Twigging on to modern art
(Photograph) - Twigging on to modern art: Tim Pugh, artist in residence at Nottingham Trent University, gathers material for his latest work, which he plans to use in mosaic form on the floor of the...
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A real knock-out
Alumni to be proud of no 5: credit for Neill Cream, the Lambeth poisoner also regarded by some commentators as an outside candidate for the role of Jack the Ripper, was shared by St Thomas' Hospital...
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Overload
Phone call from the Association of University Teachers: "Could I fax you with details of our new Internet service?"
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Blood transfusion
Stirling University had the excitement of hosting Sunday's premi re of Braveheart, the biopic of Scottish patriot William Wallace. The sight of a galaxy of stars, including Mel Gibson in full...
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Creche course
The tiny tots of Nottingham University mature students had a surprise at the launch of a day nursery this week. There to join them was vice chancellor Colin Campbell. The university says he was there...
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Guess again
Elections expert David Butler's dictum that "experts are no more likely to make accurate predictions, they just get them wrong for more sophisticated reasons" works just as well on the other side of...
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Split winnings
Those who claim the binary line has simply been redrawn between higher and further education will have their suspicions confirmed by the latest grants from the National Lottery. Glasgow University,...
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Doctor course to relieve pressure
Keele University's school of postgraduate medicine is pioneering a degree aimed at prospective consultants in the health service. Brian McGuinness, head of the school's centre for primary health care...
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Greek names tagged
A dusty loft in Oxford's strangest college, All Souls, is where the whacky but worthwhile Lexicon of Greek Personal Names was born more than 20 years ago. Things have moved on and upwards since then...
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Going, going, gong
Sturdy realism still rules among United States academics - at least among the older members of the profession. Overheard in Chicago at the American Political Studies Association meeting was the...
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Travelling blight
No contest for the unluckiest participant at the Montreal conference - the antipodean historian whose 30-hour journey to Canada became a 52-hour calvary following a series of airline glitches....
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V-c award
"After the way he organised and ran his session, he is probably going to end up as a vice chancellor" was one participant's comment on a British panel organiser at the International History Congress...
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OSTracised
One event looks set to be cancelled at next week's annual British Association jamboree - a debate on whether the Office of Science and Technology should have been merged into the Department of Trade...
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Government teacher training scheme hits trouble
A Government programme launched this week to promote teaching as a career has been condemned as too little, too late, by teacher training heads. The new Teacher Training Agency unveiled plans for a...
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Lifelong learning green paper in offing
The Government is preparing to publish a "lifelong learning" green paper which will explore new approaches to supporting adult and continuing education and training. The paper, which was originally...