Foreign student expansion fears
Colleges may lack the support resources to cope with plans to double overseas student recruitment in FE, the Association of Colleges has warned, writes Phil Baty. The AOC has broadly welcomed "...
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Employers fear role loss when TECs axed
The government's new post-16 education and training framework could undermine progress towards national learning targets, it has been claimed. Training and enterprise councils fear that the Learning...
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Clash of Scottish cash inquiry titans
Andrew Cubie, chair of Scotland's independent committee of inquiry into student finance, has warned of a potential timing clash between his report and the Quigley committee's review of the Scottish...
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Student leaders go into battle on fees
Leaders of the National Union of Students have voted to campaign more rigorously against tuition fees in the next academic year, with a national demonstration and lobby of Parliament. The decision,...
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University ushers in back door private fee
Oxford Brookes University is using a funding loophole to charge full-time undergraduate tuition fees of up to Pounds 4,700 a year for "private" courses. The move was described this week by student...
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Campus could be built on
A University for Cornwall could be built on the site of the country's last remaining tin mine, it has emerged. South Crofty mine is one of several proposed sites before the steering group for the...
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Fallout from accountancy feud spreads to exams
A bitter row between two accountancy bodies over the basis of exam exemptions will end up hurting the students most, it is being claimed, writes Bibi Berki. The Association of Accounting Technicians...
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Blackstone blesses the birth of the ILT
A fast-track membership policy and rigorous professional standards are envisaged for the new ILT, writes Alison Utley The Institute for Learning and Teaching was opened for business last week by...
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ILT hailed as cementing Scottish links with the rest of the United Kingdom
Nicol Stephen, Scotland's deputy minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has hailed the Institute for Learning and Teaching as proof of Scottish higher education's continuing bond with the...
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Open University accreditation course launched
A set of distance learning accreditation courses for higher education teachers has been launched by the Open University in anticipation of the first wave of business for the Institute for Learning...
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Warwick peerage splits CVCP
A wave of resignations could hit the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, which has been "split from top to bottom" over chief executive Diana Warwick's peerage, it emerged this week. Vice-...
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Doctors steal the limelight
Jennifer Currie reports on how the new universities' quest for fame has fuelled the rise of the honorary degree. If every honorary graduate followed the precedent set by Samuel Johnson, the world...
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Sent from Coventry
Why has senior lecturer David Hookes been selected for redundancy by Coventry University when the vice-chancellor has already met his announced targets for staff cuts? Many of his colleagues believe...
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Match of data and desire
Entrepreneur Mark Rowse tells Geoffrey Davies that content is king - and he's buying it bigtime. Academic life has traditionally not offered huge opportunities for entrepreneurs. The culture of...
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Nesta exploits and explores future of the web
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts plans to use convergent technologies to nurture the geniuses of the next generation. Nesta's triple-headed assault - by exploration,...