Ear to the ground
And the Universtiy of Oxford also deserves a pat on the back for omitting nothing in its painstaking construction of a How not to get Planning Permission case-study for its new business school. The...
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Cut and thrust
Alumnus to be proud of No 87 is that great patron of the shipbuilding industry Michael Portillo, whose recognition of the job and trade-creating possibilities of state expenditure came in the same...
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NUS takes a neutral stand
THERE WILL be no 1997 equivalent of the National Union of Students controversial Target 70 campaign, focused on marginal seats at 1992's general election. Accused then of partisanship by the...
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Troubled Trent builds bridge for aid
A TROUBLED further education college has reached out to other local institutions for help. Kevin Farrell, chairman of governors at Stoke-on-Trent College, has requested a meeting next month with...
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Tax dodge robs students of vote
STUDENTS may be robbing themselves of the chance to vote in a misguided attempt to avoid paying council tax. Although students are exempt from paying the tax, a conflict arises for those who share a...
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Citizenship is not just cricket, teachers warn
Michael Portillo believes that military discipline and good citizenship go hand in hand. But Carol Nahra finds that teacher trainers are not so sure No political party wants to be seen to be ignoring...
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Tate stokes toe treading fears
Nick Tate was ushered into perhaps the most powerful job in British education this week. With an ominous flutter of red tape, Dr Tate was offered the role as chief executive of the new all-...
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Teens show some team spirit
The Government's bid to encourage military training for all teenagers has drawn attention to the role of cadets in higher education. Every year the army tries, principally at freshers' events, to...
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Ulster teaches nurses to keep cool in a disaster
The sinking of the Estonia passenger ship, the Kobe earthquake, the Manchester bombing, refugees in the former Yugoslavia, flooding in Bangladesh: the list of recent natural and man-made disasters...
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Biomedical research relies on begging bowl
Charities are now funding more than twice as many biomedical research papers in the United Kingdom as the Government-funded Medical Research Council. Joe Anderson, head of the unit for policy...
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Husbands and wives climb the ladder together
Marriage and the job. Equal opportunities Rebecca Dobash, professor of social research in the department of social policy and social work at the University of Manchester, and her husband Russell...
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Awards
Institute of Physics Glazebrook Medal and Prize: Alexander Donachie, dean of the faculty of science at University of Manchester, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the organisation of...
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Chairs
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UMIST has appointed Margaret Bruce, senior lecturer, to the chair in design management and marketing in the textiles department....
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Marriage and the job
As competition torecruit scholars hots up, universities are increasingly offering jobs to star names. Sometimes their spouses come along too. Simon Midgley reports, and (right) two couples talk about...
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Pillar of tolerance
Muslim writer Fadia Faqir tells Kate Worsley how watching Lawrence of Arabia inspired her to write about the plight of Islamic women Fadia Faqir is suffering from "what we at Durham call fresher's...