Call for a degree of rivalry
Rome Academics are mounting an offensive against the legal status of Italian degrees as one of the basic obstacles to a radical renovation of the ailing state university system. They argue that if...
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Saddam's double
I liked the irony of your montage of Saddam Hussein's image. Of course both Saddam and his son Uday have doubles who underwent cosmetic surgery and look like them, but a genetically identical one is...
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Bullying probe hits Anglia
Allegations of nepotism and bullying against Anglia Polytechnic University Business School head Hugh Jenkins are under investigation. The university's audit and compliance committee met this week to...
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Rejected Bolton calls for inquiry
Bolton Institute staff governors have launched a bitter attack on the Quality Assurance Agency over its "unwarranted" dismissal of the institute's bid for a university title. They have accused the...
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Lack of trust in inspection regime
The teacher training inspection regime "damages quality and impedes recruitment to teaching", the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers said this week in a discussion paper. Universities...
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Schools plan falters
School-centred teacher training providers, which exclude higher education, are not as effective as traditional school-university partnerships, the chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead said in...
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Glasgow set to axe 180 jobs
Glasgow University is set to axe 180 posts in a bid to cope with an impending Pounds 6 million deficit. The university last year launched a scheme to shed 90 jobs over three years, and has already...
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Soton probation
LECTURERS at Southampton University may remain on probation for up to six years under plans being drawn up by management. The university, which will decide on the change within the next few weeks,...
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Institution chiefs' pay rise
This is the fourth THES top people's pay survey and the third year in which institutions were required THE Average pay rise for heads of United Kingdom higher education institutions was 5.8 per cent...
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SHEFC to set teacher training intake
Scottish education minister Brian Wilson announced this week that he is giving the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council the task of setting future intakes for teacher education courses. The move...
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Lecturers demand 4.2 per cent
LECTURERS have called for salary rises of at least 4.2 per cent, following recommendations by public sector pay review bodies. The recommendations last week were for staggered pay awards of 3.8 per...
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Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone
Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone has told representatives of lecturers' union Natfhe that the government is committed to "mass higher education". At a meeting this week arranged by...
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Exeter prepares exodus
UP to 40 academics are expected to leave Exeter University in an attempt by the university to balance its budget after a poor showing in the research assessment exercise. The university needs to lose...
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National school tests reinforce sense of failure
Competitive school testing and national targets reinforce the sense of failure in low-achieving pupils, according to King's College London research published today. Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam at...
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Appointments
University of Ulster Roger Ellis, professor and dean of the faculty of social and health sciences and education, has been appointed to strategic adviser to the vice-chancellor on all matters relating...