Thumbs-down from top 30
Universities are breaking ranks as they face threats to their autonomy in theshape of new quality and teaching regimes. Alison Utley and Tony Tysome report. REPRESENTATIVES of Britain's top research...
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Hype misses out the oldies
Adults Leaners' Week starts tomorrow amid doubts about the government's lifelong learning project. THE SEVENTH national Adult Learners' Week starts tomorrow, but the mood is markedly more downbeat...
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Don's Diary
Wednesday I set off on my first trip to the United States and my first international conference, where I will be presenting a poster. Arriving at Newark airport, I go to immigration control, where I...
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Universities take back teaching
Universities are breaking ranks as they face threats to their autonomy in theshape of new quality and teaching regimes. Alison Utley and Tony Tysome report. THE launch of the Institute for Learning...
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Cradle-to-grave investigation
A Pounds 10 million research programme into teaching and learning at all levels from pre-school to higher education is announced today by the Economic and Social Research Council. The programme,...
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Open learning gets tough ride
Australia's "Open University" is in serious trouble. Its top executives have quit and a third of its students have disappeared. Last year, enrolments in Open Learning Australia were down to a mere 13...
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Joint venture
(Photograph) - The University of Teesside's centre for health and medical research and South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have opened a new centre for learning and research. Here student Catherine...
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CVCP yes to cash for quality
THE COMMITTEE of Vice-Chancellors and Principals has signalled for the first time its support for a direct link between judgements of quality and funding. In a "statement of intent" on standards and...
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Ally or rival, v-cs ask
THE VICE-CHANCELLORS' task force weighing up the pros and cons of the University for Industry is to look at its impact on access to higher education. Roderick Floud, vice-chancellor of London...
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Lucky 100 win excellence award
Adults Leaners' Week start tomorrow amid doubts about the government's lifelong learning project. The highlights of the National Learners Week "celebration" are the awards, which will be presented by...
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League tables reform 'too narrow'
COLLEGES are "very concerned" about the government's proposals to improve performance league tables in further education. The Association of Colleges, which demanded reform of the annual A level and...
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Colleges let their IT slip
COLLEGES are failing to embrace information technology, according to a report published this week by the Further Education Funding Council. The report, which is being seen as a warning to ministers...
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Lecturer cuts her cloth to help heal scars
The Scottish College of Textiles in Galashiels has a long tradition of knitting expertise, appropriately for an institution in the heart of Borders sheep farming country. But the research of Lisa...
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Good kids watch TV
Watching television does not make children more aggressive or more likely to adopt anti-social behaviour, research from Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education has found. A team spent...
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How workers work well
EMPLOYEE participation in shaping work can boost a company's performance, according to a survey of European firms. Peter Totterdill, who heads Nottingham Trent University's Centre for Work and...