Scientists call for bio-research safeguards
Academic scientists have a vital role in tackling the threat from biological weapons, according to leading UK scientists in the Royal Society. They called for a universal set of standards for...
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In-fighting blurs Scots vision of flexibility
All Scots should have an educational entitlement to be used how and when they wish, according to a report to be debated in parliament at the end of this month. But the proposals have received a wary...
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Ministers plan to teach v-cs leadership skills
Vice-chancellors will be taught how to run universities under plans being developed by the English funding council, Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals. The government's higher...
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Business schools are told to 'cut apron strings'
Business schools should be given more independence from their universities, according to the outgoing chair of the Association of Business Schools. Steven Watson, principal of Henley Management...
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Funding council slated for RAE waste
Inconsistent standards and wasteful efforts dogged last year's research assessment exercise, according to Universities UK. Moreover, it told the funding councils that "the funding outcome from RAE...
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QAA to target 'failing' MBAs
Scores of British MBA courses could be downgraded or forced to close with the publication of new guidelines on standards by the Quality Assurance Agency. A new national benchmark prescribing the...
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Agency is 'stifling' degree baby at birth
Quality watchdogs are in danger of stifling the development of the foundation degree with too many regulations, the qualification's original architect has warned, writes Tony Tysome. David Robertson...
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Bell law course flunks new subject review
Quality chiefs have warned they have "no confidence" in the academic standards of the law degree at Bell College of Technology, condemning the Scottish institution as the first of almost 100...
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Troubled Wales is hit by plagiarism claim
The University of Wales has been hit by new allegations of shoddy standards following a Swansea University student's claim to have discovered "unacknowledged copying" in a thesis awarded top marks....
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Cultural clashes derailing mergers
Significant numbers of university mergers collapse because institutions fail to recognise differences in the ways potential partners operate. Management consultant Paul Thomas said that universities...
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University keeps gift as donor's tax trial kicks off
Cambridge University has denied having any misgivings about keeping the $4 million (£2.5 million) donation it accepted from an American tycoon on trial this week for fraud and tax evasion. Dennis...
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Bradford forges ahead with hybrid alliance
A new university in Bradford will be at the heart of the city's regeneration, according to Chris Taylor, vice-chancellor of Bradford University, which decided last week to merge with Bradford College...
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Leicester wins US funding for trials on red wine cancer drug
A new cancer-prevention drug based on a natural compound found in red wine is to be tested in trials at the University of Leicester, writes Tony Tysome. Researchers at the university's department of...
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FE crisis blamed on cash delays
Lecturers' union leaders accused the government of deepening the financial crisis in further education this week by failing to release its funding plans in time to avert a one-day strike. About 40...
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Students expect to be ready for jobs
More than two-thirds of UK students think university should prepare them for a professional career, but less than half think it does, according to business-backed scheme Teach First. A survey for the...