Rail delay forces Queen to Cambridge by road
The Queen was to travel by train to open Cambridge University's new centre for advanced religious and theological studies yesterday but decided to switch from rail to road because of continuing train...
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Psychology students like to go it alone
Final-year psychology students at Teesside University are being scrutinised in a project trying to understand how undergraduates work on dissertations. "Common problems include students wanting to...
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No-sex advice made Andrew a saint
To mark St Andrew's Day next Thursday, an academic has written to all 129 members of the Scottish Parliament urging them to honour Scotland's patron saint by embracing policies of pacifism and...
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Foundation degree might not meet needs, experts warn
Universities and colleges that will offer the foundation degree from next year were celebrating this week. However, some experts warned that the qualification will not achieve its objectives....
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Funding council expects losses
A third of universities and colleges expect to make financial losses this year, compared with 22 per cent that had an operating deficit in 1998-99. Some 54 institutions will fail to make ends meet,...
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Blunkett demands training overhaul
Half of all colleges are expected to become centres of excellence in a vocational subject over the next five years, as part of a new scheme outlined by David Blunkett, secretary of state for...
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'Standstill' on the cards after ballot
Universities face virtual shutdown, trade union leaders have warned, as four higher education unions representing almost 100,000 staff secured a mandate for industrial action over pay and conditions...
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Duo looks closer to home for medics
Two universities in Yorkshire joined forces this week in a bid to increase the number of doctors trained in the region by almost 50 per cent and to persuade non-traditional students to consider a...
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Scot bank offers £1.7m in bid to widen access
The Royal Bank of Scotland is giving more than £1.7 million to help widen access at five leading Scottish universities. Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews universities will each win...
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Eleven join forces to attract funds for UK plc
Eleven universities are teaming up with the Department of Trade and Industry to set up an advisory committee for the automotive industry. The Universities and Colleges Automotive Association will be...
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Farren snubs report recommending fee axe
Sean Farren, Northern Ireland's minister for higher and further education, has attacked "deficiencies" in a report on student finance that recommends axeing tuition fees and reintroducing grants....
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Bangor gives excluded women opportunities
A new programme of part-time, flexible learning aimed at women normally excluded from higher education has been launched by the University of Wales, Bangor. The course has been praised by the Higher...
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Solution sought for Scots exam fiasco
Jack McConnell, Scotland's education minister, is involving pupils, parents and teachers in an early-warning system aimed at avoiding a repetition of this year's examinations fiasco, which left...
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Leeds rethinks its fee remission policy
Leeds University has amended its policy on the remission of fees for members of staff undertaking part-time research degrees in the university. From this academic year, fees will be remitted in full...
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Council updates recruitment plan
The British Council, which spearheads a government-backed drive to recruit more overseas students to UK universities and colleges, has launched a strategy to modernise and re-focus its operations. It...