V-cs call for teaching cash
Ministers have been considering a bid for an increase in higher education spending of at least Pounds 630 million over the next two years. The Department for Education and Employment, which is...
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Urgent call to monitor R&D
Universities urgently need to get their research accounting in order so they can identify the full direct and indirect costs of research, a House of Commons committee reported this week. In Science...
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V-cs' political lobbying swallows bigger slice of its income
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals spent 14 per cent of its income from universities last year on lobbying, campaigning and research. Accounts to be considered for final approval today...
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Fears of mega funding quango
The government has taken a serious look at the pros and cons of merging the English further and higher education funding councils, writes Tony Tysome. Treasury chiefs put pressure on Department for...
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College student hardship revealed
A radical overhaul of student support in further education is needed to overcome the financial barriers to study, Alan Thomson writes. The Hardship of Learning report by Claire Callender, professor...
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Business influence on governors reduced
Tough rules to curb the dominance of business interests on college governing bodies are to be introduced by government despite widespread opposition. The measure is part of a raft of accountability...
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Blunkett angers principals with get-tough stance
The government's tough new interventionist stance on "failing colleges" could fall foul of the law, college leaders have warned. Announcing a Pounds 725 million two-year cash settlement for the...
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Alarm at shift in FE expansion targets
Colleges are bracing themselves for a massive acceleration in student recruitment over the next four years after the government revealed details of its further education expansion plans. Department...
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Franchising squabble
Universities and further education colleges are wrangling over student places. This follows a decision to allow further education colleges to bid directly for money from the Higher Education Funding...
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Three Rs route to lure brightest into teaching
High-flying graduate teachers will be given fast-track promotions and pay rises as part of a raft of government initiatives to tackle the teacher training recruitment crisis, announced this week. A...
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Qualification born without a name
A new layer of vocational qualifications that can be gained in college or university is to be created in the new year. The awards, which will be a half-way house between work-based national...
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Complaints boom is looming
More than half of universities do not meet principles of "natural justice" when dealing with student complaints, student leaders believe, writes Phil Baty. Launching the findings of a national survey...
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Lecturers hold own in class terms
University and college lecturers retain their place at the top of the tree following a reclassification of social class this week. They share the rarefied atmosphere with university researchers, who...
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On the move
Lord Tugendhat, 61, chairman of Abbey National and Blue Circle Industries, has been installed as chancellor of the University of Bath. Tony Rich, 44, academic registrar at the University of East...
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British and European social attitudes
A survey of British and European social attitudes was also published this week. It showed that commitment to work has fallen in Britain over the past eight years. In 1989, 65 per cent of Britons said...