Cubie committee
Scrap tuition fees. Restore the maintenance grant. And raise income tax to pay for it. That was the message to the Cubie committee at its first public meeting in Glasgow, the kick-off of a two-week...
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Hands up
(Photograph) - Artist Sheila Gaffney has taken plaster and wax casts of hundreds of ordinary people's hands for her 'Locale' exhibition, which looks at individuality in work and British industry and...
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The THES Diary
Plane frightening Four vice-chancellors formed an air squadron at last week's Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals annual meeting in Shropshire, hiring a plane to fly from Halfpenny Green...
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Delegates stand firm in tuition fee debate
Alan Thomson reports from the Liberal Democrat conference in Harrogate Liberal Democrat delegates have foiled leadership attempts to resolve the party's problematic single issue fight against tuition...
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Willis to take over from Foster
Alan Thomson reports from the Liberal Democrat conference in Harrogate Phil Willis looks set to take over from Don Foster as the Liberal Democrats' education spokesman in the party reshuffle due next...
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Student complaints code suffers further delay
The QAA is running into more trouble. Tony Tysome and Phil Baty report The Quality Assurance Agency's code of practice on student complaints will be further delayed after it was conceded that the...
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Innovation stifled, claims Derby
The QAA is running into more trouble. Tony Tysome and Phil Baty report Derby University has accused quality chiefs of stifling innovation after a pioneering course described by an assessor as having...
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Researcher in Aids suicide case wins Exeter ethics dispute
Exeter University has admitted mishandling an ethical dispute over a postgraduate student guaranteeing the anonymity of those who had helped people with Aids to kill themselves, writes Steve Farrar....
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MPs plan inquiry into HE
MPs are preparing a major inquiry into higher education but are making it clear that it will not be a repeat of Dearing. Two years after the Dearing report, the House of Commons education...
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Chris Carr
Correction: Chris Carr, senior lecturer in strategy at Manchester Business School, has been appointed to a chair of corporate strategy at the University of Edinburgh Management School, which he will...
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New data, same old story
ACCESS. Expanded information on university applicants reveals a predictable tale. John Pratt says we have a long way to go in widening access. Higher education has long been the preserve of the...
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One step forward
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. Will the European Higher Education Area be able to do all it is intended to? asks Anne Corbett. My current reading addresses those in the United States governing class and its "...
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Boost for European cooperation
THE EDUCATION COMMISSIONER. Viviane Reding has promised her full support for a new educational and cultural space. Alan Osborn and Keith Nuthall report. New European commissioner for education...
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Push for a united front on pay
Pay talks between employers and the Association of University Teachers, which were adjourned last week without agreement, are expected to expand to include other higher education unions. The AUT...
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Pensions promise for part-time workers
Part-time lecturers could gain improved pension rights following an opinion issued by the advocate-general of the European Court of Justice, Philippe Leger. Mr Leger said that part-time staff should...