Unison pursues minimum raise
PUBLIC service union Unison has demanded minimum pay of Pounds 4.61 per hour as part of this year's claim for support staff in FE. The union also wants a renewed commitment by the Association of...
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London University seeks share of Asian fund
London University's School of Oriental and African Studies is seeking up to Pounds 100,000 from the scheme to support students hit by the Asian currency crisis. If successful, the bid would make...
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The 1958 and 1970 longitudinal studies of children born in a single week
THE 1958 and 1970 longitudinal studies of children born in a single week, now at City University in London, will be brought together in the centre for longitudinal studies at the Institute of...
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Broader choice for 16-19s
The government has announced changes to the 16-19 curriculum aimed at increasing breadth and flexibility. But the changes only go part way to establishing the national qualifications framework...
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Electronic CV for students
RADICAL new plans for handling student applications have met a lukewarm response from education administrators and civil liberties campaigners. Details of the scheme, designed to record exam grades,...
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Chemical sister
(Photograph) - Chemical sister: Brigitte Jurak is using the ICI chemical plant at Wilton as inspiration for a 12-month visual arts fellowship. The fellowship, offered by ICI, is funded by Northern...
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Honorary degrees
Queen's University, Belfast DMus: Evelyn Glennie, solo percussionist who has performed with the Ulster Orchestra and premiered two works by Piers Hellawell, sometime composer-in-residence and now...
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Lectures
University of Leicester The following inaugural lectures will be held at 5.30 in Lecture Theatre 1 of the New Building: May 5. Ann Colley, professor of psychology: 'Shared knowledge and the social...
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RAE panel miss design point, says RCA chief
RAE CONSULTATION ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART. Christopher Frayling, rector of the Royal College of Art, has criticised the handling of design in the 1996 research assessment exercise, writes Kam Patel. In...
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V-cs eye later admissions
VICE-CHANCELLORS are to draw up a model for an admissions system in which would-be students could apply for university after they receive their exam results. It is likely to involve changes either to...
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Colleges hold key
The degree should not be held up as a "gold standard", and extra public funding should be directed at colleges, not universities, two leading government advisers said this week, writes Phil Baty....
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Leaked memo predicts cash shortage
UP TO 30,000 young people are expected to take up full-time education or training under the government's New Deal to get the young unemployed off benefit and into work. But the scheme could run out...
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Leeds Met wins merger right
Leeds Metropolitan University has succeeded in persuading a previously sceptical Further Education Funding Council that it should be allowed to merge with Harrogate College. The university said...
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New hope on the New Deal
Carl Reid graduated from Stoke-on-Trent College last year with an HND in media studies. He also graduated with "thousands of pounds" of student debt, and poor job prospects in an overcrowded graduate...
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Chairs
University College of St Martin, Lancaster The following have been appointed to chairs: Colin Richards, former visiting professor at the University of Newcastle and HMI for Ofsted; Mike Walsh, former...