Penalties for tuition fees over Pounds 1,000
The government this week restated its firm opposition to universities' excessive tuition fees after a Blairite think tank said that differentiated fees were "virtually inevitable". Senior government...
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Cambridge support for Dr Evans is not enough
More than 200 Cambridge University academics have supported calls to establish an independent review panel to consider lecturer Gill Evans' personal case for promotion. But Dr Evans's supporters were...
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Student loan bidders are shortlisted
Shortlisted bidders for the second government sale of Pounds 1 billion worth of student loan debt were announced this week. They are: Barclays Capital, a consortium of Deutsche Bank and the...
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Dental students have largest debt cavity
Dental students are Pounds 6,000 more in debt than the average student and nearly Pounds 2,000 more than medical students, according to a British Dental Association survey. It shows nearly nine in...
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Drugs researcher's tribunal is cancelled
An unfair dismissal bid against Edinburgh's Queen Margaret College by controversial drugs researcher Martin Plant has been withdrawn on the eve of a hearing to determine whether the case should go...
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Adult learners deterred because of funding gap
Adult learners face increased college course fees as a result of a "gap" in government funding priorities, an analysis by the Further Education Development Agency has found. Colleges may be forced to...
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Four London colleges say 'Yes' to SSEES
Four London University colleges have bid to merge with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies. King's, University College London, Royal Holloway and Goldsmiths Colleges had registered...
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Tribunal gives ruling on sacked principal
An industrial tribunal is today expected to announce its decision in the unfair dismissal case brought against Glasgow Caledonian University by its former principal, Stan Mason. Dr Mason, fired by...
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Farmers take off their wellies to surf the web
Northwestern farmers are to be trained as slick marketing and communication experts with the help of almost Pounds 500,000 from the European Union and academic support from High Peak College, Buxton...
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'Waiting room' of unemployed
The government's New Deal for the young unemployed is "Britain's biggest waiting room", with education and training options severely limited in some regions, the Liberal Democrats claimed this week....
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Get set for Human Rights Act, lawyers say
Lawyers have advised all universities and colleges to review their legal position in the light of the Human Rights Act, which received royal assent this week. The act, said to be one of the most far-...
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On the ball
(Photograph) - Andy Grant (left) and Tom Reilly of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University have developed a computer program that can help football...
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10,000 more places for N Ireland
The government has announced 10,000 extra places for further and higher education in Northern Ireland. But the head of the province's largest further and higher education college has warned that...
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Queen's University Belfast restructuring plans
George Bain, vice-chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, said this week that support for the university's restructuring plans, which could mean redundancies for 100 academics, had been reaffirmed...
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'Enterprise must be valued and fostered'
University enterprise is being stifled by more teaching duties, growing administrative tasks and the pursuit of high research ratings, a report will say. The European Commission-funded report, due to...