Lift let down
Long before the single post-16 sector, college chiefs and vice chancellors agree on one thing, the inadequacy of the v-cs' soon-to-be-vacated headquarters. Seeking offices to match his designer...
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Mission statement
Dundee University's vice principal, David Swinfen, recently writing a column in the staff newsletter in the absence of principal Ian Graham-Bryce, dreamed of revolution and a university Jaguar car...
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Charterhouse blues
As we all know - or at least have been told often enough - declining levels of numeracy are the fault of trendy teaching methods. Those who doubt this should note the example of alumnus to be proud...
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Business schools bid for market funding
THE ASSOCIATION of Business Schools will take its campaign for a market-led funding allocation system to Sir Ron Dearing next week, bolstered by new figures which show that the master of business...
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Moser backs loans
SIR CLAUS Moser, chancellor of Keele University, says he sees "no alternative" to the introduction of a full-scale loans system for students to help alleviate the problems of a cash-strapped higher...
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Halls rent rise tops inflation
STUDENTS have been hit by rent rises in halls of residence as universities try to recoup income lost through capital-funding cuts, according to a new report. The National Union of Students survey of...
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Halls rent rise tops inflation
* Student residences have been exempted from a new scheme to regulate landlords, writes Chris Johnston. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has convinced the Government that universities...
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Quality of food creates strain
POOR food and facilities are just two of the problems endured by City University students paying some of the highest hall of residence rents in the country, according to the welfare office. The...
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Top paid v-cs pull ahead
In the third THES top people's pay survey we are able to draw direct comparisons for the first time between pay over two consecutive years, because 1995-96 was the second year in which institutions...
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Treating child sexual abuse as a true crime
NO SINGLE agency should be expected to solve the problem of child sexual abuse, according to a researcher based at Edinburgh University. Sarah Nelson, research fellow in sociology, argues that child...
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Academic aid fails the health service
Financial pressure is causing havoc in university health service units, Harriet Swain discovers. THE departure last month of Eric Caines, Nottingham University's head of health service management,...
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Bacteria eat copper
RESEARCHERS at the University of Abertay Dundee have discovered a new species of bacterium which they believe could help solve a major pollution problem in one of Scotland's key industries. The...
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Language disability key to brain
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who has an IQ of about 130 but consistently fails on a number of simple grammatical tasks may hold the key to understanding how the mind is organised, scientists claim. The boy,...
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Britain takes lead in material world
BRITAIN is set to take the lead in advanced materials science research thanks to a Pounds 842,000 grant from the Higher Education Funding Council. The money, to be matched by cash from Italy, will be...
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Cave cult stirs passions of pre-historians
A DISPUTE between a distinguished archaeologist and a more junior researcher over the significance of an Alpine prehistoric site, the Vallee des Merveilles, is in the courts for the second time. The...