The decision to remove the funding of further education colleges in Northern Ireland from local authorities has led to fears of job losses. The 17 colleges will in future be financed directly from...
The Colleges Employers Forum conceded the first round in merger talks last week with the rival Association for Colleges. A joint committee set up to agree terms for the proposed merger was without a...
The TUC voted this week for a Royal Commission on the future of higher education but not without reservations being expressed by Unison, the white collar union. David Triesman, general secretary of...