Teacher fight ahead
University-based teacher training is in jeopardy following the Government's announcement that it intends to set course content. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has warned that plans...
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U-turn on the Budget
The Government is to reconsider the higher education Budget cuts announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last November. In the first public acknowledgement that the Budget dealt too harshly with...
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Anger at a university that's doubled the pain
Your front-page article on redundancies (THES, June 14), correctly reports the anger felt by academic staff at South Bank University at the proposal to axe at least 84 lecturing posts. This...
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Paper wars turn Lot's Wife to pillar of salt
Some of Australia's oldest and, at times, most notorious university student newspapers are being forced to close. Student newspapers have been challenging authority and questioning government...
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Running on empty
Folk at Brunel and Oxford may fuss about honouring Lady Thatcher, but in Israel they are made of sterner stuff. Trumpetting research by Meir Lahav and Leslie Leiserowitz, the Weizmann Institute in...
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Expulsion legal battle
A former student union vice president was due to appear in the High Court this week seeking a judicial review of South Bank University's decision to expel him. Six other former union executive...
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LSE acts to stem forecast Pounds 3m loss
Finance chiefs at the London School of Economics are reviewing corporate plans after a projected Pounds 3 million slide into the red. Governors attending an informal court meeting on Monday heard the...
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Soton college action rocks the boat
Southampton Institute director David Leyland is suing a local newspaper for libel after two weeks of bad publicity surrounding the institute's overseas franchise operation and restructuring programme...
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Centenary dish
Student Kathleen Kaminski, under the watchful eye of Frederick's restaurant's head chef Andy Jeffs, sees how second chef Garritt Byrne puts the finishing touches to starters for a meal celebrating...
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Deathknell sounds for full state grants
The Association of University Teachers has abandoned its historic policy of support for a return to full state-funded grants for all students. But AUT delegates at last week's annual conference said...
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Labour's bold fanfare awaits Dearing's band
Labour will look to the Dearing committee to fill in the detail on its plans for higher education funding reform. The plans, formally launched this week, represent a shift from previous Labour party...
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Contrite college refuses refund
The University of Greenwich is refusing demands from a student for a refund of fees despite admissions from senior management that she received a "bad deal". Quality assurance arrangements in its...
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Shell 'ignored' sea experts
Scientific expertise was ignored when disposal options for Shell's Brent Spar offshore platform were drawn up last year, according to a report out this week. An independent group of scientists and...