Bloomsbury grouping set fair for millennium
The British Museum has edged closer to its cherished aim of housing its collections in one location after receiving Pounds 8.1 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Elaine Williams reports. The...
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The fat controllers
Calorie-free crisps and tasty vegetables will one day make society slimmer and food industry profits fatter. But are they safe? Aisling Irwin reports. Picture the fat American, that stereotype in...
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Accusations fly in Flick gift fiasco
Oxford University fundraising could suffer following the public debacle over the controversial Flick professorship. University spokesmen say that the sudden decision by Gert-Rudolf Flick, grandson of...
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Research cash only for elite
The leading British academies have called for the dissolution of the sacrosanct link between research and teaching. They warn that it is the only way to avoid the demise of university research. In a...
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Bomb threatens Florida exams
Despite the arrest of the alleged Unabomber, who mail-bombed colleges and professors, universities in the United States are continuing to treat the threat of campus terrorism with extreme gravity....
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Fungi happening at the forum
An estimated 1.5 million species of fungi could greatly benefit medicine, industry and pollution control, according to the British Mycological Society, which held its centenary symposium at Sheffield...
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'Racist' IQ book withdrawn
A major publisher made the unprecedented move of withdrawing a book the day before publication this week following controversial comments by its author about IQ and race. A statement from Wiley said...
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Brian Fender
(Photograph) - Enough is enough: Brian Fender, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England told gloomy vice chancellors this week at the council's annual conference in Telford...
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V-c's FE appointment fuels merger talk
Further education's top job is to go to David Melville, vice chancellor of Middlesex University, who will take over as chief executive of the Further Education Funding Council, writes Alison Utley....
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Pay may depend on profit
Profit-related pay was seized on by more than 80 universities this week as a formula which could save jobs while answering academics' dem-ands for above-inflation salary rises. A "significant number...
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Outsiders need a leg-up
More funding council intervention may be needed if non-traditional students, such as those from poorer backgrounds, are not to be squeezed out of higher education, according to a new report. The...
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Graduate debts jump by third in a year
Graduate debt has jumped by nearly a third in one year with former students owing an average of Pounds 3,000, according to the latest Barclays Bank survey. The bank found that graduates, surveyed in...
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Internet news
Audio has arrived on THESIS, The THES Internet Service, as part of our coverage of last week's Tucson II conference on consciousness (page 7). The service also includes details of the contents of...
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Kirk out for hard-up Scotties
Increasing student hardship has contributed to a dramatic 40 per cent drop in the number of candidates applying to train for the ministry, the Church of Scotland believes. The committee on education...
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Elite profit from expansion
Massive expansion in further and higher education has failed to produce a significant widening of participation among non-traditional learners, according to a new discussion paper. The National...