Israeli partners abandon UK unis
British universities are being abandoned by their franchise partners in Israel following a series of disputes over "British degrees for sale". Two private Israeli colleges that deliver franchised...
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Lecturer with MS takes Surrey to industrial tribunal
A disabled lecturer whose current contract was more than halved two years after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis has taken his university to an industrial tribunal. George Mowat-Brown, 51, a...
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Research chief faces acid test
The new research chief at the European Commission is facing a resignation call even before he has officially replaced disgraced commissioner Edith Cresson. Philippe Busquin, who is expected to be...
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Hague 'shows his sophistication' in rebranding the Tories
William Hague's marketing of the Tories is more sophisticated than Labour's, delegates to the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Conference at Nene University College will hear this week. Whereas...
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Professionals eager to join the doctorate ranks
Professional doctorates have mushroomed since they started seven years ago, a nationwide survey of universities has revealed. Researchers from Brighton University found that between 1998 and 1999...
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Medics go on alert for stress spotting
Dundee University's medical students are logging how alert and optimistic they feel in a pioneering study that aims to cut their risk of divorce, suicide and alcoholism in later life. Nick Halpin of...
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Whitehall split over Hinxton bid
A row has broken out between the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions over the recent rejection of the Wellcome Trust's planning...
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Jenny Osborn-Jones outlines her experiences as a disabled student
(Photograph) - Jenny Osborn-Jones, aged 22, is in the fourth year of a degree in health studies at the University of Central Lancashire. In a wheelchair since infancy, she chose the university for...
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QAA finds cavities in Welsh dental school's practices
Wales's only medical and dental school is failing to safeguard standards and cannot guarantee the quality of its own awards, quality watchdogs have warned. The University of Wales College of Medicine...
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More students live at home
The number of new students who plan to live at home while attending university or college has risen to 22.6 per cent this year compared with 20.8 per cent last year, according to figures published...
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Hot questions of shelf life
REPORTS FROM THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE Over the past decade, we have heard more and more about blocks of ice the size of countries breaking adrift from the Antarctic...
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Is NUS serving the me generation?
As another university decides to disaffiliate, Harriet Swain asks if this is the beginning of the end for the National Union of Students. This time last year students at the University of Manchester...
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Meltdown at Melton
Melton Mowbray College accepted fees from a suspected illegal immigrant despite clear warnings from entry clearance officials that she might have obtained her student visa by deception. Melton...
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Commercial propositions
REPORTS FROM THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE Is genetic modification of crops the hope for the future or a sure-fire route to bankruptcy? The issue was debated at this week's...
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Quality plan stalls as QAA faces dissent
The framework for the new university quality assurance regime for British universities is in disarray, with university chiefs, the funding councils and the quality watchdog at loggerheads. The...