Fears as skills bill debate is planned
MPs look set to debate the role of universities amid fears that the government is wrong to exclude higher education from its Learning and Skills Bill. Lifelong learning minister Malcolm Wicks...
MPs look set to debate the role of universities amid fears that the government is wrong to exclude higher education from its Learning and Skills Bill. Lifelong learning minister Malcolm Wicks...
With a new strategy for HE imminent, Geoff Layer kicks off four pages on issues it will address with a look at efforts to recruit more working-class students. Forty years on from the Robbins report,...
Bradford University is launching a scheme next month to get children as young as eight involved in higher education. Geoff Layer, dean of the school of lifelong education, said: "In an inner city...
A candidate's potential is not always clear from A-level results, so make sure that you ask the right questions. If you don't, an inspired thinker could easily slip through your fingers, says Harriet...
Universities and colleges that will offer the foundation degree from next year were celebrating this week. However, some experts warned that the qualification will not achieve its objectives....
University chiefs this week pressed ministers to end confusion over student support as the select committee chairman warned that any U-turn must not be at the expense of staff. Tony Bruce, director...
The Action on Access team discuss the obstacles to making higher education 'a force for social justice' David Blunkett's Greenwich speech, setting out the government's view of the future direction of...
The Rt Hon. The Lord Paul of Marylebone, chairman of the Caparo Manufacturing Group, is to be the new chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton. He succeeds the university's first chancellor, the...
The latest performance indicators show varied dropout rates and social exclusivity. Alison Goddard reports on plans for more balance. Education secretary Estelle Morris is calling on funding chiefs...
***AN EDITED VERSION OF THIS STORY IS NOW IN THE ARCHIVE, OMITTING LAYO AROMIRE'S STORY*** The Foyer Federation, the government and universities are working together to get some of the UK's homeless...
As calls to improve access to HE clash with rising student debt, Jennifer Currie asks if 'junior universities' can help. Do not worry if you keep hearing the pitter-patter of tiny feet echoing down...
Universities, by and large, badly serve the poor and minorities. Alison Goddard visits one trying hard to remove barriers and another struggling to attract non-traditional students Britain's...
Widening participation is back on top of the agenda. Alan Thomson opens a series on the issue The introduction of tuition fees and the scrapping of maintenance grants will close doors to higher...