A serious skills shortage due to low PhD stipends and poor pay and conditions for postdoctoral scientists is threatening the United Kingdom's science base. This is one of the conclusions of the House...
Two thousand jobs are under threat in new universities and course closures are blocking access to key degree subjects such as languages and social work for working-class communities, lecturers' union...
The anatomy of a Highland midge bite, glowing jellyfish and psychologically enhanced magic are among 13 projects that have won a share of almost £200,000 in funding through the sciart awards. The...
Italy's academics are in a frenzy over the transition from degrees based on a series of exams to a system of credits. Faculty councils are using any means necessary, from academic clout to...
University of Central England Marie-Pierre Gauthier , was awarded first place in a competition to create the office of the future for business advisers Andersen and Andersen Legal; Katherine Smith...
Scots 2,000 examiners down The Scottish Qualifications Authority is short of more than 2,000 examiners one month before this year’s examinations begin. Scottish education minister Jack McConnell said...
US medics go to Cuba for free training Cuba yesterday welcomed the first group of US students to receive free medical training in the communist state. The six women and two men will join...
The Guardian A private consortium of genetics and computer firms has announced plans to trump the deciphering of the human "book of life" by mapping and selling a molecule-by-molecule blueprint of...
Anything new in The THES this week? There is a major research study pointing out that the teaching quality assessment cost more than £100m and lasted ten years and was probably a complete waste of...
After the barrage of criticisms of the Quality Assurance Agency ("QAA faces boycott by 66,000 lecturers", Analysis, Leader, Letters, Laurie Taylor, THES, March 30), an alternative perspective needs...
It is not only institutional learning that has caused the rise in average total scores under the teaching quality assessment. In May 1995, I was a member of one of the first assessment teams applying...
Laurie Taylor and the QAA overlook the true point of honorary degrees, and the reason why they are arranged orally. The traditional salutation is: "We give you the cachet, and you give us the cash,...
Your leader says I am not a maverick. But I am, as is anyone these days who believes that universities and their staff should be trusted to do a good job, until they demonstrate that they cannot....
I found startling the statement by Brian Butterworth in his review of Keith Devlin's book The Maths Gene that "if we fall behind our economic competitors - and we have fallen a long way behind in the...
The problem in Welsh universities is not one of recruitment ("Squeeze hinders growth in Wales", THES , March 30), as any number of bums can be (and are) put on seats. The problem is simply that the...