Britain lags behind in language teaching
Foreign language teaching in the United Kingdom has improved little in more than 30 years and is far inferior to that offered by many of our European competitors, a leading linguistics expert has...
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Heavenly metal: Rachel Price
(Photograph) - Heavenly metal: Rachel Price with "fluid vessel", created after master craftsmen Erich Simmerman and Michel Pfister from Germany ran a workshop for students from Sheffield Hallam...
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The profile of a TV Crewe
"Oh yeah, Ivor Crewe - so he's the vice chancellor as well, is he?" A taxi pulling away from Essex University may not be the fairest sample, but most vice chancellors are lucky to be recognised in...
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Going for gold now more of a gamble
A leaked draft of the Bannister report on sports scholarships has confirmed that universities will have to compete for National Lottery money for students. Members of the committee, which is headed...
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Colleges plan to enrol children
School pupils as young as 14 could be enrolled on to the first stage of degree programmes if a radical scheme under discussion in Yorkshire gets the go-ahead. Talks are beginning between further and...
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Training for the last amateur boat race?
(Photograph) - Training for the last amateur boat race? Oxford prepare for the annual boat race against Cambridge tomorrow. This year's race has attracted criticism because of the bursaries offered...
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Physicists gain stronger voice
A deal thrashed out between the Institute of Physics and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council means that physicists should have a greater say in the way the council funds research,...
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Fact famine fuels food panic
The whiff of government secrecy, divisions between departments and hints of a cover-up have been major factors in the creation of food panics in recent years, according to researchers at Glasgow...
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Greenwich nets navy rig
The Government has confirmed that the University of Greenwich will be taking over the Royal Naval College, ending months of specultation over the future of one of Britain's most historic sites. Last...
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Call to bolster industry links
A more formal relationship between industry, public sector research establishments and universities may be necessary if Government attempts to boost interaction between them are to succeed, according...
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Grants plummet
The number of higher education discretionary grants awarded dropped by 71 per cent from 1984 to 1994, and spending on them fell by 81 per cent in real terms, Government figures published this week...
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Oxford overhaul
Oxford University should overhaul its system of government, according to an internally commissioned report. Plans to streamline Oxford's decision-making machinery and bring in more independent...
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Jobs list planned
A new national employment service for lecturers in further education is being launched this week. Nord Anglia Education said it would create a national register offering lecturers increased mobility...
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Middle East accord
Jewish and Palestinian student groups in Britain have issued a joint statement condemning terrorism and committing both sides to the Middle East peace process. The Union of Jewish Students and the...
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Funding threat to health placements
Final-year physiotherapy students may be unable to finish their courses this summer because funding has been withdrawn for their clinical placements. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists has...