Assembly will stir real change
YES What will Welsh devolution mean for higher education? Derec Llwyd Morgan and Nicholas Bourne disagree THE Government's White Paper on its proposals for a Welsh assembly states simply that "a...
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Woodhead's opponents
ROGER Murphy: dean of education at the University of Nottingham, and last year's president of the British Educational Research Association. Professor Murphy sparked the response to the Woodhead camp...
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Record contract:Computer Books
The University of London Computing Centre and the University of London Library have won the major contract for the Public Record Office's digital archive project, which promises improved access to...
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Teachnology:Computer Books
Educationists and computing specialists at the University of Huddersfield are launching a culture-crossing MSc programme in multimedia and education this month.
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V-cs bank on cash boost
VICE CHANCELLORS have no fall-back plans if ministers fail to come up with more cash for higher education by the end of the year, it emerged this week. In one of the last chances to influence funding...
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Fears of university money troubles
Fears of university money troubles next year were fuelled this week by news from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service of an overall increase in student numbers. UCAS was expecting an...
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Yes vote threat to Ron's vision
WELSH voters will be asked next week to back devolution proposals which jeopardise a pioneering approach to funding strongly endorsed in the Dearing report on the future of higher education. Sir Ron...
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Radioactive alert at Royal Holloway
THE Environment Agency has ordered Royal Holloway College to stop accumulating radioactive waste on its campus at Egham, Surrey. An enforcement notice was issued after a routine inspection last month...
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CBI urges tardy companies to get hitched
The Confederation of British Industry has redoubled efforts to encourage reluctant firms into research partnerships with universities. This week, in partnership with the Department of Trade and...
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London Tec nets Pounds 1.7m Euro grant
Central London's Training and Enterprise Council, Focus Central London, has won a Pounds 1.7 million grant from the European Social Fund's Adapt programme. The programme, helping small firms to adapt...
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Wellcome gives fillip to Irish medicine
BIOMEDICAL research in Ireland has been boosted by the Wellcome Trust's decision to provide up to Pounds 1 million for "new blood" fellowships, equipment grants and start-up grants for lecturers in...
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Kroto and culture minister to speak at RSA
Nobel prize-winning chemist Sir Harry Kroto and culture secretary Chris Smith are among the speakers at a consultation on plans to establish a National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts...
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Luton head announces retirement
Tony Wood, vice chancellor of Luton University, is to retire in August 1998. A successor is being sought by the university's board of governors. Dr Wood took over the institution in 1985 when it was...
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Leeds colleges consider merger
Airedale and Wharfedale College in Leeds has announced it is considering merging with the city's Park Lane College. The move would create the largest further education college in west Yorkshire, with...
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RAE praised for improving research quality
Gerry McKenna, chairman of the Heads of University Centres of Biomedical Sciences and pro vice chancellor of Ulster University, has praised the research assessment exercises as the single most...