V-cs polled on action in face of cut budget
The THES conducted a poll of vice chancellors' opinions between January 22 and 31. The predictive ability of the results has to be qualified by the fact that 38 of the 104 Committee of Vice...
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Rent rise leads to strike
Students are witholding rent payments from Liverpool University after hall fees outstripped grants for the first time ever. Students are paying their rent into a rent strike account set up by the...
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2:1 reigns supreme
Reports that universities have increased their grades so much that the 2:1 is now more common than the 2:2 were confirmed this week, with the publication of national data on degree classes....
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Health boost for NW
Liverpool and Manchester universities have pooled expertise in medicine, law and bioethics to produce an institute devoted to medical ethics. The institute is funded by the two universities and by...
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Engineering courses in jeopardy as new council toughens up
The new Engineering Council was launched today amid warnings of a shake-up in engineering degrees that will lead to some courses losing their accreditation. The director general of the new council,...
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Unplugged
We regret to announce the demise of the international edition of Iota, the newsletter of the Dutch Foundation for Public Information on Science, Technology and the Humanities. The parting message on...
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High hopes
One view likely to be less contentious than most at today's CVCP meeting is that higher education issues need a higher profile. As education and employment question time attained unusual levels of...
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Star turn
Refreshing candour from Roy Wood of the Scottish Hotel School at Strathclyde University, in his report of a presentation during the university senate meeting by Allister Ferguson of the Institute of...
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Unionists sling out sitting officers
Unionist graduates have staged a takeover of Queen's University's convocation. More than 100 graduates of the convocation, to which all former students belong, combined to oust a number of sitting...
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Apprentice ads go on TV
The Government is seeking to raise flagging interest in the modern apprenticeship scheme by pumping more than Pounds 1 million into a month-long television and radio advertising campaign, writes...
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Nolan hears of visitor need
Higher education needs a pool of legal experts with a knowledge of the sector to act as visitors to investigate complaints of malpractice, the Nolan committee on standards in public life has been...
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Oxford enters business class
Better late than never. The best part of a decade since it was first proposed, the Oxford Master in Business Administration course will become a reality next autumn with the arrival of the first...
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Labs face testing times
Public sector laboratories are braced for 12 months of introspection following the Government's publication of its timetable for reviewing each one by the end of the year, writes Aisling Irwin....
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Unions unite in childcare campaign
Thes reporters look at the increased pressure for improved childcare in universities. Three unions have teamed up to launch a campaign for more workplace nurseries in universities and colleges. The...