'Gang of four' run away with research lead
A “gang of four” super-elite UK universities is exerting an ever-tightening stranglehold on research, according to an exclusive analysis for The THES . Imperial College London tops the group with a...
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Forsooth! Computers share a Bard Joke
Shakespeare’s comedies may have failed to amuse generations of schoolchildren, but it seems computers could be more open to appreciating the wit of the Bard. Software developed by US scholars can...
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Flat-rate plan gains support
Vice-chancellors should support a flat-rate top-up fee along the lines suggested by Labour MPs Peter Bradley and Alan Whitehead, the chair of the Coalition of Modern Universities said this week. The...
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Students are ostrich-like when it comes to debt
The main reason tuition fees have failed to put students off university is because of their head-in-the-sand approach to finances, a study suggests. Research by academics at Heriot-Watt University,...
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Yeo predicts Labour fees victory
Shadow education secretary Tim Yeo has denied that the Conservatives are preparing to drop their opposition to top-up fees, despite splits in the party over the issue. Mr Yeo told The THES that there...
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Minister sets sights on Beagle 3
Scientists struggling to contact the UK’s Mars probe were this week assured of life after Beagle 2 by a government commitment to future exploration of the solar system. Lord Sainsbury, the science...
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Ex-NUS chiefs split on top-ups
Two recent presidents of the National Union of Students squared up to each other over top-up fees this week, with one abandoning his opposition to government plans and the other warning that variable...
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Next week
Our man to Mann Laurie Taylor hears sociologist Michael Mann predict America's ugly future Also Prehistoric art: Two books reviewed by Steven Mithen Books focus: Design and fashion Louis Appleby, the...
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In the news: Michael Arthur
Michael Arthur, dean of Southampton University’s faculty of medicine, will become the first Russell Group vice-chancellor with a comprehensive school background when he takes over at Leeds University...
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Appointments
Lorna Walker , leader of Arup’s global environmental consultancy and chartered chemist, has been appointed Royal Academy of Engineering visiting professor in engineering design for sustainable...
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Revealing figures behind the styles
Tutors who use some popular learning models could be wasting their time. The evidence, says Frank Coffield, suggests that all are not equal New staff are routinely asked to identify their predominant...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name : Catriona Scott Age : 40 Job : Director of taught programmes at Dartington College of Arts, Totnes, Devon....
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Reach out and cuddle up to another discipline
Why stay faithful to one subject when you can hop into bed with another? Nick Saunders advocates a bit of collaboration Collaboration is a strange word, and means different things to different...
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Jobwatch: Change your convictions
If your job is beginning to feel like a long-term sentence in purgatory, you could do worse than to soothe your pain by transporting yourself south for a stretch in the sun. Chris Johnston reports...
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Who got that job?
Jill Nimmo, 43 Pensions Manager, Leeds University Administrative 3/4 (cica £30,000 p.a.) Job advertised in The THES , March 21 2003 The departure of vice-chancellor Alan Wilson is just one of many...