MIT puts most of its course content online
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced that it is placing virtually all its course content online. Lecture notes, reading lists, assignments and course outlines will all be available...
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Gang of five plans to escape QAA grip
Five elite universities have joined the London School of Economics in developing plans to break free from Quality Assurance Agency scrutiny. University College London and the universities of Oxford,...
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Walkout looms as pay talks founder
Further education college lecturers are to ballot for a national strike next month after pay talks this week failed to produce an agreement with employers. At the sector's National Joint Forum...
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Welsh urge review of 'deplorable' cash quota
The Welsh Assembly has called for an urgent review of higher education funding following an outcry from universities over the prospect of cuts, writes Tony Tysome. Jane Davidson, the assembly's...
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Floud pitches for funding in election run-up
Vice-chancellors set out their general election stall this week by highlighting the need for investment in the United Kingdom's value-for-money higher education system. Roderick Floud, provost of...
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College libraries to open to public
University libraries should open their doors to the public and, in return, could be funded by cross-sectoral grants covering all libraries in their region. In response to a report published last year...
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Bush's Kyoto stance angers UK scientists
Leading British environmental scientists have called on governments to support the Kyoto agreement to tackle global climate change following its rejection by US president George Bush. In a THES poll...
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Dropout rates don't reflect quality of provision, report says
An obsession with retention and achievement rates may lead further education colleges to refuse to recruit students who are likely to drop out, according to a new report, writes Alison Utley....
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Union launches plot to usurp learning institute
The Association of University Teachers launched its plans for a rival to the Institute for Learning and Teaching this week. The AUT has already withdrawn support from the institute, which it said is...
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Applicants make light use of web
University applicants make little use of online information, according to a survey released this week by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Most applicants use traditional prospectuses...
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V-cs are reluctant to evict visitors
Vice-chancellors and principals are expected to duck reform of the visitor system in their consultation document on an ombudsman scheme to be published next week. Universities UK is examining...
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Fight over Scottish endowment goes on
Scotland's opposition parties have failed in their attempt to increase the £10,000 earnings threshold for graduate endowment contributions. But Labour's partners in the coalition government, the...
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Building courses threatened
Construction courses in further education colleges are suffering recruitment and retention problems and are "under threat of closure", inspectors have said. With a relatively buoyant construction...
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Far right gains a hold on campus
Student leaders are worried that the hard right is gaining ground in universities after evidence of British nationalist groups moving in on several campuses. Leeds, Leicester, Derby and Nottingham...
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Scots software to predict jobs future
Economists and software design experts at Strathclyde University have created a tool that can predict future skills demands in Scotland. The interactive Scottish Labour Market Intelligence model...