So much, by so many, for so little
THE CALLS in the national press to concentrate research funding in a small number of institutions must be resisted if the quality of degrees for the majority of undergraduates is to be maintained. In...
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The F words
The often impenetrable world of educational psychology is not without its lighter moments as shown by a recent report from the Campaign for Learning (page 7). Amid talk of neuro-linguistic...
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Grapevine growl
Glasgow University has been doing its bit for town-gown relations by sending a newsletter, Prospect, to 50,000 neighbouring households. The university management has just received an incandescent...
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So much, by so many, for so little
THE main preoccupation of senior academics, now known as resource managers, seems to be to replace expensive but old-fashioned lecturers, who care about students, with "young lions", who boost the...
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Former faux pas
Yet another consultancy joins the higher education circuit with the formation of NMC and KAY Academic, an offshoot of existing consultants NMC and KAY. No doubt they have plenty of expertise. But was...
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So much, by so many, for so little
THE GRAPHS (THES, December 20) in the "at a glance guide", does not show the University of Portsmouth's "5" research rating in Russian, Slavonic and East European languages. In the HEFCE Circular,...
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Panel head rejects bias claim
ENVIRONMENTAL science heads have attacked their research assessment exercise panel for being "biased" against them. But panel chairman Michael Worthington has dismissed their argument. The assessment...
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Mission admission
The Educational Institute of Scotland is drawing up plans to celebrate its 150th anniversary this year, which it believes makes it the oldest established national teacher association in the world....
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Keegan mania
This week's Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers' annual conference at Exeter University was awash with posters announcing the attractions of population geography, developing...
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Fear diary
Widespread alarm at the Open University as the university diary for 1997 failed to turn up in staff pigeon holes at the normal time. Pessimists mindful of financial worries feared that the non-...
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Trainspotting talent
Alumnus to be proud of No 84 is novelist Irvine Welsh, who rocketed to fame after writing the seminal heroin-addiction novel Trainspotting, which last year spawned the ultra-hip film of the same...
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Tightropes and tricky acts
I am not sure if the dog days of Christmas occur before the new year or after it when those who have not gone back to work wish they had done so and those who have resent those who have not. Either...
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Jobs twist to fees debate
A REPORT showing the growing financial benefits brought by a degree has added more fuel to the great tuition fees debate. The Association of Graduate Recruiters has predicted that job vacancies for...
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Interest raised in balances
MANY universities could achieve higher rates of return on their investments through better cashflow forecasting and a more formal approach to treasury management, according to a report from the three...
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Notre Dame takes over osteopathy school site
THE UNITED STATES University of Notre Dame is expanding its research and teaching in London with a takeover of the British School of Osteopathy's Trafalgar Square premises. Notre Dame will not reveal...