Uneasy neighbours agree to exchanges
Turkish and Armenian universities have signed an agreement that is seen as an important step towards helping to improve relations between the two countries, writes Dorian Jones. Turkey's University...
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Germany shakes up courses to expand pool of IT graduates
German chancellor Gerhard Schroder has announced plans for a E51 million (Pounds 30 million) programme to modernise informatics courses at universities and Fachhochschulen to help the country...
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Minister rethinks X-ray for France
PARIS France's new research minister, Roger-Gerard Schwartzenberg, last week presented his policies, most of them continuing and building on the programmes of his predecessor, Claude All gre. The...
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Time for a poor quota
Top universities should reserve places for pupils from deprived schools, says Andrew Pakes The chance of going to a so-called "top" university is less than one in a 100 if you are from a low-income...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES...Frank Burdett disagreed with the recommendation of the Nuffield languages report that all students wanting to go to university must have a foreign-language qualification Harry...
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Students forced to resit after exam chaos
Sixty final-year computing students at the University of Northumbria will today retake an exam after the original script was found to contain the answers. Students are angry that they were not...
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Terri Scott
In The THES of May 12 we wrongly implied that Terri Scott, dean of regional development at Ulster University, was male. We apologise.
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Rags bring in riches
I would like to thank The THES for the excellent article "Rag time's new vibe" (THES, May 5). It is a very positive representation of student fundraising across the United Kingdom, of which all rags...
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FE enters black
The further education sector is in better financial shape than it has been since incorporation, writes Tony Tysome. Figures published this week show that colleges generated an operating surplus of...
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Dons are well paid, claims Pounds 100k official
Education chief Sir Michael Bichard launched an extraordinary attack on the higher education sector this week by saying that universities are well-funded, lecturers well-paid and problems partly of...
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QAA challenged over uniform degrees
The future of the quality assurance system was in doubt this week as the Quality Assurance Agency faced challenges to its attempt to impose a uniform set of national degree standards. The Association...
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London loans data missing
University College London and the universities of Westminster, Middlesex, London Guildhall and South Bank are among those missing from a database that local authorities use to process student loan...
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Scots seek to involve HE in economic plan
Scotland's further and higher education institutions should be involved in local economic forums responsible for creating an economic strategy for their area, according to a Scottish Parliament...
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National survey probes staff shortages
A national probe has been launched into staff shortages in further education. The survey by the Further Education National Training Organisation follows a report published this week that reveals...
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Oxbridge runs courses for state entrants
An Oxford college is to run induction courses to help students from state schools get to grips with the Oxbridge system. Mansfield College will run courses covering topics such as the tutorial system...