PLANS to create a regional university through the merger of Derby University with two neighbouring further education colleges looked set to take off this week. Following meetings with the Further...
THE CREATION of a teaching and learning institute is likely to form a key recommendation of the Dearing inquiry to be published within the next fortnight, writes Alison Utley. The institute will be...
A SHAKE-UP of Scottish colleges is under way, with three institutions negotiating mergers or forming closer links with universities. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has put aside Pounds...
PART-TIME and full-time students over 25 will attract additional funding of just 5 per cent under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's funding method for 1998/99. Cliff Allen, HEFCE's...
Plans to release copies of the Dearing committee's report to a select few organisations days before publication have been scuppered by David Blunkett, the Education Secretary, who wants to get his...
Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, the post of the...
If at first you don't succeed ... good to see Birkbeck College ignoring press coverage which suggested that 170 years of distinguished service to the people of London was less significant than a bad...
With the latest UCAS figures showing a slump in applications to teacher training courses of 11 per cent, improving teacher morale has leapt to the top of the Government's agenda. White paper...
Surely no one would try to cash in on student fears that decisions arising from the Dearing report will mean them borrowing more money? Perish the thought. Nevertheless, NatWest bank feels it is...
Any fears on the part of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals that its cohabitees-to-be, the Council of Medical Deans, might be less than neighbourly when it moves in next month? So keen...
Accountants are taking determined steps to shake off their dull and boring image. The Association of Accounting Technicians has launched a glossy magazine to prove the profession can be as exciting...
John Major will have some fellow feeling for Alumnus to be Proud of No. 116, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, currently president of Mexico and with the prospect of leading a sclerotic ancien regime...
HIGH-profile university visitors, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor, may expose institutions to legal challenges from students by delegating their powers, lawyers have...
New technology could help higher education institutions avoid acrimonious student complaints by enabling them to monitor how quickly the complaint is being dealt with. Dennis Farrington, editor of...
THE BRITISH Council has ordered a probe into the franchising activities of British universities in Israel to quell concerns over the quality of courses. The Israeli government is threatening to...