Time runs out for net cheats
A detection service designed to tackle the growing use of internet cheat sites will be launched next month. Internet plagiarism, in which students cut and paste material from websites into...
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Innovator moots Bachelor of Invention
Universities should recognise the work of inventors with a new type of degree, according to Britain's favourite inventor. Trevor Baylis, who developed the clockwork radio ten years ago, said the UK...
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Scottish watchdog puts its faith in trust
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is abandoning the traditional watchdog approach to quality assurance for a new "quality enhancement" scheme to begin in 2003. Scotland's approach is...
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HND blunder adds to woes of Edexcel
Quality watchdogs are monitoring exam board Edexcel's functions as a higher education awarding body after it was found to be responsible for one of only six failing courses since 2000, writes Phil...
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Scramble to join ILT boosts its funds
Staff at the Institute for Learning and Teaching are having to cope with a large rise in the number of applications from lecturers anxious to beat the deadline for the introduction of tougher...
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'Illegal' hours hit doctors' training
Junior doctors are forced to work an illegal number of hours and are not left enough time for training, their professional association has claimed. One in three newly qualified doctors will find...
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Universities urged to circulate research and bypass journals
Universities should take responsibility for scholarly communication out of the hands of publishers by creating their own institutional repositories, writes Caroline Davis. The Scholarly Publishing...
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'Cheated' students may sue
Students may sue Birmingham University over staff cuts they say threaten the quality of their courses. All 12 academics in the department of cultural studies and sociology have taken voluntary...
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PhD researcher gave anonymity to child abusers
A PhD student at Glasgow University is facing a police investigation and possible dismissal from his course after guaranteeing confidentiality to men confessing to the sexual abuse of children....
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Slugs displace bunnies in the lab
Over the past decade, the Spanish slug Arion lusticanus has been invading central Europe, displacing indigenous slugs and destroying crops. But the physiology of the slimy aggressor could prove to be...
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Whistleblowers: Ofsted report seals fate of Birmingham college
North Birmingham College is to be consigned to the history books after the publication today of a fiercely critical Ofsted inspection report. The college will be merged with neighbouring Sutton...
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Analysis: Good teachers or great stage managers?
The overall results of the TQA show that higher education teaching has improved. But, asks Phil Baty, is this genuine or have departments learnt how to pull the wool over the assessors' eyes? Less...
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Findings: Why no job can mean no wife
Rising unemployment rates make men redundant in more ways than one, according to research from the University of Ulster. Vani Borooah of the school of economics and politics has used government data...
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Findings: 'Harmless' bug may be killer
A seemingly harmless parasite carried by a large percentage of the population could be responsible for up to 1 million road fatalities every year worldwide, according to researchers in the Czech...
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Foreign visits at risk of legal hangovers
Universities need to improve the way they handle study and work placements overseas or risk exposure to costly lawsuits, according to new research. A survey of 56 institutions found that although the...