Do exams hinder student learning?
YES. Normal assessment practice is a well- intended but bureaucratically driven attempt to assure the quality of education. It is characterised by standardised learning objectives, assignments and...
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Don's diary
Monday. In the office of the OTHER media, Kingston University's new media design consultancy, by 8.45am for planning meeting - we have deadlines for the World Wildlife Fund, London Zoo and a proposal...
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The THES Diary
Terminated pay review Sabre-rattling by the Association of University Teachers this year seems to have lost the sabres. Not only does industrial action over pay seem to be petering out, but the union...
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Sources for research funding
Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this service is available on our Research microsite at www.thesis.co.uk Each week this section lists funds available for academic...
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The Open University
The Open University's failed primary initial teacher training course has passed its reinspection by Ofsted. The course will not run next year, but will be redesigned following changes to the national...
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Examiners re-marking A-level or GCSE papers
Examiners re-marking A-level or GCSE papers should not be made aware of the original grades and be free to mark up or down, Lord Mackay of Clashfern has recommended in a report for exam board Edexcel...
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Plymouth plonk
(Photograph) - Plymouth plonk: forget Beaujolais Nouveau, Plymouth University's Seale Hayne faculty has branched into viticulture in its food research programme and rented Dartmoor Vineyard to...
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Ministers reveal rules on status
Strict rules governing the use of the title "university", announced today by ministers, will instantly rule out bids for university status for at least 11 higher education colleges. Ministers...
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Millennium countdown
(Photograph) - Millennium countdown: a detail of 'London from the South Bank: a painting to celebrate the millennium', is being unveiled at South Bank University tonight. Artist Miles Peter Richmond...
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Lecturers' unions near agreement to end industrial action over pay
Lecturers in the old universities looked set to end industrial action over the latest pay settlement this week, after drawing up a memorandum of understanding with employers. Compiled by negotiators...
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NI politicians protest to Student Loans Co
A delegation of politicians from Northern Ireland went to the Student Loans Company in Glasgow this week on behalf of about 700 undergraduates who were still waiting to receive the first instalment...
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Cubie counts cost of fees' loss
Scottish educationists are mobilising against simply scrapping higher education tuition fees following the Cubie committee's surprise calculation that this would cost just Pounds 12 million in the...
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Backing for grants is still strong
The Cubie committee has held 13 public meetings and had more than 700 written submissions and 23 oral submissions. Its new paper produces costings for the seven main topics that have emerged, ranging...
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ITT up for grabs as Liverpool pulls out
Teacher training providers on Merseyside are vying for extra student places after the Teacher Training Agency indicated that it will reallocate 150 places from the University of Liverpool to other...
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Giddens defends third-way politics
Anthony Giddens is on the offensive against critics of the third-way political theory espoused by new Labour, armed with research that undermines traditional concepts of poverty. Professor Giddens,...