Scottish access host
Scotland's higher education institutions have won an extra £10 million from the government to improve access for students with disabilities. And the Scottish Executive and the Scottish Further...
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Correction: Market gamble, public payoff
Last week's soapbox piece by Mike Emmerich, Gerry Stoker and Dan Corry should have read: 'So to avoid further disadvantaging poorer students, the greater the emphasis on top-up fees, the larger and...
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Why didn't we say no?
Bite-sized learning is upon us, and academics must accept some of the blame, says Tom Hickey It is time for educators to end their complicity in the degradation of the academic process in the UK....
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Don't ignore mature majority
Mature students are patronised by colleges, dismissed by Hodge and passed over by the NUS, says Alan Coleman The government's plans for student funding and widening participation appear to have...
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Research rewards at risk
Universities across Europe fear that a new directive from the European Union could stop them exploiting their intellectual property, seriously undermining research, innovation and funding....
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Scotland not rich, English are told
England's jealousy of Scotland's funding for higher education is justified - but not that much, according to the findings of an independent survey. Scotland is generally perceived to have 10 per cent...
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US split over 'race' policy
The Bush administration this week marked Martin Luther King Day with a promise to increase spending on grants to historically black and Hispanic universities by 5 per cent. The announcement came just...
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Farewell to the duvet degree
Ruth Woodfield explains why Sussex University is restructuring its art courses to increase contact time with tutors. Many arts students will have clocked up far fewer contact hours with teachers than...
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Teaching: On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Kemal Ahmet Age : 46 Job: Sub-dean (quality assurance), faculty of creative arts and technologies, University of...
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After a stormy three-way affair, several parents can lay claim to minister's long overdue baby
*No state funding for under 5-rated research *New 6-rating for super-elite *Students to vets quality A succession of ministers, advisers and experts have had a hand in the higher education white...
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Boost for colleges in new title stakes
Key points Research degree powers no longer needed for university status, opening the door to colleges of higher education to apply Modernisation of degree-awarding powers to reflect...
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Scots, Welsh fear student influx and staff brain drain
Key points Scots fear losing academics to richer English higher education institutions Welsh locked in discussions with Clarke and demand greater powers from Westminster. They remain reluctant to...
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The students: 'the white paper will stunt lives'
Lucy Gledhill , 17, a pupil at the Bradford Girls' Grammar School, said it would be a shame if students opted for shorter courses as a result of higher fees. "This might end up changing what students...
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Students need a roof
Bursaries for students threatened with homelessness are crucial to their success in higher education, according to a study published this week. The study followed the fortunes of 75 people based in...
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Whistleblowers: Manager to follow his mentor out the door
North Birmingham College deputy principal Ian Douglas is set to follow his former boss Joan Short by leaving the troubled Midlands institution after government inspectors branded their leadership "...