Attrition War
Nurses are not carrying on The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting's review will investigate attrition rates from university nursing courses - a critical issue...
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Edinburgh students set to vote on joining NUSS
* At its annual general meeting last night, the Edinburgh University students' association was set to vote on whether to hold a referendum on joining the National Union of Students Scotland.
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FE:more cash for more students
An extra Pounds 584 million will be pumped into further education in 2000-2001, but colleges will be expected to take an extra 200,000 students. Announcing the comprehensive spending review...
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Colleges may avoid recruiting non-traditional students for fear of being castigated
Colleges may avoid recruiting non-traditional students for fear of being castigated over poor retention and achievement rates, David Gibson said this week. He called for a public debate. He told the...
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UCAS likely to handle UfI applications
* Applicants for University for Industry courses will probably be routed through the University and Colleges Admissions Service. "UCAS is actively pursuing a system that will allow UfI entry," a UCAS...
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TEC review delayed by volume of replies
* The government's review of the future of training and enterprise councils has been delayed until the new year because of an overwhelming response to its consultation exercise. A spokesman for the...
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LSE presses case for rise in postgrad fees
* Academics at the London School of Economics have been asked to look again at proposals to increase fees for United Kingdom postgraduates. The school's standing committee has asked the academic...
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Push for humanities and arts council
* Leading arts and social science staff have written to minister Baroness Blackstone calling for an arts and humanities research council for the UK. The Standing Conference of Arts and Social...
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Union calls truce over Higher Still reforms
* Scotland's largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland, has halted its proposed boycott of post-16 Higher Still examination reforms. Scottish education minister Helen Liddell held...
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Scots satisfy overseas students
* Satisfied customers are Scottish higher education's most powerful marketing tool in attracting overseas students, according to research findings. A Scottish Council for Research in Education report...
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DNA to reorder plant classification system
* Ten years of work will culminate next month with the publication of a new classification of the world's flowering plants and trees based on DNA rather than appearance. Mark Chase, head of the...
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Researchers seek annual lifelong review
* An Edinburgh University research team has called for an annual "state of the nation" report on lifelong learning in Scotland. Tom Schuller and Caroline Bamford of Edinburgh's centre for continuing...
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Picture protest against restructuring plans
* An academic at Queen's University Belfast this week returned a framed painting of the university to vice-chancellor George Bain in protest against restructuring plans that could make 100 academics...
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Anti-fee occupation at Queen's broken up
* Security staff were called in last Sunday to end a four-day student protest at Queen's University, Belfast. They evicted students who occupied the main administration block of the campus to demand...
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Most oppose higher tuition fees
* The vast majority of people would oppose plans to increase the proportion of tuition fee paid by undergraduates, says a NOP poll. The survey showed that seven out of ten people backed continued...