Equity can trip us up
Initiatives to give students a career boost may be failing those most in need, argues John Brennan If you were born on the wrong side of the tracks and you haven't become a professional footballer or...
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Why I... think compulsory retirement should be abolished
Although not implemented until 2006, the European directive of November 2001 on workplace discrimination has altered everything and has made voluntary retirement a national issue. University unions...
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Dentists should be drilled in social skills
Dentists of the future must learn to soothe as well as sedate, says new guidance for dental degree providers, and in doing so they have to get to know their patients. This year, a regulatory change...
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Union fury over PRP push
Plans for an extension of performance-related pay for academics will be included in the government's blueprint for a free market in higher education, it became clear this week. Higher education...
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More mature students sign up
There has been a rise of almost 6 per cent in the number of over-21s accepted on to undergraduate courses compared with last year. Figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service show...
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Hefce raises aid for student support by 5%
Universities and colleges have been given more than £91 million for student-support initiatives next year, a 5 per cent increase on last year. For 2002-03, the Higher Education Funding Council for...
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E-governance gets first professor at Napier
Napier University has appointed Ann Macintosh, director of the International Teledemocracy Centre based at Napier, the world's first professor of e-governance. The centre aims to widen public...
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Web-based role play wins e-tutor award
The e-tutor of the year is Beverley Milton-Edwards of Queen's University, Belfast, who won the award for her novel use of the web in student role-play preparations on the Middle East politics module...
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Survey finds support for unified skills council
Universities and colleges support the creation of a single-sector skills council for raising standards in staff development and training in further and higher education, a study has found. A survey...
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Stem-cell bank to take a Hertfordshire home
Details of the national stem-cell bank that will provide scientists with standardised cell lines were announced on Wednesday. The facility will be hosted by the National Institute for Biological...
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Afghan gene bank destroyed by looters
Looters have destroyed Afghanistan's largest gene bank, destroying hundreds of samples of the country's agricultural heritage. Among the crops destroyed were pomegranate, pistachio and chickpea. The...
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ATL chief quits early ... after three decades
The leader of the the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the third largest teaching union, is to retire three years early. General secretary Peter Smith, aged 62, will go at the end of the year,...
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Vietnamese research gets Wellcome £1m
The Wellcome Trust has provided a research unit in Vietnam with infrastructure worth almost £1 million. The Infectious Diseases Research Unit will open in Ho Chi Minh City next week. Over the past...
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De Montfort acts on gas in rented flats
De Montfort University has warned landlords that they will be banned from the housing list if their property has not been checked for carbon monoxide. The warning follows concern from gas engineers...
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Medical school hits back at criticism
St George's Hospital Medical School, London, hit back at criticisms this week that four-year graduate-entry medical degrees were lowering standards. Two eminent surgeons on the Today programme...