Moves to lure men to primary teaching
Universities could get more cash for enrolling men on primary teacher training courses, the Teacher Training Agency said this week. Announcing its three-year corporate plan, the agency said 20 per...
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Scotland is way ahead in lifelong learning, says minister
Scotland is outperforming the rest of the United Kingdom in lifelong learning in a range of key areas, according to enterprise and lifelong learning minister Wendy Alexander. She told the Scottish...
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Subsidies for loans must end, MPs told
Higher interest rates on student loans and top-up tuition fees are the only way to secure sustainable funding for undergraduates and the universities they attend, MPs heard this week. Economist Nick...
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Grant to be tied to access strategy
Every university and college must take students from under-represented groups under plans being developed by the English funding council, writes Alison Goddard. The strategic plan that it is...
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MPs' report calls RAE 'damaging distraction'
The research assessment exercise has had positive effects, says the House of Commons science and technology select committee report. It has stimulated universities into managing their research and...
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V-cs fear threat to PhD powers
University heads are afraid that their ability to award PhDs will be lost under plans being developed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. A discussion document to inform the funding...
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Drama body rejects accusations of bias
A specialist drama school has claimed that other schools have prevented its students from getting grants. But its claims of discrimination have been rejected by the National Council of Drama Training...
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Clock-free technology developed
Mobile phones and other portable electronic devices such as hearing aids could use less power, become more efficient and weigh less if self-timed, clock-free (or asynchronous) technology takes off,...
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Traveller's son shows way
Bangor University's new students' union president Andrew Wilson can attest to the value of widening participation. The 22-year-old son of a former traveller is an "untraditional" recruit who is...
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Whistleblowers: Oxford reviews statutes after exclusion inquiry
Oxford University is to review its disciplinary procedures after an inquiry into the "distressing and humiliating" ejection of an international scholar from university premises, set up after...
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Who supports Man. united?
Alison Utley reports on plans for a super-university and a refashioned Northumbria. Britain's first super-university came a step closer this week as the University of Manchester and the University of...
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Critic offers Oxford his latest work of friction
One of Oxford University's most vocal critics has opened a bookshop and gallery in the heart of the dreaming spires as a focal point for dissent and attacks on the institution's establishment. Andrew...
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Ashamed French resist Le Pen
Thousands of university and lycée students protested at the unexpected success of the far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen in reaching the second round of the French presidential election this week...
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£1.5m for Bath v-c's pad rings alarm bells
Bath University staff and students are worried that spending on academic facilities is at risk after the university spent more than £1.5 million on a house in a Georgian crescent for the new vice-...
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'Invest or perish,' Dearing warns
Lord Dearing, author of the 1997 report on higher education, has warned chancellor Gordon Brown that he must invest more in education or risk long-term economic failure. Lord Dearing told the House...