Colleges fear plans will widen FE divide
Further education braces itself for yet more reforms, reports Tony Tysome The government is preparing to announce a package of further education reforms next week that critics say could widen the...
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Call for loans in lifelong learning
Further education students should have access to a range of loans, fee-waivers and grants, according to a learning and skills think-tank. The support is needed to encourage more students to take up...
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£500m needed to bring sector into line
The government's proposals for reforming 14-to-19 educationand training could cost nearly £500 million a year, funding chiefs have warned. The extra money would be needed to bring funding per student...
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Athens
Mihalis Cacoyannis, director of the film Zorba the Greek , has been appointed professor in the department of communication sciences at Athens University.
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Kuala Lumpur
Public universities in Malaysia may run degree courses only if they are relevant to the job market, the education ministry has said. Many ethnic Malay arts graduates have failed to find jobs.
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Bid to put postdocs into schools
A scheme to put postdocs into schools was launched by prime minister Tony Blair yesterday. The collaboration between schools, universities and industry aims to inspire an interest in science by...
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Learning grants will help 50,000 students in Wales
About 50,000 Welsh students in further and higher education are expected to qualify for new "learning grants" unveiled by the Welsh Assembly this week, writes Tony Tysome. In a publicity campaign to...
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'Cool' campus will use Playstations
A £150 million project to create a new university in South Yorkshire aims to attract 70,000 students with an entertainment-based approach to higher education pioneered in Australia. Supporters of...
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Staff call for delay in merger
Staff at London Guildhall University are disputing the timing of a merger with the University of North London, due on August 1. Twenty-three senior managers have now been appointed to London...
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St Andrews attacked on ethnic pay
St Andrews tops a table released this week highlighting the gulf in pay between ethnic minority and white staff in British universities. Ethnic minority lecturers at St Andrews are paid 29 per cent...
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Fundraisers cross Atlantic to teach tactics to British
University fundraisers are turning to role-play training sessions at American-led "masterclasses" to learn how to woo rich potential benefactors, writes Phil Baty. Two top US professionals are being...
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Angry Chinese boycott arts final degree show
Twenty-two Coventry University graphic design students boycotted their final-year degree show last week and instead issued a long catalogue of grievances. The self-styled Coventry 22, most of them...
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Islamic students shun UK and US
A more global market threatens British dominance in overseas education Britain and the United States have slumped as first choices for study among young people from predominantly Islamic countries, a...
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Migrant tide 'will not be halted'
Britain faces an unstoppable tide of immigration regardless of legislative barriers, an Oxford University academic warned this week, writes Claire Sanders. Steven Vertovec, director of Oxford's new...
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Practical bias sparks alarm
Academics are alarmed by the practical emphasis in the long-awaited curriculum for the new social work degree and by the lack of information about funding. The degree replaces the two-year diploma as...