QAA rules may put Hefce at risk
Implementation of the new quality assurance framework could be illegal, with some university departments escaping scrutiny for up to 13 years. The Quality Assurance Agency's timetable for...
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European universities group considers common teaching quality system
Imperial College, London, is heading efforts to create a European network of universities that could have more clout in developing ways to measure the quality of teaching, writes Alison Goddard....
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Shares bonanza for pay master
Sir Michael Bett, who chaired the independent pay review committee for higher education, stood to make Pounds 1.5 million this week from his shares in an internet company. This was the value of Sir...
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Science needs shift in policy
MPs have expressed deep concern that the government is relying too heavily on the science base and technology transfer to address the lack of innovation in engineering and physical sciences. The...
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Scottish audit committee report reveals 'deficit' colleges
The Scottish Parliament's powerful audit committee has taken the surprise step of naming the 13 further education colleges said to account for almost 70 per cent of the sector's deficit. John Sizer,...
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Pounds 40,000 payment held back by Bristol
The National Audit Office is investigating how the acrimonious collapse of a collaborative research project between Cambridge and Bristol universities has left a senior researcher owed thousands of...
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Baby bond 'will promote equality'
A proposed Opportunity Fund giving everyone Pounds 1,000 either at birth or age 18 to pay for education and training could mean cuts in benefits such as tax relief on private pensions. It could also...
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LCP in discipline U-turn
'Mr Chanan's line manager disciplined him for "walking into his room without knocking", interrupting a phone conversation' The London College of Printing has been forced to withdraw a "specious"...
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Britain flies the e-university flag
A British "e-university", which will deliver online courses, is being set up using government and private funding. Comprised of a select group of institutions with overseas partners and commercial...
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Blunkett rebrands apprenticeships
The "vocational A level" is to be the name of advanced-level general national vocational qualifications under a raft of measures to marry the reforms in higher education with work-based training and...
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Team with designs on degree
Two-year foundation degrees will be the pinnacle of a more robust and expanded vocational education structure. The target is to create about half a million foundation degree places in something like...
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Mr Blunkett's proposals do not affect Scotland
Mr Blunkett's proposals do not affect Scotland, where the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals is concerned by the prospect of confusion between foundation degrees and Scottish ordinary...
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Don's Diary
Chris Banister, former president of the AUT, now back as senior lecturer in town and country planning, University of Manchester. One of the advantages of being president of the Association of...
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Name again
David Blunkett's announcement of sweeping changes in higher education has raised major questions. What letters, for example, will graduates of the new degrees be able to put after their names? Will...
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Quick off the press
Consultation on the Department of Trade and Industry's report on Science and Innovation Strategy ended this week. But late entrants should not hold their breath: it seems the paper is mostly written...