Boost for access to information
University, college and school libraries are joining forces with public libraries in Newport in a venture aimed at improving access to information and learning resources, writes Kam Patel....
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Museums body is 'old boys' club'
A survey of university museums has uncovered widespread disaffection with the University Museums Group, with many staff accusing it of being an "old boys' club" with "no grip on reality". The report'...
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Thief targets antique tomes
Hundreds of antique books, including early editions of works by Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle, have been stolen from Cambridge University and the London Library. Peter Fox, librarian at Cambridge,...
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Astronomy staff battle to protect Newall site
Major expansion plans at Cambridge University risk being scuppered by a 68-year-old land agreement in a row that is set to be judged by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. A group of academics...
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Scottish colleges oppose CVCP restructuring plans
Tensions have emerged over Scotland's participation in restructuring proposals for a federated Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals. The head of Glasgow School of Art has described as "...
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World watch
The university in the capital of Burkino Faso has been closed following clashes between troops from the presidential guard and students demonstrating peacefully for action against the killers of a...
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OZ open learning merges
Australia's two "open universities" are to merge, creating the biggest tertiary organisation of its type in the country. The new body will offer off-campus courses to more than 16,000 students taking...
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Performance criteria slated
Vice-chancellors are concerned that government-sanctioned performance indicators will be used to construct league tables. Universities and colleges in England and Wales were sent their individual...
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Trainers welcome check on agency
University teacher trainers have hailed moves by the government to rein in the Teacher Training Agency's powers as the beginning of the end for the controversial agency. And they have quietly...
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Cambridge to recognise promotions
Cambridge University is expected to award long-awaited promotions to more than 200 academics, following the historic concession that staff promotions will in future be based on merit, not on budget...
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More support for casuals urged
Standards are in danger of slipping unless universities improve the working conditions of casual staff, a report from London University's Institute of Education has warned. Recent Teaching Quality...
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Fund aims to boost good management
Initiative fatigue is preventing universities from introducing best management practice. So say responses submitted this week to a funding council consultation. The Higher Education Funding Council...
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Queen's AUT under fire
Queen's AUT president told the equal opportunities officer: 'Here is the latest dose of rubbish from Dr Deman. I shall not even bother to reply to it' An ethnic minority lecturer had "grounds for...
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End of the road for franchising
With tough new constraints on the sale of distance courses, colleges must look to local provision to make up for the Pounds 6 million deficit that is forecast. Phil Baty reports The further education...
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Don's Diary
Monday The final week for Millennium Women - a forum concentrating on women's issues for the next millennium - is here. We begin the week with a group confab, as encouragement is needed all round....