Art, design and engineering split
Most higher education courses provided by further education colleges will be funded at the same level as university courses, the Higher Education Funding Council for England said this week. But HEFCE...
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Colleges' finances in the red
Half of all colleges are operating at a loss, the Further Education Funding Council has revealed. The annual report figures were published this week just as the council called on government to...
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Doubts over who foots the bill for the University for Industry
Colleges may be reluctant to pay towards the government's University for Industry, the Association of Colleges has warned. An AoC policy paper out this week asked: "should colleges pay?" The question...
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New nurses may get L plates after review
The first major review of nursing and midwifery education since it moved into higher education a decade ago could result in newly-qualified nurses being issued with notional L plates. The United...
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Cure sought for medical ills
The perception that medical career paths are dissuading young doctors from entering academic medicine is to be investigated by the new Academy of Medical Sciences. A working party from the academy is...
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Contract lecturer campaign hots up
Lecturers are to step up their campaign against casualisation in universities after new figures revealed that more than two out of five academics are on fixed-term contracts. The Association of...
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Supply of degrees bigger than demand
Many job applicants need better qualifications than their predecessors, but a third of graduates remain in jobs where a degree is not required, according to research. Francis Green of Kent University...
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Hard facts on hardship
(Photograph) - Hard facts on hardship: Helen McNeill, 25, with her daughter Abigail, two, joined the National Union of Students anti-tuition fees demonstration in Glasgow last week. Ms McNeill, a...
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Ofsted regime 'weighted towards failure' says AUT
Teacher training is being "inspected to death" by schools' inspector Ofsted, higher education providers have told an all-party MPs' inquiry. Critical assessments of Ofsted's role in teacher training...
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Bucharest
Students in Romania last week staged "non-political" protests over delay in payments of their grants and low government funding.
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Lviv
Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma sent a message congratulating the Schevchenko Scientific Society on its 125th anniversary (THES, November 13) but did not attend celebrations.
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IT shapes the librarians to come
The Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists are proposing to merge to reflect the rapid developments taking place in information and communications technologies. The merger...
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AUT moves to reveal freemasons
Freemasons working in universities must declare their affiliation in the interest of openness and equal opportunities, the Association of University Teachers is expected to demand soon. The AUT's...
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Scots expect shift to independence
The Scottish electorate is not making clear-cut distinctions between devolution and independence, according to political experts at Edinburgh University. Alice Brown and David McCrone of the...
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TECs see a role in techno transfer
A sharper focus on technology transfer and innovation is expected in the government's forthcoming Competitiveness white paper, according to Training and Enterprise Council chiefs. The government is...