Leeds savings plan set to axe 100 jobs
UNIVERSITIES facing severe budget cuts have been forced to shuffle academic administration in a bid to save cash, writes Harriet Swain. Leeds University, which expects to lose more than 100 staff...
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Top up fees under attack
RAYMOND Robertson, Scottish Office minister for education, has condemned top-up fees as deplorable, but has acknowledged that universities are entitled to introduce them. In a House of Commons debate...
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Students are paying more than Pounds 170 million
Students are paying more than Pounds 170 million in hidden course costs, according to a survey by the National Union of Students. The survey shows that the average undergraduate pays out more than...
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Principal accused of working in pub
GOVERNORS at a further education college are investigating allegations that the principal has spent his sick leave helping out in a pub. Neil Preston, who earns Pounds 90,000 a year, took sick leave...
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Brand claims he was censored
The Edinburgh University lecturer suspended following his comments on paedophilia has accused the university of censorship by cutting him off from departmental Internet and email. Psychology lecturer...
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Government made tax error
The Government has admitted there were more than 1,600 faults in a computer system which has led to many new graduates being overtaxed. The problems were first discovered by Tommy Docherty, a...
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Days of innocence
Even people who live alongside a university may, it seems, sometimes have little idea of what goes on there. Managers at one new university were baffled recently by a call from a local resident...
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Not so forthright
Michael Forsyth, Secretary of State for Scotland, is building up a reputation for his caring, listening approach which only a cynic would attribute to the slimness of his 703-strong electoral...
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Wind it up
So who says that management education occasionally does strange and disturbing things to the English language? It was quite an achievement for Warwick Business School to explain the functions of...
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Bagged by Oxford
Nearly half a century on from independence, you might hope that Britain could be spared from blame for the continuing chaotic state of Pakistani politics. No such luck however, as the Pakistani...
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Lack of fulfilment
There's a nice nostalgic touch to the Confederation of British Industry's inability to get its Dearing submission in on the due date - they have been given special dispensation to send it in next...
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Throw in the towel
Never one to decry the commercial spin-offs of higher education, Antithesis hereby salutes the success of the University of Surrey team who invented the Advanced Shower complete with all-in-one...
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Director slur dims Hope unit
The future of Liverpool University's eating disorder unit is in doubt following the retirement of its director. Peter Slade retired from HOPE, the Help Overcome Problem Eating unit, in June after...
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The funding stakes
Peter Knight presents his annual analysis of the winners and losers in the funding per student for university teaching. For the past two years I have analysed the funding for teaching that each...