Scots opt for repayment
Students should contribute towards their tuition fees, the Commission of Scottish Education has proposed. The commission, set up by the broad-based Forum on Scottish Education following the 1993...
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Perilous waters
Next week the leaders of Britain's universities will meet to decide on their collective policy for the coming year. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals will be presented by its officers...
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Soul mate
It must be a strange existence when you leave a high-profile job. The phone stops ringing, the press no longer seek your opinion and you might easily get the idea that no one cares. No such worries...
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Anger at cut in grants for young engineers
The Government's axing of a bursary scheme for promising engineering students has been slammed as "disgusting and thoughtless" by the Engineering Professors' Council and the Engineering Council,...
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Scots student halls get safety upgrade
Universities and colleges in two Scottish cities face bills of millions of pounds for the refurbishment of halls of residence because of an anomaly in the application of local authority housing rules...
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Parting gift
Parting gift: London Guildhall lecturer David Lane is one of six academics made compulsorily redundant as part of the university's recovery plan. Mathematician Dr Lane was joined on the picket line...
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V-cs attack teacher training changes
Vice chancellors and principals are challenging the Government's bid to dictate the content of teacher training courses and to re-inspect university and college education departments. They are...
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Sea U, see me ready to launch
Seafarers in the remotest locations could soon be using the Internet to keep in touch with friends, family and a wealth of educational opportunities. Technology developed at the University of Wales...
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Schools project drops connection to Janet
Project Connect, an industry-backed scheme for getting schools online, has abandoned the idea of connecting schools to the Internet through the Janet higher education network. It is wooing cable...
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Internet provider U-Net
Internet provider U-Net is advertising in student newspapers to wake up students to its offer of access to the Janet academic network from any telephone socket. The dial-up service was launched last...
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Second 'Internet' planned
Fifty research universities in the United States plan to spend as much as $200 million in the next five years to bypass the go-slow Internet. The system, dubbed Internet II, is expected to be more...
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Irish protests force climbdown
Irish education minister Niamh Bhreathnach has promised to amend her controversial universities bill following protests from academics and politicians that it compromised autonomy. The bill, about to...
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Master class
Perhaps there is no such thing as bad publicity. London Guildhall, which would certainly be near the top of any league table in the field, had little difficulty hitting recruitment targets this year...