FE:more cash for more students
An extra Pounds 584 million will be pumped into further education in 2000-2001, but colleges will be expected to take an extra 200,000 students. Announcing the comprehensive spending review...
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Colleges may avoid recruiting non-traditional students for fear of being castigated
Colleges may avoid recruiting non-traditional students for fear of being castigated over poor retention and achievement rates, David Gibson said this week. He called for a public debate. He told the...
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UCAS likely to handle UfI applications
* Applicants for University for Industry courses will probably be routed through the University and Colleges Admissions Service. "UCAS is actively pursuing a system that will allow UfI entry," a UCAS...
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TEC review delayed by volume of replies
* The government's review of the future of training and enterprise councils has been delayed until the new year because of an overwhelming response to its consultation exercise. A spokesman for the...
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LSE presses case for rise in postgrad fees
* Academics at the London School of Economics have been asked to look again at proposals to increase fees for United Kingdom postgraduates. The school's standing committee has asked the academic...
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Push for humanities and arts council
* Leading arts and social science staff have written to minister Baroness Blackstone calling for an arts and humanities research council for the UK. The Standing Conference of Arts and Social...
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Union calls truce over Higher Still reforms
* Scotland's largest teaching union, the Educational Institute of Scotland, has halted its proposed boycott of post-16 Higher Still examination reforms. Scottish education minister Helen Liddell held...
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Scots satisfy overseas students
* Satisfied customers are Scottish higher education's most powerful marketing tool in attracting overseas students, according to research findings. A Scottish Council for Research in Education report...
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DNA to reorder plant classification system
* Ten years of work will culminate next month with the publication of a new classification of the world's flowering plants and trees based on DNA rather than appearance. Mark Chase, head of the...
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Researchers seek annual lifelong review
* An Edinburgh University research team has called for an annual "state of the nation" report on lifelong learning in Scotland. Tom Schuller and Caroline Bamford of Edinburgh's centre for continuing...
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Picture protest against restructuring plans
* An academic at Queen's University Belfast this week returned a framed painting of the university to vice-chancellor George Bain in protest against restructuring plans that could make 100 academics...
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Anti-fee occupation at Queen's broken up
* Security staff were called in last Sunday to end a four-day student protest at Queen's University, Belfast. They evicted students who occupied the main administration block of the campus to demand...
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Most oppose higher tuition fees
* The vast majority of people would oppose plans to increase the proportion of tuition fee paid by undergraduates, says a NOP poll. The survey showed that seven out of ten people backed continued...
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Research 'worth bankruptcy'
European research chiefs visiting London's University College this week were warned that success in Framework programmes risked bringing universities closer to bankruptcy. Opening the two-day UCL...
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Mandelson's recipe for success
Effective and innovative knowledge management is critical to the future success of UK business, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry told academics and business people this week. Speaking at...