Scots lecturers lobby MPs to scrap fees
n The Association of University Teachers Scotland is to ask Scottish MPs in Westminster to pressurise the government to axe tuition fees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The AUTS holds its...
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Warwick senate house occupied by protesters
More than 300 students occupied the University of Warwick's senate house this week in a protest against top-up fees. A general meeting of the student union voted to occupy the building, where the...
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Blunkett praises mentoring schemes
Student mentoring programmes should be applauded for their work in Britain's schools, according to the education and employment secretary, David Blunkett. Meeting a group of school children on a day...
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Mediator to help settle staff contracts strike
Strike action in Scotland's new-university sector has continued for a second week as management and the Educational Institute of Scotland clashed over a call for intervention by the Advisory,...
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New work permits to plug gaps in industry
DUSSELDORF The German government is planning to introduce a work-visa programme for non-EU residents, similar to the US green card, to help recruit the highly skilled workers needed in its...
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Leeds footballers in dock for student assault
Two Leeds United footballers were to appear before Leeds magistrates today in connection with a street attack on an Asian student from Leeds Metropolitan University. Lee Bowyer, 23, and Jonathan...
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Gender imbalance grows at Cambridge
The number of women in academic posts at Cambridge University has fallen in all categories in spite of initiatives to address gender imbalance. The proportion of female professors fell from 6.4 per...
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College principals prepare for revolution
College principals have joined forces with the Association of Colleges in a bid to secure the sector a dominant role in the learning and skills revolution. Nine out of ten members of the 300-strong...
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'Eat air' guru seen as threat to students
Edinburgh University's students' association is downplaying fears that students are in danger from a lecture on campus next month by controversial new-age guru Ellen Greve, who claims people can...
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Wales to spin out support for innovation
Spin Out, a programme to be launched this month in Wales, aims to encourage university staff and students to set up businesses. Funded by the Welsh Development Agency and the European Regional...
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Positive reaction
Chemsoc, the chemical societies network, has launched the web-based European Network for Chemistry. It will open a forum for the 50 European chemical societies and will be the internet centre of...
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Plain speaking
Cambridge University spin-off company Entropic Inc has been taken over by the Microsoft Corporation. Steve Young remains vice-president of engineering and chief scientist based in the Fens. Professor...
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Robust net
The University of North London has stabilised its rapidly developing network and made significant cost savings with a new management system. The growth of computer-based training as an important...
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Healthy learning
Health-Media.Net, the online provider of news and information to the health community, is to develop an interactive web-based distance-learning package in education appraisal with the Conference of...
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New player
An American distance-learning company is to open its first European office in the Netherlands later this year. Texas-based Ed-X.com offers degree courses over the internet from colleges and...