Natfhe conference: Fee plans attacked
The conference carried four motions condemning top-up fees and the Government's "marketisation" of higher education. One, from Southern Region, said variable fees would "produce a multi-tiered higher...
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Natfhe conference: Reform regrets
The Government's failure to fully back reforms proposed in the Tomlinson review of 14-to-19 education was attacked in two motions carried by the conference. One, from Western Region, expressed "...
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Natfhe conference: No love for Adonis
The Prime Minister's appointment of an unelected former adviser, Andrew Adonis, as a junior education minister was ridiculed by delegates. A motion from the union's North West Region attacked the "...
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Natfhe conference: 'Derisory' pay offer stirs talk of action
Academics began gearing up for an autumn of joint national industrial action across old and new universities this week as Natfhe conference delegates condemned the current 5 per cent, two-year pay...
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Unions deal blow to Israel boycott
The movement to boycott Israeli scholars and universities in protest against the country's treatment of Palestinians has suffered two serious setbacks. Last week, the Association of University...
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Ideas ownership battle rumbles on
The long-running trial of strength between Cambridge academics and the university authorities over proposed rules to regulate how ideas are exploited commercially will enter its latest round next...
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Majority aim to be different
Survey of teenagers reveals: Many don't realise the financial implications of tuition fees There is a national gender divide on computer skills 19 per cent of maths students say they are poor at...
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Parental background is a significant factor in potential students' aspirations
The academic high-flier She's captain of the hockey team and a school prefect and has probably done some charity or voluntary work. She's ambitious and organised and has her heart set on a university...
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Baroness Blatch dies
Baroness Blatch, former Education Minister under John Major's premiership and Tory spokeswoman on schools and universities in the House of Lords since 2000, has died aged 67. The baroness, who took...
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Offa extends deadline
The Office for Fair Access has extended the deadline for universities and colleges to submit access agreements for 2007 onwards. The submission date has been extended from September 2005 to January...
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Swansea goes it alone
Swansea University was last week given the power to award its own degrees. The Privy Council granted the university teaching and research degree-awarding powers, which means that Swansea could...
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Joint dental school bid
Hull and York universities bid for a new dental school last week. The joint bid followed the Government's announcement last July that it wanted to increase the number of dental training places in...
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Gay students' Pope vote
A ballot on whether to condemn Pope Benedict XVI for his views on homosexuality may be held at a National Union of Students conference this weekend. The union's Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual conference...
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Uvac relaunch
The University Vocational Awards Council has relaunched its website. It now includes the council's responses to white papers and consultations, policy statements, publications to download and details...
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Google library rights row
Moves by American online search company Google to create a virtual library of 15 million rare and historic books have become mired in copyright law. While Google staff are due to arrive at Oxford...