Serb academia merits support despite regime
As the Kosovo crisis slips from diplomacy to war, it is hard to feel any sympathy for Serbs. So it was supremely bad timing that brought three University of Belgrade academics to London last week to...
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A touch too much
Roger King is wrong to think that to devise a credible standard for teachers in higher education, a balance must be struck "between proper rigour and a reasonably light touch" ("Institute of Learning...
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Darwinian disputes
Gabby Dover's polemic against the Darwinism Today lecture series, including my book Divided Labours ("Darwinian devolution", THES, February 26), is so thoroughly misleading that readers deserve to be...
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Counting up drop-outs
Your front-page story and editorial about student non-completion rates (THES, March 19) were helpful in putting the issue in an international context by showing that drop-out rates in this country...
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Northeast partnership aims to improve region
The five universities of the Northeast will today sign a collaborative venture to improve job prospects and quality of life in the region. The universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria,...
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Number of under-25s joining OU trebles
The number of young people enrolled on an Open University course leading to a degree or postgraduate qualification has almost trebled in the past four years. Figures released last week by the OU show...
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End of vocational tax relief criticised
Alan Tuckett (above), chief executive of the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education, has criticised chancellor Gordon Brown's decision to phase out vocational tax relief, which lets people...
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Seven crowned with university college title
Surrey Institute of Art and Design has been given consent by the Privy Council to use the university college title. Six other higher education colleges gained the title: Buckinghamshire Chilterns...
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People problem affects FE recruitment goal
Further education colleges face an uphill struggle to hit widening participation targets, said Kate Anderson, Further Education Funding Council director for London. At a seminar on widening...
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V-cs advise Nesta to focus on priorities
The objectives of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts must be prioritised to prevent the proposed Pounds 10 million of support having "little significance or impact", the...
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Industry liaisons are 'crucial' to universities
Industry liaison officers will play a "crucial role" in meeting the government's call for university/industry collaboration, a conference will hear next week. Martin Haywood, chairman of the...
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Code aims to cut thefts of rare books and art
The government has drawn up a voluntary code of practice to help cut thefts of rare books and works of art. Drafted by the Home Office, with the Library Association and Council for Prevention of Art...
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Fifth Framework's first call for proposals
The first calls for proposals for Europe's Pounds 10.4 billion Fifth Framework research programme have been announced with deadlines as early as June. A European Commission spokesman said the mass...
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Plan to link top schools with tertiary sector
The government's Pounds 350 million "action plan" for struggling inner-city comprehensive schools will include measures to link the best "beacon schools" with local colleges and universities to give...
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Swing it
(Photograph) - Spencer Swadling, a graphic design student at the University of Luton, displays the label he devised that won a British Hat Guild competition. The label adorns 100,000 hats on sale in...