Dearing needs to ensure equal support
Stella Parker and Richard Taylor plead for the needs of all in continuing education to be met The Universities Association for Continuing Education welcomes the Dearing committee's central commitment...
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A moderniser who couldn't modernise
As new Labour prepares for its first post-election conference the lives of two old Labourites are to be published. Brian Brivati to Kenneth Morgan about Jim Callaghan Being a vice chancellor was...
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Crumbs of comfort
Dozens of Britons have died in recent years from contaminated foods. Philip James was asked by Labour to set out how an independent agency might safeguard the standard of our food and restore public...
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The ins and outs of our ancestors
Out of Africa or Out of Asia? A bitter row is raging about the origin of our species. Ayala Ochert reports Of the many lessons that could be learned from the O. J. Simpson trial, there is one we can...
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Sugar and Spice and all things not so nice
Little girls hold a unique place in the culture - both adored and the object of more sinister attentions - but little study has been made of the phenomenon, argues Valerie Walkerdine The brutal...
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Money can be better spent
NO What will Welsh devolution mean for higher education? Derec Llwyd Morgan and Nicholas Bourne disagree THE White Paper proposes a directly elected Assembly to assume responsibility for policies and...
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Assembly will stir real change
YES What will Welsh devolution mean for higher education? Derec Llwyd Morgan and Nicholas Bourne disagree THE Government's White Paper on its proposals for a Welsh assembly states simply that "a...
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Woodhead's opponents
ROGER Murphy: dean of education at the University of Nottingham, and last year's president of the British Educational Research Association. Professor Murphy sparked the response to the Woodhead camp...
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Record contract:Computer Books
The University of London Computing Centre and the University of London Library have won the major contract for the Public Record Office's digital archive project, which promises improved access to...
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Teachnology:Computer Books
Educationists and computing specialists at the University of Huddersfield are launching a culture-crossing MSc programme in multimedia and education this month.
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V-cs bank on cash boost
VICE CHANCELLORS have no fall-back plans if ministers fail to come up with more cash for higher education by the end of the year, it emerged this week. In one of the last chances to influence funding...
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Fears of university money troubles
Fears of university money troubles next year were fuelled this week by news from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service of an overall increase in student numbers. UCAS was expecting an...
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Yes vote threat to Ron's vision
WELSH voters will be asked next week to back devolution proposals which jeopardise a pioneering approach to funding strongly endorsed in the Dearing report on the future of higher education. Sir Ron...
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Radioactive alert at Royal Holloway
THE Environment Agency has ordered Royal Holloway College to stop accumulating radioactive waste on its campus at Egham, Surrey. An enforcement notice was issued after a routine inspection last month...
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CBI urges tardy companies to get hitched
The Confederation of British Industry has redoubled efforts to encourage reluctant firms into research partnerships with universities. This week, in partnership with the Department of Trade and...