Tackling a poor show
Will underprivileged students benefit from new government proposals? asks Jo Blanden "Education must be a force for opportunity and social justice, not for the entrenchment of privilege." This is the...
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The world stops with Europe
Vinita Damodaran and Richard Grove detect a worrying move towards Eurocentrism When visitors walk into the London headquarters of the British Academy the first thing they see is a fine bust of...
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Who cares if you want to study for a degree?
Whatever the fate of the government's proposal for £3,000 variable tuition fees, the days when student debt merely meant owing your mates a round at the bar have long gone. When MPs debate the impact...
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Survey reveals that taxpayers favour students over toddlers
A key government justification for top-up fees will be undermined by next week's British Social Attitudes survey, which will show that taxpayers want public cash to be spent on university students...
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Price of failure more than £10bn, v-cs warn
Universities are facing a 10 billion financial black hole that is sure to grow if the top-up fee legislation falls, vice-chancellors warned this week. Vice-chancellors' lobby Universities UK will ask...
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Cambridge says it needs fees to pay for bursaries
A new £8 million bursary scheme will underline Cambridge's commitment to poor students, but the university needs top-up fees to be able to afford it, vice-chancellor Alison Richard has said....
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NUS fears over access watchdog
The Office for Fair Access will fail to ensure justice for students from less well-off backgrounds, the National Union of Students said this week. Responding to the consultation by the Admissions to...
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Go private, principal tells elite
England's top universities should leave the state sector and become private institutions if the government really wants them to compete with the best in America, according to a Scottish principal....
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Raise levy on high earners, union says
Raising income-tax levels for the highest earners is a better way to solve higher education's funding crisis than charging fees, according to an "alternative" white paper from the Cambridge...
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Today's news
Blunkett leads top-up fees revolt Tony Blair was hit by a cabinet revolt against university top-up fees yesterday. Home secretary David Blunkett led ministers demanding that the prime minister find...
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Commissioner David Byrne: "Irrational Fears or Legitimate Concerns" - Risk Perception in Perspective, Risk Perception: Science, Public Debate and Policy Making Conference Brussels, 4 December 2003
Brussels, 4 December 2003 Introduction I am delighted to welcome you all to this conference on risk perception, science, public debate and policy making. We have assembled an impressive line up of...
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Galileo (Extract from: Préparation du Conseil Transports du 5 décembre 2003)
Bruxelles, le 4 décembre 2003 La Commission informera les Ministres sur le déroulement du programme Galileo, à savoir: les négociations avec les Etats-Unis (des progrès ont été très récemment...
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Council washes its hands of embryonic stem cell research debate
Brussels, 04 Dec 2003 A special meeting of the Competitiveness Council on 3 December failed to deliver a political agreement on EU funding for human embryonic stem cell research. It is now highly...
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Rising sun for EU Research: Commissioner Busquin to visit Japan
Brussels, 4 December 2003 European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will visit Japan from December 5-9 to participate in the G8 Carnegie Group conference, the meeting of G8 research ministers,...
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Network of pollution projects to influence European air quality policies
Brussels, 04 Dec 2003 A Eureka project which brought together researchers from 25 countries, as well as the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), has provided new information on the causes and...