Germans delay start of Socrates
The start of Socrates, the European Union's central education programme which includes student exchanges, faces delay because of a dispute over its Ecu860 million (Pounds 660 million) budget. This...
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Unesco accepts fees idea
Unesco this week accepted the reality of students contributing to the cost of their university education, but warned that alternative sources of funding cannot end the international crisis in higher...
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Universities go to markets
Four Midland universities are turning to the capital markets to raise investment With the co-operation of Birmingham City Council the city's three universities, Birmingham, Aston and Central England...
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Booster jab
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has signed an agreement with the Department of Health to help boost co-operation between the two in areas of joint interest in the medical...
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Firms oppose levy
About three-quarters of employers surveyed by the Confederation of British Industry oppose a compulsory training levy. The CBI said the firms object for various reasons: the levy would be too...
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Bradford deal
Bradford University's Management Centre has won a contract to provide an MBA course in Israel. It will link up with the Israel Management Centre in Tel-Aviv to provide a two-year part-time course for...
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Pressure for Nottingham suicide inquiry continues
Nottingham University is under renewed pressure to hold an independent inquiry into the suicide of politics professor David Regan. The university's council and senate this month rejected the idea...
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Abbey resumes full-time diploma habit
Newbattle Abbey College, Scotland's sole residential adult education college, whose core funding was axed by Government in 1989, will this year restore two full-time diploma courses. Since 1989, the...
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Cardiff compact sealed
Cardiff Institute of Higher Education has just launched a compact with eight schools in South Glamorgan which should make degree and diploma courses more accessible to inner city pupils. Based on an...
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Decline of British social science sets in
The international representation of United Kingdom-authored papers, articles, notes and reviews in social science has declined markedly since 1985, according to a bibliometric analysis by researchers...
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The grass could be greener
Britain needs a complete rethink of the way it sees rural areas, according to Philip Lowe, director of the Centre for Rural Economy at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The centre, which...
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Civil servants' divided health
The health gap between social classes could in part result from differences in psychological well-being, according to a leading epidemiologist. Psychological factors may cause physical changes that...
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Destination USA for students
Overseas students are still flocking to the United States. Universities and colleges admitted an all-time high of almost 450,000 in the academic year 1993/94, but the rate of increase is slowing down...