Natfhe action wave
A WAVE of industrial action is spreading through further education as colleges prepare to bite the bullet on funding cuts. Staff at more than a dozen colleges are taking industrial action, according...
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Governors censure ex-head
FORMER Stoke-on-Trent College boss Neil Preston faces accusations of bullying, serious misconduct and wilful neglect of his duties in a damning governors' report. It says that Mr Preston was fired...
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Yeovil set to strike
LECTURERS at Yeovil College have passed a vote of no confidence in principal Richard Atkins and are set to strike over new contracts. Natfhe members are angry at the imposition of the contracts by Mr...
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Child data centre for Glasgow
The United Nations convention on the rights of the child is the most ratified human rights convention in the world. But intention and reality do not always coincide. The UN has criticised the United...
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Awards rivals trade blows over standards
A feud between two overseas education providers has been condemned by the British Council as "very bad for British education", writes Phil Baty. Alastair Somerville Ford, chief executive of the...
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Freemasons fume as Queen's bans jamboree
Queen's University, Belfast, has become embroiled in a row after cancelling a Freemason's dinner. Members of the two reported Masonic lodges at Queen's claim they have been "scapegoated" by the...
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Ulster in contract change rumpus
STAFF at Ulster University Business School have accused the university of denying them basic employment rights after attempts to implement new contracts for all fixed-term contract staff, writes Phil...
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Lottery breeds 'gambling free-for-all'
CRIES for help to Gamblers Anonymous in the Northwest have risen by 61 per cent since the National Lottery started in November 1994, according to a study at Manchester Metropolitan University. Ken...
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Are nose rings subversive?
IS THE popularity of body piercing merely the latest fashion or does it represent, as some sociologists believe, something more sinister? Once the preserve of pop stars and fairground workers, body...
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Red alert over red light debate
THINKING of prostitution as a normal job does not empower the prostituted women, as some sociologists suggest, and could be counter-productive in debates over legalising the practice, researchers at...
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Maths high fliers rare in engineering ranks
ENGINEERING students are either downhillers, haters, ambivalents or high-fliers when it comes to studying maths, say researchers at Warwick University. Husband and wife team Chris and Vivienne Shaw...
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Sensor implant to measure sugar in blood
A BIOCHEMICAL sensor that can be implanted under the skin could soon free diabetics from the routine of checking their blood sugar levels. The team of researchers at Manchester University led by ?...
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Scottish establishment stifles entrepreneurs
SCOTS may not be so canny when it comes to fostering entrepreneurial spirit, according to the Economic and Social Research Council. Mike Danson, professor of economics at Paisley University, blames...
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Tree frog's opiate better than morphine
A SOUTH American tree frog may hold the key to a new form of painkiller 200 times more powerful than morphine, but without the side effects, researchers at Leicester University have said. John...
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Britons are 'slaves to the steering wheel'
BRITONS are becoming "slaves to the steering wheel" and the Government's measures to cut car dependency are "pitiable" according to research from the Open University. The average household's weekly...