Lax FE audits fuel fraud fears
A clampdown has been ordered on colleges' accounting procedures after public spending watchdogs exposed a catalogue of flaws. Ministers have threatened legislation. Reporting on a multi-million pound...
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Ministers work on post-16 funding revamp
The post-16 sector faces its most "fundamental and radical shake-up" as the government conducts a review of lifelong learning, its leaders were briefed this week, writes Phil Baty. Local government...
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HEFC to deliver verdict on Thames Valley plan
Funding chiefs were due to consider the survival "action plan" for Thames Valley University this week. The plan was demanded following a damning quality audit that found degree standards could not be...
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TTA review draws firefrom principals and v-cs
In response to the Teacher Training Agency's quinquennial review, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and Standing Conference of Principals have told ministers that the TTA's funding...
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Europe lacks parity for academic staff
Pay and conditions for academic staff still differ between European countries, despite growing globalisation, according to an initial study of research papers delivered at a European Union conference...
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T&G seeks 10 per cent for support staff
The T&G union this week put in a pay claim of 10 per cent for more than 100,000 support staff in higher education. This would mean a rise of Pounds 33 per week, taking the hourly minimum to...
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Unison puts pay offer to membership vote
Public service union Unison is to consult its 60,000 members in higher education over a 3.5 per cent pay offer for manual, clerical, technical, professional and administrative staff in universities...
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Blunkett makes case for student work plan
The government this week called for universities to provide a minimum period of work experience for all students. In a speech at a conference on "shaping the future" at Exeter University, secretary...
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Three colleges' approaches to higher education work
Newcastle College One of the country's biggest further education providers of higher education courses, Newcastle's success means it might have to consider new methods of delivery if growth is to...
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Government plans sale of last student debts
The government has launched the third and, for the moment, last sale of student debt to the private sector. It follows the sale of Pounds 1 billion worth of debt each to securitisation vehicles set...
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Ottawa
The Canadian Federation of Students has condemned Canada's participation in the Nato bombing of Yugoslavia as an act of war that is hurting those it was supposed to help and has called on MPs to...
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Ndjamena
Classes have resumed at the Universite Nationale de Ndjamena in Chad after students suspended their strike when the government met one of their demands - the payment of four of the six months'...
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National inquiry into languages teaching
Members of a national inquiry into languages teaching, due to report next year, called on universities, schools and colleges to address the decline in interest in language degree courses.
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Architecture schools slam RIBA proposals
Heads of schools of architecture have criticised moves by the Royal Institute of British Architects to shake up architecture degree courses. They say RIBA's proposals, which split five years of...
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Most start-up firms fail to grow economy
Less than 10 per cent of business start-ups go on to make much of a contribution to national economic growth, job creation or even provide significant returns to their owners, according to a study by...