Fears over two-tier plans force retreat
Jim Wallace, Scotland's lifelong learning minister, may ditch controversial proposals that many fear would create a two-tier university system north of the border. He told The Times Higher there was...
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Sheffield degree criteria slated
Quality watchdogs have questioned the fairness of assessment practices at Sheffield University after discovering that it uses two different systems to classify students' final degrees. In an audit...
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Bid to beef up staff rights
Academics could in future pass grievances to an independent complaints body following proposed amendments from Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers to the higher education bill. The Lords aims to...
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OU awaits cash boost in struggle to gain support for part-time students
Ministers have offered the Open University a "range of assurances" about the institution's future funding - but no specific guarantees of extra cash, it emerged this week. Both the OU and Birkbeck...
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Mother wins top prize for science
Chemist Carol Robinson proved this week that women can raise a family and excel in science, when she won a Royal Society award for her work. Professor Robinson, an expert in protein interactions...
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'You will cash in on a degree' kids told
The first brochure selling higher education to school pupils has been published today amid fears that rising student debt and doubts over the graduate jobs market could put many off university. The...
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23% forced to live with bugs and slugs
Students in private digs are living in Dickensian conditions in properties infested with vermin, according to a survey, writes Paul Hill. Research carried out by British Gas and the National Union of...
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£1bn needed for rise in places
Rising A-level attainment and population growth could see an extra 240,000 candidates apply for an undergraduate place by the end of the decade, it was predicted this week. New projections published...
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Survey uncovers pay inequality among Scots and English graduates
Men who graduate from English universities earn more than their Scottish counterparts, whether they work north or south of the border, research suggests. But the academics behind the findings warn...
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BBC pulls plug on late-night learning
The Open University is hoping to swap its pre-dawn schedules for slots at prime time when the final coursework programmes are aired in 2006. The BBC broadcast the first OU student programme in...
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Brasilia tackles race issue
The University of Brasilia has launched a controversial race-identification scheme in a bid to boost the representation of black students at the institution. Under the system, the university is using...
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Call for rules to halt skills slide
Slide rules could make a comeback in mathematics classes, according to an engineering lecturer at Potenza University, in southern Italy. Giovanni Pastore, 50, believes students would benefit from...
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German scheme pays off
A multimillion-euro advertising campaign to market German universities abroad has paid off, with latest statistics showing a record number of overseas students. Figures compiled by the German...
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Veterans halt award of history doctorate
Authorities in Belarus have backtracked on the award of a doctorate to a historian after Second World War veterans complained that his work glorified Nazi collaborators. The degree-awarding body...
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Potential medics face speedy test to win a place in Ontario
A Canadian medical school has come up with a high-speed evaluator of prospective medical students. This spring, applicants to courses at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, had to dash through...