Languages are threatened by a new perception of them as just a skill for getting a job, says Michael Kelly Few people doubt the value of learning foreign languages. Surveys show that about 85 per...
Socialism has had setbacks in the 25 years since young leftwinger Gordon Brown edited The Red Paper on Scotland . Bob Tait joined a gathering to discuss the way forward. It was, on the face of it, an...
It's high time the UK developed a national policy on marine issues, says Jacqueline McGlade The oceans and seas are of economic and social importance to the United Kingdom: they provide natural...
Hopes that a Labour government would rescue the Office of Science and Technology from the Department of Trade and Industry were diminished yesterday when Labour said that it would only "review" the...
Instead of seizing lifelong learning and developing a stimulating vision for an inclusive, interactive yet excellent higher education system, we seem to be driving down a narrow road obsessed with...
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THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country May 1 1997: Labour elected with 179-...
Any hope of a November Budget handout for industry-led training was dashed this week by Michael Portillo, Secretary of State for Employment. Mr Portillo was responding to criticism from Sir Clifford...
The BSE crisis showed that health has been the missing link in the food chain. Now, writes Tim Lang, it is time for the government to enshrine public wellbeing at the heart of an open policy-making...
As Oxford's latest spin-off seals a deal to exploit asthma research, Kam Patel looks at what business incubation units can do Asthma researchers at Oxford University have entered a deal with...
Greg Dyke, Pearson Television's chief executive, launched Kingston University's Pounds 1 million digital media centre this week with a prediction of massive growth and booming job prospects in the...
Unaccountable, overburdened, outdated -TECs have had their day, writes Julian Gravatt Training and enterprise councils are an idea whose time has gone, and they should be abolished. An innovation of...
I WILL always remember the morning that Leon Brittan resigned from the Cabinet over the Westland affair. It was a marvellous occasion ripe with drama and intrigue. The great, the good and the bag...
Tired of doing research? Why not switch camps and helpdecide who gets the vital funding In universities all over the country, one of the great topics of common-room conversation is the allocation of...
Nancy Rothwell will be the 169th presenter of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures this month. Anthony King, 64, professor in the department of government at Essex University, has been invited to...