Colleges criticised
One in five further education colleges inspected is "inadequate", according to Ofsted's annual report published this week. The inspection of 105 colleges since April 2001, when Ofsted became...
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Meet targets, win bonus
Further education colleges could be rewarded according to the number of their students who progress to higher education if performance targets drawn up by the Learning and Skills Council are...
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Quality concerns could scupper plans for Bradford 'multiversity'
Plans to create the UK's first "multiversity" through a merger of Bradford University and Bradford College have been called into question by funding council officials, writes Tony Tysome. The...
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Army struggles to integrate women
The British army's much trumpeted attempts to attract and integrate female soldiers were dealt a severe blow this week as research revealed that many of "our boys" would like to keep the girls out....
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Scots launch world-class medical school online
A Scottish-led venture to revolutionise medical education through e-learning will be launched on Monday at the World eLearning Conference 2003 in Edinburgh. The first virtual international medical...
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We're victims, say death 'joke' pair
Two students suspended from Plymouth University over a spoof newspaper article urging students to kill vice-chancellor Roland Levinsky say they have been victimised for campaigning against the...
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Umist finding may gag academics, lobby fears
University whistleblowing will become impossible if the recommendations of the inquiry into Mona Baker's boycott of Israeli colleagues are implemented, says the Council for Academic Freedom and...
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Britons lost for words at weddings
More than half the population fears public speaking or not knowing how to say something properly, college researchers have learnt. For 54 per cent of people, the prospect of having to give a wedding...
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Whistleblowers: 'Unacceptable' work wins reward at ESE
Students were still being rewarded for "unacceptable work" at the European School of Economics last year, despite repeated warnings about lenient marking, according to documents seen by The THES . A...
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Poor jump fee hurdle
Bad schooling, not tuition fees, prevents the world's poor from going to university, according to a global study from the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education. The report, by Daniel Levy of the...
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Sunny Scots' dull quest
There seem few less likely projects for a Scottish university to tackle than the problems of sunshine. But the University of Abertay Dundee aims to end the frustration of bank customers being unable...
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Future of peaceline campus in doubt
The Northern Ireland Audit Office is to conduct an investigation into the potential collapse of Northern Ireland's much-vaunted "peaceline" campus. The future of the Springvale campus, with its...
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Health course fails its medical
Quality inspectors have uncovered "strong evidence of plagiarism" on a masters course at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, which was missed by internal and external examiners. The Quality...
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Young tycoons get peer advice
Undergraduates saddled with debt should consider setting up their own businesses rather than work part time in dead-end jobs, according to an organisation set up by Oxford students. Oxford...
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£750,000 wage rise for those at the top
The total pay of university and college heads topped £20 million last year. This figure is more than the University of York received to teach its 8,800 home and European Union students and more than...