Anti-smokers call for boycott of open day
An anti-smoking group is urging would-be students to boycott Nottingham University's open day this weekend in protest over its acceptance of donations from the tobacco industry. Students for Action...
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Scots minister calls for re-Enlightenment
Wendy Alexander, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has put higher education at the heart of economic development in the new millennium. Speaking at the Scottish Labour Party...
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Nottingham Trent attacked by NUJ
Nottingham Trent University said this week it was "carefully considering" how to respond to complaints from the National Union of Journalists about the quality of its MA course in investigative...
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N. Ireland dropouts below UK average
A study has been commissioned into dropout rates at Northern Ireland's further education colleges, comparing them with higher education institutions. At present, there are fewer students finishing...
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Scientists' movements need closer monitoring
A Europe-wide study has revealed a lack of information about the flow of scientists and technologists into and out of higher education, making the assessment of skills shortages or over-supply...
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PC students joke about mentally ill people
Students and young people who would never dream of making racist comments are liable to discriminate against people with mental health problems, according to a new study. Research found that terms...
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White working-class men thrive on grants
White working-class males should be better encouraged to progress from further to higher education, an Institute for Public Policy Research seminar on widening access heard this week. Mick Fletcher,...
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Blunkett launches public-sector MBAs
Education secretary David Blunkett launched the Warwick Institute of Governance and Public Management yesterday. The institute is the result of a partnership between the University of Warwick and...
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Stars conspire for IVF success or failure
In vitro fertilisation success may be down to heavenly bodies - not the physiques of the couple in question, but the movement of the planets. Researchers at Southampton University set out to prove...
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Few women on RAE panels
Women comprise 17 per cent of the panel chairs for this year's research assessment exercise and 20 per cent of total panel membership. Alan Carr, president of the Association of University Teachers,...
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Political row rocks Saïd school
The head of the Saïd Business School in Oxford, which has been plunged into controversy over the involvement of the prime minister's office in its planning process, said this week that the row could...
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Chiefs blamed for sector's failure
Further education funding chiefs are responsible for a new wave of failing colleges, education researchers have claimed. Recent problems at Barnsley, Basildon, Stafford, Rotherham, Broomfield,...
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Cuts loom amid UEL shortfall
The University of East London will not fill any staff vacancies, and staff cuts may follow as the institution faces up to a funding gap of £2.5 million. The university is due to submit a...
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QAA rethinks 'lighter touch'
Quality chiefs have been forced into a rethink of the quality assurance framework as vice-chancellors and funding chiefs remain to be convinced that the system will deliver the promised "lighter...
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Curriculum may hit intake
The difficulties of adapting the new school curriculum to university entry requirements could compound recruitment problems. Institutions could find young people deferring entry, or starting and then...