All students abroad to get one level of loan
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge this week scrapped differential levels of loan for students studying overseas in favour of a single rate. From next autumn, all those who study overseas as...
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Wolverhampton sells Dudley campus
The University of Wolverhampton has sold its Dudley campus as part of a cost-cutting and redevelopment plan. The site has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Dudley College, which is to become an...
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Warwick spin-off wins enterprise award
A Warwick University spin-off has won the Enterprise Launch Pad award at this year's Cambridge Enterprise Conference. Warwick Effect Polymers won £5,000 and entrance to a "deal day" event where...
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Wilson to take up the Chelsea challenge
Roger Wilson, pro vice-chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, is to take over as head of Chelsea College of Arts and Design as it prepares for its move to a Thameside site next to the Tate...
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Study may find answer to patients' prayers
Practical theologians at Aberdeen University have won government support to study hospital patients' spiritual needs. John Swinton and Harriet Mowat of Aberdeen's School of Divinity and Religious...
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In need of a nurse? Look in the smoking area
Research at St Andrews University has revealed that 31 per cent of female Scottish nurses smoke, compared with 7 per cent of female teachers. Significantly more nurses smoke than other women in the...
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IPPR says participation push excludes the old
The government's widening participation initiative discriminates against old people, according to a report published this week by the Institute for Public Policy Research. Tom Schuller, dean of the...
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Work progresses on English Bac
THES reporters examine the A-level crisis and look at options being considered. Academics are working on an English Baccalaureate to replace the beleaguered A level. Schools standards minister David...
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College students appeal
THES reporters examine the A-level crisis and look at options being considered. Among the papers submitted to the OCR exam board to be re-marked are 40 of 121 A-level psychology students at Barnsley...
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V-cs get set for crisis fallout
THES reporters examine the A-level crisis and look at options being considered. Vice-chancellors were anxiously awaiting the outcome of the Tomlinson inquiry into A-level marking today to gauge how...
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Big bill to meet disability law
The £56 million given to universities so far to make their campuses accessible to disabled students is not enough to pay for the work needed at Cambridge University alone. Vice-chancellors have...
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Patriot games of two halves
Fans and athletes in Scotland and Northern Ireland are not talking the same language when it comes to national identity, according to an Ulster University academic. Alan Bairner, professor of sports...
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Microsoft asks faculties to adopt new regime
Microsoft is to scrap its costly certification regime for professional training in its products. Instead, it is asking academic institutions to sign up to provide training with a scheme it promises...
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Retired staff urged to teach overseas
Retired British academics who still feel they have something to give to higher education can now look overseas for fresh challenges. A scheme devised by the Association of Commonwealth Universities...
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Party puts its faith in student passports
Alan Thomson reports from the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton. A "passport to higher education" scheme would put power in the hands of students when it came to buying courses and ensuring the...