Call for rethink on pay for job losses
Hard-up colleges anticipating future redundancies have forced the Further Education Funding Council to consider reviving its restructuring scheme. The announcement last week that De la Salle sixth-...
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Global bar to learning
World demand for education and training is growing exponentially in the same way as demand for news grew in the 1970s and 1980s, delegates at the first Global Summit on Distance Education were told...
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V-cs pull reins on overseas franchises
Vice chancellors are to address the worries created by damning quality agency reports on some British-accredited courses in Greece. The council of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals,...
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Closure staved off
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology pulled back from the brink of closure with the aid of a tough recovery plan and a troubleshooting neighbour. Speculation mounted this summer over its imminent...
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In training
Any place deserving of the name "university" is keen to show that it is going places. But isn't the new Liverpool John Moores University Express taking things a little far? London-bound passengers...
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Poor relations
The public relations department at University College London must have been sorely tempted to turn on its master following a recent restructuring shock from provost Sir Derek Roberts. Sir Derek's...
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It's raining beer
Half-hoping for rain this weekend are the more convivial spirits at Dartington College of Arts, whose graduation ceremony is held tomorrow. Not out of any desire to do a happy occasion down, but with...
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Mile-high hazards
Before you complain about the poor quality of your in-flight meal or lack of leg room when next jetting round the world, spare a thought for the flight attendants who face numerous health hazards...
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Water works
Alumnus to be proud of No:73 is that consummate quangocrat, Brandon Gough, chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. He recently attained the unique distinction for a HEFCE chief...
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Firms favour director dons
Non-executive directorships and paid sabbaticals are among a package of incentives companies could put together for university lecturers to help higher education produce the kinds of graduates...
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MRC rethinks research
The Medical Research Council is planning to rethink its clinical research in response to changes in research and development in the National Health Service. The MRC is re-evaluating its involvement...
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UCL fears growing state role
University College London has threatened to boycott higher education quality assurance proposals amid fears that they will boost state control at the expense of institutions' academic freedom. UCL...
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Scots tell Dearing 'no top-ups'
Scottish principals have come out strongly against top-up fees in their submission to the Dearing inquiry into higher education. But they warn that if the Government does not put a moratorium on...
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Students take to the airwaves
British student radio does not have a proud history compared with the United States. There stations are vibrant, professional operations, while here they are mostly low-budget, part-time outfits that...
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CV query man goes on leave
A Durham University college principal whose work permit application and Who's Who entry contained misleading information is to take leave of absence. Duane Arnold, principal of St Chad's college,...