A trip along the Piccadilly on-Line
Catherine Scott describes an experiment in thought transfer between British and American young people My students at the University of North London recently took part in an experiment in online group...
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Call for Keele inquiry
Academics at Keele University are demanding an internal inquiry into the controversial sale of rare mathematics books for Pounds 1 million to a book dealer. They argue that the university broke its...
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Student rescue package extended
A government scholarship scheme to help cash-strapped Southeast Asian students on courses in Britain has been left with Pounds 900,000 of unused money. The government and the British Council have...
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Scottish Knowledge signing deal
Scottish Knowledge, which exports Scotland's expertise in education and training, is signing a deal with two Malaysian institutions which, it believes, could be worth Pounds 20 million over the next...
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GMC approves regular testing for doctors
The General Medical Council voted overwhelmingly this week to implement regular testing of doctors to ensure they are fit to practise. Doctors who fail the tests could be struck off.
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UCAS splits from education info firm
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has parted from education information company ECCTIS 2000. UCAS is to sell its 30 per cent shareholding in the company
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German degree overhaul proposed
Hamburg Germany's top higher education advisory body is developing a higher education system that would replace the country's traditional diplom four-year-plus degree with international-style...
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League tables may end in tiers
The push towards local universities with policies to widen access was strengthened this week by government proposals for new league tables. The government has drawn up indicators to show how each...
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Social divisions traced in old binary divide
New statistics onstudents from poorer backgrounds in higher education show huge variations betweeninstitutions, writes Harriet Swain. Research by Bob Osborne, professor of applied policy studies at...
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FE ups share of HE students
The number of full-time students taking higher education courses in Scottish FE colleges rose by 6 per cent between 1996-97 and 1997-98 to 30,000. The latest provisional statistics from the Scottish...
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Welsh thumbs-down for post-16 direct funding
Direct funding of post-16 education and training provision by the new Welsh Assembly would be a mistake, the Welsh Funding Councils have argued. In their response to the Education and Training Action...
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Break-up warning over unitised framework
Plans for credit accumulation and transfer in the 16-19 qualifications framework could lead to fragmentation and incoherence, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has warned. A consultation by...
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The fast lane
(Photograph) - The fast lane: Durham University engineering students Helen Ashby and Andrew Mullin take a close look at the Formula Vauxhall racing car given to the university. Photo: Sam Atkins
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Flower power
(Photograph) - Flower power: a student taking her NVQ level II floristry at Bicton Agricultural College in east Devon arranges flowers and foliage at a local shop. The department has won the Rose...
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Makerere aids refugee cause
Kampala Uganda's Makerere University is to set up a refugee studies programme to enable university students to learn more about the problems of forced migration and to explore better ways of helping...