MP calls for inquiry into FEFC
A former minister has called on public funding watchdogs to investigate the Further Education Funding Council, amid concerns that it has been too slow to act on failing colleges, writes Phil Baty....
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Dow know-how
The London Business School has signed a multi-year, flat-fee agreement with Dow Jones Interactive that provides students, staff and alumni with a news and information service. The deal gives users...
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Age and reason
A University of Dundee professor whose work in developing information technology systems to support elderly and disabled people is to advise government and business on IT futures as part of the...
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Quality spread
The Further Education Funding Council has awarded a kitemark to a spreadsheet, developed by Information System Networks of Abingdon, Oxfordshire that meets the FEFC's legal requirements and allows...
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Free port
A-level students are being encouraged to make the internet their first port of call when choosing universities and degree courses. Student World (http://www.student-world.co.uk) based in Sussex,...
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Classic content
The Penguin Group has launched PenguinClassics.com, an internet site focused on literary classics resources. The company will commission exclusive content for the site in the form of essays and...
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Distance learning fails to close gap
Two American studies have raised questions about quality and access in distance learning . The College Board, the United States university association that administers the SAT college entrance...
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Foreign aid
The entrance to Dante's inferno reads "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here". The same advice might be given to overseas professors who get jobs at English universities. I spent over 20 years teaching...
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FEFC staff in good heart
Rather than facing the "inevitable abolition" of the Further Education Funding Council in a somewhat down-spirited fashion, our staff are in good heart ("FEFC staff face up to an uncertain future",...
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Sources for research funding
Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk European Commission http://www.echo.lu/ iap/ Call for proposals to...
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Massive cuts shock staff
Employees at two universities and one institute may lose their jobs, as managers struggle to contend with falling student numbers and budget deficits. Southampton Institute is planning to cut courses...
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A standard complaint
Knowing how to surf the net is more important than good grammar, says Jean Aitchison. "In the last decade, Oxford students' command of basic English has plunged from the atrocious to the abominable...
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Government seeks to overhaul TTA
The role of the Teacher Training Agency should be "redrawn", but there is no case yet for it to be abolished or privatised, the government said this week. A quinquennial review of the TTA, conducted...
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Transparent talent
(Photograph) - Staffordshire University design student Kamini Chauhan won a trip to Florida after her glass designs - entitled Alien Vessels - caught the eye of the organisers of a conference on...
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Chinese students pick fight with Nato
Chinese student bodies and university authorities say they have received hundreds of phone calls from students seeking permission to enlist to help defend Yugoslavia. Companies and enterprises across...