Passenger train is on the wrong track
Roxanne Powell of the LSE is not "standing before the axed Advanced Passenger Train at the National Railway Museum" (THES April 21). It looks rather like part of an old steam train - a metaphor...
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CVCP plan for single quality agency
A single quality assurance agency, jointly owned by institutions and external stakeholders, principally the Higher Education Funding Council for England, has been proposed by the chairman of the...
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AUT backs expansion
More than 200,000 new student places - equivalent to ten to 15 new universities - will have to be created by 2010 if working-class students are to be given an equal chance with middle-class...
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Graduates take lower paid jobs
Most graduate jobs do not carry starting salaries above the repayment threshold for student loans, according to a Career Services Unit survey. CSU figures show that the average salary was Pounds 13,...
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Pay talks
Reduced student numbers are being blamed for an Pounds 896,000 deficit and up to 65 redundancies at Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough. The Further Education Funding Council said the loss was not...
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TEC chair resigns
Mike Bett is resigning the chairmanship of the TEC National Council after less than a year to avoid a clash of interests with his new regulatory role as first Civil Service commissioner.
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TEC push for universities
The Training and Enterprise National Council has called for a programme of establishing universities in regions without higher education, writes Simon Targett. The council, which represents the TECs...
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Two-step: "Salamanda Tandem", a dance double-act from Naomi Mutoh and Isabel Jones
(Photograph) - Two-step: "Salamanda Tandem", a dance double-act from Naomi Mutoh (right) and Isabel Jones, feature in the sixth Nottinghamshire dance festival, NOTT Dance, being staged at Nottingham...
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Lottery is bad luck to charities
Medical research charities estimate that they will lose Pounds 10-18 million in their first year of competition with the National Lottery. Their hopes were dashed this week that they would receive...
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Graduate gripes
The National Postgraduate Committee this week issued guidelines for better facilities for postgraduates, which it says are essential to avoid isolation and low morale. Jamie Darwen, NPC general...
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Older colleges show cash stability
Institutional short-term liquidity remained stable in the old university sector in the financial year 1993/94. And the the two institutions that were previously showing negative net liquid asset to...
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Feeling flat
Like many other national institutions, the Association of University Teachers boasts a tied flat in which to put up its president when detained on business in London. It is equipped with all the...
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Spanish custom
Fresh in the bookshops in Spain, the latest from right-wing historian Ricardo de las Ciervas, much given to angry assaults on the inaccuracies allegedly committed by others. First off in this volume...
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Plans endanger BEng
Heads of engineering departments fear that proposals by the Engineering Council to raise entry levels for honours degrees could devastate BEng courses. The Engineering Council document Competence and...
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Take note
However, the council has still not got the niceties of corporate life sorted out. A memo on noticeboards about the correct name for the thing says that the full name must be used or abbreviated to...