Hefce fears cash crisis
The financial crisis that led to the introduction of tuition fees will be repeated unless the expansion of student numbers is fully paid for by government, the Higher Education Funding Council for...
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Career prospects may provide funds key
Cash for new two-year foundation degrees may depend on the ability of universities and colleges to find jobs for graduates. Ivor Crewe, who is chairing the design group for foundation degrees, said...
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Vocational student loans
New vocational education student loans may be offered to employees aiming for career-building qualifications, including the foundation degree, writes Tony Tysome. Ministers and employers'...
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Plans 'madness' says memo
A senior consultant behind reforms at Liverpool John Moores University has dismissed the latest measures as "utter folly which will lead to disaster". Just weeks after a vote of no confidence in the...
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On the move
Sir Alan Langlands, chief executive of the NHS Executive in England, will become principal of Dundee University. He succeeds Ian Graham-Bryce. Stephen Grix, principal of Sir George Monoux College,...
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Cash that appears as if from nowhere
Research findings appear from thin air, a preliminary report of the fundamental review of research has found. More research is being conducted than funded in British universities, according to the...
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Dockland campus gets the go-ahead
Quay to the future: work on the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside's development will begin later this year The University of Lincolnshire and Humberside has won its bid to transform nine...
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Research 'time bomb' is a threat to teaching
Britain's universities need to examine the impact research has on teaching standards now that students have become consumers, a group of leading academics and policy-makers has urged. The issue was...
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Stark warning of staff crisis
Low pay, a large proportion of academics facing retirement, chairs lying vacant and recruitment and retention problems in many areas. Claire Sanders reports on a sector in trouble A staffing crisis...
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Club class
Rivalry between Scotland's two main cities has erupted over Prince William. Glasgow University students, aghast at rumours that Prince William is heading for Edinburgh, have sent him ten reasons why...
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Control freak chic
Control-freakery on a scale that would impress new Labour is in evidence on Nottingham University's new Jubilee campus. Staff have been issued with an ominous list of dos and don'ts to prevent design...
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Starr journalists
One hopes the news instincts of US journalism students are stronger than those of former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who was put on the spot by hack hopefuls at Northwestern University....
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Your v-c is worth Pounds 100!
Will over-50s holiday and insurance company Saga drum up business by advertising in a student magazine? Apparently so. Saga is offering up to Pounds 100 for students who send them details of...
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In the news
Colin Campbell's outspokenness about top-up fees does not come out of the blue. Only six months ago he said it was time to privatise Britain's universities "to help them be globally competitive". In...
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Glittering prizes
Scottish comedian Rikki Fulton, is to recieve the honorary degree of doctor of letters from the University of St Andrews in June. Uta Frith, who pioneered the cognitive explanation of autism and...