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A small majority of Canadians say specialised vocational colleges are more useful to young people than a broad-based university degree. An Angus Reid survey of 1,515 people also found that two-thirds...
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FE told to back off HE provision
The government said this week that it wants further education colleges to refocus provision on training because they have skewed their educational mission in favour of higher education. The...
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Colleges' debts rise fourfold in five years
Debt levels in further education have quadrupled in the past five years, a financial analysis of the sector reveals. Noble's Further Education Financial Yearbook, to be published next week, shows...
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TECs' training standards rapped by report
Training and enterprise councils took another nail in the coffin this week as inspectors said that although much work-based training was outstanding, a significant minority was dismally poor, writes...
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Universities receive booster shot
Universities are set to benefit from the government's new strategy for educating and training nurses, midwives and health visitors, which was unveiled last week. "A key feature of the new system will...
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Assembly confirms Welsh fees will stay
The Welsh Assembly will not have the power to abolish tuition fees, unlike its Scottish counterpart, the newly installed head of post-16 education in Wales has said. Tom Hutchinson, the Welsh cabinet...
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UHI adds unique entry to UCAS handbook
The University of the Highlands and Islands project has taken another step towards the academic mainstream by being included for the first time in the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service...
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Accountants threaten boycott of ICA exam
One of the top five accountancy firms has threatened to find its own training arrangements if the Institute of Chartered Accountants does not reconsider its "one-size-fits-all" qualification, writes...
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Scottish battle on fees front
Student finance is up for review. Olga Wojtas looks at divisions in Scots ranks over whether abolishing fees helps access and whether it will hit spending Last Wednesday, Scotland's 14-member...
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The missing examiners
Is it acceptable that external examiners' meetings go ahead when the external examiners have not turned up? This seems to be a valid practice at some universities, including the University of...
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Promotion hopes dashed
Campaigning Cambridge lecturer Gill Evans has not been put forward for promotion this year despite the fact she was deemed good enough to be nominated last year, has published four more books...
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Missing out on 'the experience'
In the second of our student soundings on university life, undergraduates talk about the pressures of juggling paid work with study, and finding time and the money for a social life. Jennifer Currie...
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Young learn life with luvvies
Thirty thousand free tickets distributed via the internet will help introduce a new, younger-generation audience to live music and theatre. Chris Smith, secretary of state for culture, media and...
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Abertay wins Pounds 500,000 to play games
A grant of more than Pounds 500,000 has brought the University of Abertay Dundee a step closer to setting up a centre of excellence for computer games technology. The Pounds 530,000 grant comes from...
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Reviews in brief
HYPERWARS: 11 Strategies for Survival and Profit in the Era of On-line Business. By Bruce Judson, with Kate Kelly. HarperCollins Business, 240pp Pounds 14.99 - ISBN 0 00 257094 7 Bruce Judson was one...