Farren snubs report recommending fee axe
Sean Farren, Northern Ireland's minister for higher and further education, has attacked "deficiencies" in a report on student finance that recommends axeing tuition fees and reintroducing grants....
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Bangor gives excluded women opportunities
A new programme of part-time, flexible learning aimed at women normally excluded from higher education has been launched by the University of Wales, Bangor. The course has been praised by the Higher...
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Solution sought for Scots exam fiasco
Jack McConnell, Scotland's education minister, is involving pupils, parents and teachers in an early-warning system aimed at avoiding a repetition of this year's examinations fiasco, which left...
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Leeds rethinks its fee remission policy
Leeds University has amended its policy on the remission of fees for members of staff undertaking part-time research degrees in the university. From this academic year, fees will be remitted in full...
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Council updates recruitment plan
The British Council, which spearheads a government-backed drive to recruit more overseas students to UK universities and colleges, has launched a strategy to modernise and re-focus its operations. It...
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Get training on track, railways told
Train operating companies and rail service providers such as Railtrack must improve their "pitiful" staff training record, the government has said. Malcolm Wicks, the lifelong learning minister, has...
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Atlantic alliance appoints a chief
A university network that once considered bidding to run the e-university has appointed its first chief executive and is planning a renewed push in the new year. David Pilsbury, previously head of...
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Bond buys Edinburgh a revamp
Edinburgh University is borrowing £40 million through a bond issue to the Prudential finance group in order to restructure. George Sutherland, Edinburgh's director of finance, said the university,...
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Whistleblowers: Evans's appeal upheld
Cambridge University breached its own rules and broke principles of natural justice when it decided not to promote history lecturer Gill Evans for the eighth year running this month, a university...
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Tough teacher talk for v-cs
Universities and schools are failing to work together to produce the type of professional teacher government reforms demand, according to a report from vice-chancellors and principals. Standards have...
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Dyslexic students of art get test help
The Royal College of Art has brought in language consultants to look at the needs of its dyslexic students. Alan Cummings, the college's new pro-rector, said that some 10 per cent of RCA students...
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History shows geographical bent
Geography is becoming more important to history departments, with a growth in more regional degree programmes, according to a survey by the History at the Universities Defence Group. The survey...
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Team plans to take IT to market
The government is teaming up with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to stop academic research in information technology gathering dust on a "virtual shelf". Research carried out...
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Germans make mark on high-earners list
German graduates earn the highest salaries in Europe, according to the largest ever survey of graduates in 12 countries. The survey, which questioned those who graduated in 1995, found that Germans...
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Brits get cash for star role in Chile
Astronomers have applauded the government's announcement that the United Kingdom will be joining the European Southern Observatory. Sir Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal, said: "The UK has slipped...