Big business is watching you
US scientists doing industry-sponsored work have found that unwelcome results can elicit an intimidating response from their paymasters. Tim Cornwell reports Oprah Winfrey was on trial in a Texas...
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Leagues apart
University education has grown vastly. More women and ethnic minorities take part, but working class numbers are still low. A.H. Halsey says major changes are needed in an educational system that...
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Dare to think
Continuing our series on theory, Simon Critchley says British philosophy must move beyond worship of the great names to truly creative thought. Theory, high European theory, has had an enriching...
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Slowly North
The perambulatory pace at which Sir Peter North, principal of Jesus College, Oxford, has conducted his review of Oxford University should come as little surprise. Among his achievements in law, the...
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Bad food and books
A report on students on the Scottish Wider Access Programme, an alternative route to higher education for adults without traditional qualifications, includes first-hand accounts of students'...
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Green, or just dirty?
"Socks would be sniffed, underpants would be turned inside out to get another few days out of them," is one student's response to a survey by Proctor and Gamble of student washing habits. The survey...
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A Deal on the quiet
Andrew Smith, the employment minister, has finally granted his first interview to The THES, after numerous requests that he answer colleges' fears about their role in the New Deal programme (page 8...
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RGO a-go-go
Resolution of the saga of the Royal Greenwich Observatory could be just around the corner. All the signs point to the RGO's name returning to the meridian in time for the millennium. Last year, the...
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High student profile
Alumna to be proud of No 156 is proof of the efficacy of the US college intern system. Monica Lewinsky, who is alleged to have had an affair with President Bill Clinton, has accounted for more than...
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Wage review for lecturers splits unions
LECTURERS unions have failed to agree on a pay claim for staff in new universities, writes Harriet Swain. Natfhe and the Association for University Teachers will meet next week to try to settle...
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Educational Institute of Scotland calls for a Scottish sub-committee of the IRC
The Educational Institute of Scotland is calling for a Scottish sub-committee of the IRC and is seeking one of the IRC's five union seats, writes Olga Wojtas. Only the eight pre-1992 Scottish...
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AUT call to action over pay
The Association of University Teachers has agreed to prepare for industrial action, including one-day strikes, if its pay demands are not met, writes Harriet Swain. Members at the winter council...
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Fair pay
(Photograph) - Unison, which has long campaigned to raise wages, has called for further education staff to get a pay rise of Pounds 500 or 5 per cent, whichever is greater. Its claim is linked to the...
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IRC to get Hera data
RESULTS of a study into a controversial job evaluation scheme for universities are to be fed into a major review of academic pay. Details of a six-month pilot study into Higher Education Role...
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MRC cashes in on basic research success
The Medical Research Council this week became the first of the UK research councils to launch a venture capital fund to help commercialise basic research. The UK Medical Ventures Fund, which has so...