Knight of the false table
Peter Knight's table of funding per part-time student (THES, February 16) is based on false comparisons. He correctly points out that the volume measure for part-time students treats a two-hour-per-...
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Welcome from the shadows
Labour is looking forward to it, says Bryan Davies. Earlier this week Labour welcomed the Government's announcement of a fundamental review of higher education. We were consulted privately over its...
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Mergers, marriages and unions
Your leader identifies well the problems created by the failure to unify the two parts of the higher education service, even though the historical origin of the separation is clear. There is, however...
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Mergers, marriages and unions
In August of this year, University College Salford, whose staff are represented by Natfhe, will merge with the University of Salford, whose academic staff are members of AUT. Although there have been...
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Mergers, marriages and unions
Natfhe has had a long-standing policy in favour of a united education union in post-16 education. Confederation groups meet regularly and successfully in many regions, including East Midlands. With...
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Black universities to gain from cash boost
South African universities and technikons are set to receive a massive 23.25 per cent boost in funding following a decision by education minister Sibusiso Bengu to reverse a decade-long slide in real...
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Mergers, marriages and unions
Effective representation of higher education staff is indeed essential in these challenging times (THES leader, February 16). The central issue in building greater unity is what structures among...
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Adapt to survive in formidable form
We do not need to make great speeches in order to understand the importance of lifelong education and training: a simple glance around at the world will suffice. Take the workplace, for example,...
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Diggers accused of grave robbery
Attempts by Israel's religious political parties to increase their influence over archaeological digs have been checked following pressure from Shimon Peres's leftwing coalition partners. Moves had...
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Secret of the bone cave unearthed
Archaeologists had a field day when they found remains of the oldest Europeans in Spain, but in Israel they are in trouble. Discoveries that change understanding of human evolution are a rare...
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Paris campus in asbestos risk
Asbestos contamination at the Paris university campus of Jussieu requires Pounds 100 million to fix and despite official recognition of the urgency, the French government is dragging its feet....
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Exploits of an oil-slick spotter
An oil-slick tracker invented by a Southampton University scientist had its baptism by fire this week when it was called into action in the clean-up operation involving stricken tanker Sea Empress...
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Words via the dragon
Disabled students are receiving top priority at the University of Luton thanks to a new centre equipped with the latest technology. The Disability Assessment Centre cost Pounds 108,000 to set up,...
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A bitter cuppa for lecturers
As controller of lecturers' teaching performance, Stephen Bretschneider, head of administration at Hamburg's smallest university, had few friends. So when his dead body was discovered by a hapless...
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Rectors accused of freemason link
Italian universities, already staggering under scores of corruption investigations, now face the charge that half of all rectors are freemasons and that the semi-secret international Catholic...