Colleges push common framework
UNIVERSITIES and colleges should share common quality assurance arrangements, the Association of Colleges has said. The AoC, in its response to the Quality Assurance Agency's consultation, said that...
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Exam snorers score badly
STUDENTS who snore do significantly worse in exams and are at a higher risk of failing than non-snorers, a survey suggests. University of Erlangen-Nuremburg researchers in Germany looked at the...
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'Kennedy' cash for extra students
MONEY for an extra 20,000 full-time students was announced this week in the latest further education funding round, in which almost 60 per cent of colleges received higher allocations. Detailing how...
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Randall outlines quality rethink
THE LATEST version of the Quality Assurance Agency's revamped proposals for policing higher education standards is a significant step forward, vice-chancellors agreed last week. The ideas, outlined...
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Timetable is 'too tight'
THE TIMETABLE set by quality watchdogs for trialling a new system for setting standards is too ambitious, Scottish university and college chiefs have warned. Teams of academics developing definitions...
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Swipe your card for a spin in the saddle
New universities are pioneering the use of environmental policies. Julia Hinde reports Portsmouth University's pioneering Bikeabout scheme has already encouraged 300 students and staff to abandon...
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Democracy put in a spin
DEMOCRACY may be under threat as journalists struggle to maintain the integrity of their craft, says a media expert. Bob Franklin, reader in media and communication studies at Sheffield University,...
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Euro prize
Closing date for the European awards for multimedia creativity is June 30. There are six categories including "Knowledge and discovery" and a student award. See www.europrix.org.
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Knowledge network
The University of Westminster, with North West London TEC, has set up New Media Knowledge, a business network to help small media companies in central and West London. The project is led by Stephen...
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Learning sites
Networking newsletter (http://node.on.ca/ networking/issues/) is funded by the Ontario government and covers learning technology for post-secondary education and training. A US equivalent, Virtual...
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Exposed: PR's political ambition
STIRLING University researchers are mapping the scope and scale of the political public relations industries and the professional groups who staff them. The work, led by Philip Schlesinger of...
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Rome relaxes its iron grip
ITALIAN universities must get to grips with their new-found academic freedom by this autumn, university minister Luigi Berlinguer has told rectors. Under a 1997 law, state universities have gained...
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Warm blast from past
NORTH-EAST Europe was warmer 6,000 years ago than it is today, according to findings from a database of the pollen found in fossils. With funding from the European Commission, data was collected...
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Toxic shock
POISONS in the environment may eventually lead to backwards evolution of the human brain, according the author of a new study into global environmental change. Christopher Williams, lecturer in...
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Pilot project
MANAGERS involved in making the design of jet engines more efficient will be able to "pilot" a virtual company through a simulator to predict the outcome of making different decisions. Researchers...