Arts and science sparks to fly in London
A unique celebration of science and the arts will be staged in London from September 6-30. The event, called Creating Sparks, incorporates the annual British Association Festival of Science and will...
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Labour manifesto to promote wider access
Further measures to widen access to university will form one of the main planks of the Labour Party's manifesto for the next election. Last weekend's National Policy Forum, the results of which will...
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Pay student teachers Pounds 10,000, say Lib Dems
Students undertaking teacher training should be paid Pounds 10,000 a year, Liberal Democrats said this week. The proposal is part of a reformed Liberal Democrat policy designed to boost teacher...
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Law will mean dole blues for postgrads
Postgraduate students who have submitted a thesis but face delays in arranging a viva will be excluded from state benefits under legislation going through Parliament, the National Union of Students...
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Queen Mum celebrated in new games centre
Dundee University has marked the forthcoming centenary of its first chancellor, the Queen Mother, with the launch of an innovative initiative to harness technology more commonly associated with young...
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The elite ignore FE students
Top universities largely ignore further education colleges as undergraduate recruitment grounds and may be too focused on research priorities to be engaged sufficiently in widening participation,...
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Streetwise
(Photograph) - Pupils from Subiton High School have been working with Kingston University and three other schools to brigten up the streets leading from the railway station to the town centre. Their...
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More money, or higher fees
Higher tuition fees are inevitable unless the government comes up with more money for universities in next week's spending review, it was claimed this week. Barry Sheerman MP, chairman of the...
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Copycats roam in era of the net
Universities are struggling to cope with an explosion of student plagiarism caused by the rise of modular courses, increasing lecturers' workloads and the popularity of the internet. A conference at...
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University attempts to change its image
Queen's University, Belfast, is determined to erase its "ivory tower" image and pursue strong and active links with the community, pro vice-chancellor Brenda McLaughlin told a graduation ceremony...
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Waterworks trouble 'cure' put to the test
Medical scientists at Dundee University are putting to the test the popular notion that cran-berry juice can prevent and treat urinary infections. More than 400 elderly people will take part in the...
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Art college hopeful of bid for old army site
Chelsea College of Art and Design is awaiting news of its bid for the former Royal Army Medical College at Millbank. Representatives of the London Institute, of which Chelsea is part, discussed their...
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Cash from Europe vital for access in Scotland
European funding plays a crucial part in allowing Scotland's further education colleges to target some of the country's most disadvantaged and excluded groups, according to the Association of...
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Successful research centres announced
The Arts and Humanities Research Board has announced the first ten projects to be funded under its Research Centres Scheme. More than 145 institutions applied. The programme provides a maximum of...
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UK urged to value apprentices
Employer training organisations have called for more work-based apprenticeships to counterbalance the "cultural snobbery" that promotes higher education. Garry Hawkes, chief executive of the National...