England embraces European invasion
Universities throughout England are gearing up to take part in the European Year of Languages, launched last week at the North of England Education Conference, in Bridlington. Some, such as the...
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UU guides modern language staff
Modern language staff must let their students know how they will be assessed, according to national guidelines drawn up by a team of Ulster University researchers. Pol O Dochartaigh, of UU's school...
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King's software outwits web freeloaders
Anti-Napster software that will allow the music industry to combat the threat of free web downloads has been developed at King's College London. A company, Insonify Ltd, has been set up to market and...
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Heriot-Watt wins gold award for staff care
Heriot-Watt University has become the first higher education institution to win a gold award under Scotland's health-at-work scheme. Heriot-Watt has a three-year health promotion strategy covering...
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Swansea AUT takes student union to task
Swansea University's Association of University Teachers is set to take on the university's student union in an unprecedented employment dispute at an industrial tribunal next week. The AUT will claim...
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How often do happy couples tie the knot?
Couples who live together share not only their worldly goods but also their memory resources, according to psychologists at Manchester University. A project at Manchester aims to discover whether...
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Correction: New Year Honours
In listing those academic recipients of New Year Honours last week, we failed to mention that Tricia Greenhalgh, senior lecturer in the department of primary care and population science at University...
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More opt for postgrad study
Taught postgraduate courses gained in popularity in 1999-2000, according to figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Numbers of students obtaining these qualifications climbed 7 per cent...
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Ancient visitors won't go quietly
Ministers are set to create an ombudsman for higher education, reforming universities' constitutions to end the ancient visitor system and opening all universities to external arbitration. Plans for...
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Being there
Northumbria University student Jean Bernard Rutagarama spent the holidays in his home country of Rwanda making a video diary. It is the first time in six years that he has been back to the country....
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Fear of censorship in education research strategy
Proposals that will lead to the creation of the first national strategy for research in education are contested by academics, who fear they are a mechanism for censorship. The National Educational...
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Figures show FE student decline
Student numbers in colleges are continuing to decline with no improvement in dropout rates, figures released this week by funding chiefs show. Full-time student numbers fell another 2 per cent in...
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Training falls short as post-16 providers fail to collaborate
Colleges and other post-16 providers must work closer and more cooperatively together to overcome "significant weaknesses" in education and training, the inspection agency Ofsted has said. Area...
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College course punters encounter lottery over concessionary rates
Part-time adult learners face a nationwide lottery when it comes to how much colleges charge for courses, a report has shown. A survey of fees carried out by the National Institute of Adult...
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Pupils invited to 'spot the don' in scheme to widen access
Disadvantaged eight-year-olds are being introduced to the world of higher education as part of an innovative access scheme that includes "spot the lecturer" exercises and tours of vice-chancellors'...