Unis eye Euro regeneration funds
AS European Union leaders this week thrashed out the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Labour Government proved it could take as firm a stand as its predecessor when it felt its interests are threatened. But...
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Lang to boost Scots training links
Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland, plans to boost training links between further education colleges and local companies as part of Scotland's strategy following the White Paper on business...
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Food feuds: a safety issue to chew over
Tim Lang, Erik Millstone and Mike Rayner send a memo to the prime minister on why international experience suggests he should set up a new food agency. Now the general election has passed, the new...
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Call for central control
A central planning agency is urgently required to make higher education meet the needs of a modern learning society, ministers have been told. The agency should preside over funding incentives and...
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Of reds and black stuff
Miners, Unions and Politics, 1910-1947
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NVQs suffer a skills blow
NEARLY 40 per cent of assessors of national vocational qualifications admit to passing sub-standard students, according to a survey out this week. The finding is a big blow to the Government's...
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The good corporate citizen
Diversification, Refocusing and Economic Performance - Corporate Governance
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Grants
London Business School. Research contracts Dr D. Robertson and P. Morrison, Pounds 249,989 from Higher Education Funding Council for England (fund for development of teaching and learning: a model...
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The great and the not so good
The Oxford History of the British Empire - The Oxford History of the British Empire
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Spanish practices and Cuban homophobia
Vision Machines
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Cassandra's clueless heirs
The Business of Economics
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Grants
King's College, London Charities Dr M. Irving, Pounds 173,257 from the Wellcome Trust (coupling between force production and ATP utilisation in skeletal muscle); Professor P. Jenner, Pounds 44,765...
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Controls on the traffic of ideas
Martin Harris and John Howells take issue with Douglas Hague's warning that the information superhighway may bypass universities Douglas Hague's "Knowledge goes out to market" ( 91茄子S, May 24) offers...
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Cutting edge of the city
Newcastle, once the setting for postwar urban mismanagement on a grand scale, is nurturing a technology-led revolution in the study of cities and responsive ways to manage their regeneration. Simon...
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DFEE cuts top posts
Tony Tysome reports on the shake-up of senior civil servants at the Department For Education and Employment. Gillian Shephard's "dream come true" - the Department For Education and Employment -...