Influential Times guide to best universities passes with honours
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The Times produces the most highly regarded guide to universities,
according to a report presented to vice-chancellors.
University leaders said that The
Times Good University Guide, edited by John OLeary, was the most
influential of its kind. It is also the oldest, having begun in 1992.
The report,
commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, said
that such league table [...]
Take a step forward
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Soldiers, obviously. Engineers, fair enough. But marketers, accountants and
sociologists really?
%26ldquo;The defence sector has a strong demand for graduates… but people are still
only very vaguely aware of whats available, says Dr Charlie Ball, lead
researcher at the Higher Education Careers Services Unit. %26ldquo;Its a very wide
industry and an important part of the economy. A lot of our [...]
Independence vital for a modern Scotland
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The Sunday Times has launched a debate on the political future of Scotland,
which we want Times Online readers to join in. Below, the Scottish leader
makes the case for freeing Scotland to make its own mark in the world. Scotland has an unrivalled opportunity to succeed by gaining the powers
and responsibilities that can only come with [...]
Bad Bart Simpson is banished for Baywatch in Venezuela
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He is a garish shade of yellow, a menace to his teachers, a constant source of
anguish for his family . . . and now deemed likely to corrupt the children
of Venezuela, which has banished Bart Simpson and co from the airwaves.
%26ldquo;It had to be taken off, a spokeswoman for Televen, a private television
station, said of [...]
Other stories we liked
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Good news for The Rolling Stones. After 44 years, the ageing rockers are once
again free to play Blackpool. The MJ (April 3) reports that after
their last appearance in the town, at the Empress Ballroom in 1964, the
council banned them from ever playing in the resort again. Now that ban has
been lifted. But whether the Stones [...]
Doh! Venezuela orders The Simpsons off in favour of Baywatch
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Luxurious chest hair and little red trunks versus doughnuts and %26ldquo;Doh!. In
the battle of the US television heavyweights, The Hoff has vanquished Homer.
Or at least in Venezuela, where The Simpsons has been ordered from
television schedules by President Hugo Chavez after being deemed unsuitable
for children. Controversial enough, but in an even more curious move its
11am timeslot [...]
Green Spaces a king of eco lodges
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Vote
in the 2008 Green Spaces awards
The time has come, dear reader, to speak of many things - of rainwater showers
and windmills, of cabbages and kings.
Although we found no fairytale walrus on our sojourn to an ecological heaven
deep in the backwaters of Lincolnshire, we did come across a very real
carpenter with magical powers.
Andy Reynolds has used [...]
New Hanover Schools Face Sports Facilities Review
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Their requests are simple - a water fountain, a warning track, a cleaner bathroom. The Laney softball players aren’t asking for a lush field and hitting complex like the baseball players have, although they dream of that Education News.
As it is now, they have no locker room. Most change in the girls PE locker [...]
Illinois 8th graders earn high marks on writing test
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“I think that this is some very good news for Illinois, especially when you look at how we fare against the bigger states,” said Matt Vanover, spokesman for the Illinois State Board of Education.
The NAEP writing test was administered in 2007 to a sampling of students including 139,900 8th graders and 27,900 12th graders.
In [...]
U. of C. team wins fans but no games in Japan
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The Maroons %26#8212; invited by Waseda in celebration of the school’s 125th anniversary %26#8212; said the losses did not dampen their spirits. Players said they were in awe of Waseda’s pitchers, led by phenom Yuki Saito, who might one day play for a U.S. Major League team.
And they got a kick out of playing [...]
