Drug offenders denied aid
BOSTON People convicted of drugs crime will be banned from receiving federal financial aid for university tuition in the United States from next summer. The ban runs for a minimum of a year from the...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Paul Magrs argued that creative writing modules should be taught to students in all departments Mark Robinson Programme director Arts and Humanities Centre for Lifelong...
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Study shows quality does not inform choices
Students and employers largely ignore official teaching quality information when choosing a university or recruiting a graduate, according to a study published by the funding councils this week. The...
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QAA finds Liverpool University nurses put in too few hours
A visit from the Quality Assurance Agency has found that Liverpool University has been failing to meet statutory requirements for training nurses. The university confirmed this week that the QAA...
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Post-16 players vie for position
White paper responses kick off huge reform task. Alan Thomson reports The government will by now have realised the enormity of the task of reshaping post-16 education as it begins sifting through the...
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A superquango rises from ashes
College leaders are delighted that ministers have decided to build the Pounds 5 billion training and skills funding quango on the foundations of the Further Education Funding Council in Coventry,...
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Pressure to bridge school divide
Ministers should wipe out the funding inequities between school sixth forms and their poorer college counterparts, the Further Education Funding Council has advised. The FEFC has joined the...
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UfI's first learning centres join the circus
The first of the University for Industry's planned network of 1,000 "learning centres" will be part of a travelling circus, it has emerged. But the confirmation of other fast-track pilot UfI centres...
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DFEE shares Pounds 117m rebate
The Department for Education and Employment will share in a rebate of up to Pounds 117 million previously locked up in training and enterprise councils' reserves, writes Alan Thomson. The latest...
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Admissions officers dig in heels on A levels
Universities could scupper the government's reform of school qualifications by insisting on their right to make autonomous admissions decisions. It is now clear that universities will resist adopting...
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Scots feathers ruffled by SUfI 'cuckoo' threat
Consensus politics has emerged in the Scottish Parliament over the Scottish University for Industry, with the government accepting an opposition amendment for an investigation into what value it adds...
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TVU report was 'flawed'
The landmark report that damned Thames Valley University as the first "failing" British university contains fundamental flaws, it was claimed this week. Documents obtained by The THES show that TVU...
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Being as good as the best
The Open University is 30, flourishing and serving as a role model to universities around the world, as Alison Goddard discovers "Blithering nonsense!" That's how heavyweight Tory politician Sir Iain...
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History of the OU
Planning for the Open University began in 1964, when Harold Wilson was elected prime minister. Mr Wilson had unveiled the concept of a university open to all adults in the United Kingdom the previous...
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The Knowledge Media Institute
The Knowledge Media Institute is the Open University's flagship research centre. It was established in 1995 to create and study near-term future technologies for the ultimate benefit of OU students,...