Aberdeen and Robert Gordon explore merger
Aberdeen University's court and the governors of the neighbouring Robert Gordon University have agreed to explore the option of merger. They are to undertake a risk analysis over the next year. Bill...
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£400,000 to promote careers in social work
Cathy Jamieson, Scotland's minister for education and young people, has announced £400,000 to boost the number of postgraduates taking social work courses. At the first conference of the Scottish...
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Marketing bids for academic recognition
If the government is to meet its 50 per cent target for participation in higher education, it will have to ensure that spin-doctoring is taken more seriously, according to Dale Littler, head of the...
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Disorganised learners become exam failures
The ability to accomplish simple administrative tasks can indicate whether students will succeed in their exams, according to research from Sheffield University published in this week's British...
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British Library's public catalogue is free online
The British Library's public catalogue is available online free of charge for the first time. Users will be able to browse the British Library through Copac, which gives access to library catalogues...
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Facial helps students to face exams head on
Students at Leicester University are facing up to the strain and stresses of exams with a facial. Business is blooming for beauty therapist Razina Suida, who has set up business in the university's...
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Clarification
Edward Roberts, a 28-year-old BA graphic design student who has just completed his second year at Coventry University, has asked us to make clear that he did not contribute in any way to the report...
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Real-terms funding falls
Real-terms funding per student in higher education will have dropped by just over 2 per cent between 1996-97 and 2002-03. Figures from the Department for Education and Skills this week show that real...
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'Foundation degree is vital, so give it a chance'
The foundation degree is in danger of being stigmatised as a "dumbed-down second-class qualification", according to Ivor Crewe, chair of the National Foundation Degree Group. Professor Crewe, vice-...
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Big deficit magnifies trouble at Cambridge
Cambridge University has blamed "insufficient" government funding for an £11.6 million deficit, which it says is threatening its ability to deliver excellent teaching. Although the blow was softened...
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UK news in brief
Belfast students are target of blast bomb There has been outrage in Belfast over the attempted murder of students in a house adjoining a nationalist area in the south of the city. A blast bomb...
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Future in doubt for hard-up ILT
The future role of the cash-strapped Institute for Learning and Teaching is in doubt. A committee chaired by Sir Ron Cooke, vice-chancellor of York University, wants to create a logical division of...
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Union to use stunt tactics
Vice-chancellors could find themselves accosted by monkeys begging for peanuts during degree ceremonies as union members stage a series of stunts aimed at causing maximum embarrassment in the fight...
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Relations fraught as pay ladder plan halted
Industrial relations in universities face meltdown after trade unions and employers failed to progress plans for a new career ladder, a week after unions rejected a 2.5 per cent pay offer, writes...
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Whistleblowers: Staffordshire accused of bias in investigation
Lawyers acting for a man with mental health problems who has complained about the conduct of research he took part in at Staffordshire University have expressed "significant concerns" about the...