Reports confirm malaise
Melbourne Three separate research reports over the past five months have documented the worsening state of Australian academe since the conservative government of prime minister John Howard was...
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Spy paranoia hits research
Boston Restrictions passed by the US Congress in the wake of spy scares have interrupted seemingly innocent space research involving foreign students and prompted demands that the new rules be...
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Universities braced for Blair health plan
University medical schools face a second wave of expansion with up to 1,000 more student doctors, it was announced this week. Tony Blair was due to make a statement on the National Plan for the...
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Extra millions fund a fifth of students
New figures show that much of the government's ring-fenced funding for further education will benefit less than a fifth of further education students, writes Tony Tysome. Millions of extra pounds are...
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Nottingham jumps the gun with new degree
Industry training chiefs this week accused Nottingham Trent University of cashing in on foundation degrees before the official launch of the government's proposed new qualification. Andy Powell,...
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Overseas targets pose FE challenge
Further education faces the daunting task of bringing about a fivefold increase in its overseas recruitment rate if it is to achieve government targets, it emerged this week. New figures from the...
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Salaries prompt BEds to revamp
Universities and colleges are rushing to restructure their four-year bachelor of education degrees, as the introduction of salaries for postgraduate trainees hits applications. Figures out last week...
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HE fails to look inwards
University education departments concentrate so much on schools that they virtually ignore higher education as an area for research, according to Stephen Rowland, director of the Higher Education...
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Scottish showcase
(Photograph) - Scottish showcase: Nicol Stephen, Scotland's deputy minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, was this week spreading the word to school pupils about Scotland's proposed student...
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Inadequate quality checks spark closer inspections
Ministers have promised tougher further education inspections following a report that says more than half of work-based learning needs significant improvement. Schools inspectorate Ofsted, which will...
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Strike still looms at Sheffield
Union leaders renewed threats of industrial action at Sheffield College this week, as dozens of staff received official letters warning them they might lose their jobs, writes Tony Tysome. Officials...
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On the move
Bill Morris, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, has been installed as chancellor of the new University of Technology in Jamaica. Paul Light, pro vice-chancellor at...
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Not enough to stop the brain drain
Steve Farrar and Giselle Weiss round up the responses to thegovernment's white paper on science and innovation, Excellence and Opportunity, while below is a summary of the paper's main points The...
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First-years denied new rooms
More than 300 students starting at Imperial College, London, in October will be denied accommodation in newly refurbished halls after the builders doing the work went bust. James Longley and Company...
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Heads accept visitors doomed
Vice-chancellors are ready to accept an ombudsman to handle complaints by students and staff, as old universities reluctantly concede the demise of the visitor system, writes Phil Baty. Early results...