BSE research in danger
The Government's obsession with privatisation is in danger of seriously undermining research, including research into BSE, scientists warned this week. More than 40 establishments - many of them...
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V-cs split on Dearing degrees
The suggestion by Sir Ron Dearing that universities should offer exceptional sixth-formers the chance to take units of undergraduate courses while at school so they can complete their first degree in...
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Richard Lacey
(Photograph) - Richard Lacey, visiting professor at Leeds University, has been warning for seven years that BSE can be passed on to humans. His campaign attracted considerable animosity from the food...
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NUS votes for new era
The NUS has abandoned its commitment to full student grants, bringing the possibility of student contributions a step closer and ushering in a new era of consensus politics. A record 1,500 delegates...
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Work erodes study time
One in three students is missing lectures and one in five is failing to submit study assignments because they have to work to make ends meet, a new survey has revealed. The National Union of Students...
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Charity found guilty of racial discrimination
University Settlement, a charity that helps the disadvantaged, has pledged to "assess and upgrade" its staffing rules after being found guilty of racial discrimination. The settlement is run by...
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King Alfred's issue carries on burning
Michael Lapidge's comments on my book on King Alfred the Great (THES, March 8) raise worries which go far beyond the academic in-fighting that clutters up his text. Lapidge repeats - no less than six...
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Nigerian v-cs told to cross off Malta meeting
The Nigerian government has barred the country's vice chancellors from this week's Association of Commonwealth Universities conference in Malta in anticipation of criticism of the execution of Ogoni...
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Failure of funding sums
I read with interest that Mr Forth insisted that there is no casual relationship between funding and quality (THES, March 15). Universities claim that quality is damaged as funding is eroded. The...
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Funding postgraduates
A crucial issue has been overlooked amid the discussions provoked by the Dearing review. I refer to the provision and funding of postgraduate studies, particularly at masters level, which requires...
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Gene genie summed up
In your leader (THES, March 15) relating to the extent to which our behaviour may be genetically controlled, you report that "there is no slick term for summing up these (genetic or environmental)...
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HEFCE launches 12 private initiatives
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has unveiled 12 "pathfinder" projects for private finance, valued at Pounds 119 million. The projects, ranging from the relocation of a business...
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Shards of genius
How we learn to speak is a mystery. Neil Smith and Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli have studied a savant who speaks 20 languages but struggles to put on a shirt. Readers of this newspaper probably consider...
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Englishman heads Monash
David Robinson has become the only Englishman in the past 20 years to have been successively appointed vice chancellor at two Australian universities. A former pro vice chancellor at the University...
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Race case switches admission quota rule
Conservatives hope an Appeals Court ruling against using race as a basis of admissions to the University of Texas has sounded the death knell for affirmative action programmes across the United...