To Sir with love
If you want a knighthood certain careers are clearly recommended - High Court judge, senior civil servant and Tory MP among them. If you only want people to think you have one, running part of London...
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Take note
However, the council has still not got the niceties of corporate life sorted out. A memo on noticeboards about the correct name for the thing says that the full name must be used or abbreviated to...
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Plans endanger BEng
Heads of engineering departments fear that proposals by the Engineering Council to raise entry levels for honours degrees could devastate BEng courses. The Engineering Council document Competence and...
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Banks on it
Maybe student life in the 1960s was all it was cracked up to be. Tony Banks MP, on his time as an undergraduate at York: "It was a time when the number of times one could get laid was exceeded only...
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Small chance
The National Lottery Charities Board suggested a list of good causes that might be worthy of its handouts, and asked 8,000 charities and voluntary organisations to vote on them. Their votes mirrored...
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Human biology
An initiation ceremony by a drinking club at Imperial College has provoked the college's disapproval. Last term naked young men did a "quad run" near the biology department. Contrary to the rules...
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Spanish custom
Fresh in the bookshops in Spain, the latest from right-wing historian Ricardo de las Ciervas, much given to angry assaults on the inaccuracies allegedly committed by others. First off in this volume...
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Merger creates training chances
Two of Britain's top accountancy bodies are considering merger plans which will lead to the creation of new training routes into the profession. The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and...
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Lecturers' pay talks are running into overtime
Talks at Acas on solving the college lecturers' contracts dispute were expected to continue late into yesterday evening following Natfhe's agreement to take part. The Colleges' Employers' Forum...
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Feeling flat
Like many other national institutions, the Association of University Teachers boasts a tied flat in which to put up its president when detained on business in London. It is equipped with all the...
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Charter chance
Makers of wax seals, fine vellum and other essentials of life in modern Britain should head for Japan if they feel like opening up a new export market. Last Friday's presentation of the Royal Charter...
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Older colleges show cash stability
Institutional short-term liquidity remained stable in the old university sector in the financial year 1993/94. And the the two institutions that were previously showing negative net liquid asset to...
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Part-time pensions to hit colleges
The extension of pension rights to 120,000 part-time lecturers has brought fears of a "horrendous" cash squeeze on colleges and new universities. Unions are urging hourly-paid lecturers to benefit...
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Graduate gripes
The National Postgraduate Committee this week issued guidelines for better facilities for postgraduates, which it says are essential to avoid isolation and low morale. Jamie Darwen, NPC general...
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Lottery is bad luck to charities
Medical research charities estimate that they will lose Pounds 10-18 million in their first year of competition with the National Lottery. Their hopes were dashed this week that they would receive...