QAA forced to beef up blueprint
Top officials from the Quality Assurance Agency breathed a sigh of relief this week as the funding councils signed up to the broad principles of their blueprint. QAA chief executive John Randall said...
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The real reason behind skills shortages
A survey on the needs of businesses has revealed that so-called "skills shortages" are often the result of recruitment difficulties and not a skill deficiency in the workforce. The survey, conducted...
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Standards will develop quality education
The Open and Distance Learning Quality Council has produced and formally adopted Standards in Open and Distance Learning. The council says this document draws on 30 years of monitoring, and that...
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Big business proves it can change its culture
Economic and Social Research Council-funded research has revealed that many large British organisations have become adept at launching programmes to change their culture and structure but are unaware...
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More delays for new Scottish Highers
The launch of Scotland's reformed post-16 examination system, Higher Still, which has been delayed twice, is under new threat of industrial action. The Educational Institute of Scotland is to ballot...
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Argument is made for well-qualified nurses
The University of the West of England this week defended graduate-level nursing education. Responding to a comment, by the chairman of the human resources committee of the NHS Confederation, that "...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES Gregory Woods, first professor of gay and lesbian studies, argued that British universities are homophobic places Ruth Adams Future of Work I would agree that "some campuses are...
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Why I... think the national minimum wage should have been set Pounds 1 higher
Frank Wilkinson Senior research officer in the department of applied economics, Cambridge University I welcome the fact that the government is to bring in a statutory minimum wage, but it is a missed...
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Brothers earned jobs, says Glasgow inquiry
Jobs held by the two sons of Stan Mason, the sacked principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, are "legitimate and contribute towards to the reputation of the university", an independent inquiry has...
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Food colleges to forge closer links
Queen Margaret College and the Scottish Agricultural College have announced that they are exploring the prospect of collaborating following discussions between the college conveners and senior...
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Where is genetics going, asks council
Research is needed to establish the appropriate aims and outcomes for genetic counselling, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics recommended this week. The council made the suggestion after examining the...
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Students make stand by withholding fees
Students at Sheffield Hallam University are planning to withhold tuition fees in an attempt to force a government U-turn on the issue. Reading University student union is also taking legal advice...
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Art students should learn how to draw
Many students entering art school possess inadequate drawing skills and a new A level and GCSE in the subject is needed to address the problem, according to an Oxford University professor of drawing...
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University finds it good to talk to Motorola
The University of the West of England is linking up with communications company Motorola to help develop new "multimedia" mobile phones. Researchers at UWE will work with colleagues from Sussex...
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Scots think big for future
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council wants to see the number of part-time students grow by 10 per cent by 2000. Its corporate plan follows a Pounds 6 million Scottish Office initiative to...