People power should not be underestimated
Grave damage has been done to science over the past few years by politicians and industrialists. Big companies with fat wallets have cosied up to politicians, beguiling them with the promise of rich...
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Lifelong learning needs a qualification framework
The qualifications framework outlined in the Quality Assurance Agency's new consultative document makes eminently good sense. The jumble of quaint titles does not serve higher education well as the...
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For the record
* Nottingham University has won the battle to host the National College for School Leadership against contenders Warwick and Birmingam universities, prime minister Tony Blair announced yesterday. The...
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Religion offers a guiding hand in a moral maze
The pope last month called for a frank open dialogue between believers and the university world. Below, Cardinal Pio Laghi says Catholic lecturers must play a central role in combating student moral...
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Peddling in a buyers' market
Attracting students onto courses is akin to being a dodgy salesman, says Frank Furedi "I feel like a double-glazing sales lady," said a colleague from a new London university. She had spent three...
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Publish and be damned
There's no gain to anyone in publishing flawed work in serious journals, argues Peter Collins Scientists with exciting findings sometimes go to the press before checking their research with fellow...
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Foreign Office blocks FE cash
United Kingdom visa officials are accused of blocking vital income for further education colleges by making judgements on the suitability of overseas students already accepted on courses in the UK. A...
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UCAS postcode service aims to overcome social bias
Universities will be able to tell whether they are inadvertently discriminating against students from under-represented groups by using a service launched by the Universities and Colleges Admissions...
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Pakistani coup casts UK shadow
Almost 2,000 Pakistani students studying in the United Kingdom could face problems following last week's military coup. Self-funding students are experiencing difficulties in getting money out of the...
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Scots funding council to get its WSUMs right
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council has unveiled radical plans for distributing funds. Colleges have been unhappy with the retrospective Scottish Office funding system that was based on...
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'The Church of Christ manipulated me through guilt and fear'
Chaplains warn of abusive sect A former student at Birmingham University, Susannah was in her second year when she bumped into Sophie. "At the time I was feeling lonely and vulnerable. Through Sophie...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk JOINT INSTITUTE FOR LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS http://jilawww....
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Hidden costs in home working
Universities are accused of passing the costs of online learning on to staff and students in a study which has found that up to 90 per cent of academics use their own computers to work from home....
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Labour is selling old ideas as new, claims Willis
Liberal Democrats this week accused the education department of a "smoke and mirrors" approach to policy presentation that could have misled voters into thinking existing initiatives and money were...
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Swindon's wish comes true
Swindon is to have a campus offering degree and postgraduate programmes run by Bath University. It will be based in the town centre with a second site at Oakfield School, where teaching is due to...