Strike threat sets up national talks
A threatened industrial dispute at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen is likely to precipitate national talks on conditions of service next month. The University Lecturers' Association of the...
Search
-
-
Cuba to rejoin the fold
Education ministers of Spanish-speaking countries meeting in Quito, Ecuador, have accepted a membership application from Cuba to join the Andres Bello Agreement. The agreement, established 25 years...
-
Sex codes for safe conduct
The problems that arise when academics exercise their power and authority in the bedroom rather than the lecture theatre has led a growing number of universities in Australia and New Zealand to...
-
Coffins lift lid on logo mania
Squeezed by higher costs and lower subsidies, an increasing number of universities and colleges in the United States are raising money by overseas sales of some of their most valuable assets: their...
-
English becomes passport to entry
Would-be students at Auckland University may have to prove their competence in English language before they can enrol. The university has been concerned for some time about the standard of English of...
-
Ruttgers closes on student loan interest bill
German education minister Jurgen Ruttgers's controversial plan to charge interest on student loans has moved a step closer to victory after being accepted by the federal cabinet. The reform would...
-
Red tide floods campus
Communism is making a comeback among university teachers in Russia as the party's strong showing in this month's elections is reflected in growing support among a formerly privileged section of...
-
Open and shut case of the arts faculty
Oporto opened the doors of its supermodern university arts faculty this month only to close them for a week - a postponement of the academic year paralleled only during Portugal's revolution against...
-
Case of survival of the sceptical
If you enjoy a challenge, Santa Clarke's budget decisions for higher education must have been good news. A 12 per cent cut in income over three years, cuts in equipment and student grants, less...
-
Choice of freedom or mediocrity
Nineteen ninety-six is going to be the year when the universities either break for freedom or settle for tutelage and mediocrity. Graeme Davies, lately chief executive of the Higher Education Funding...
-
New year wishes... John Akker
My education policy goal for 1996 is a vibrant high quality service with a genuine commitment to expanding access. The restoration of a partnership to achieve this should be the theme for all....
-
New year wishes... David Blunkett
It is vital that our country moves beyond the artificial divisions between vocational and academic achievement. In the European year of lifelong learning, we can begin the task in schools and...
-
Can-do culture gone bad
I refer to your editorial concerning the Nolan committee's inquiry (THES, December 15). The internal and external accountability of university managers have become dangerously attenuated, with the...
-
New year wishes... David Triesman
My aspiration for a higher education policy advance in 1996 is to find a political party with a higher education policy. That means a policy which determines how big the learning and research task is...
-
New year wishes... Ruth Gee
For too long further education has been stitched-up. Now we must do the stitching. And we can do it by realising the rhetoric of the "seamless robe", for too long a phrase and an inspiration. This...