Malaysians opt for cheaper Oz ahead of UK
Just 50 Malaysian students - down from 5,000 - can study in Britain this year, MARA, the Malayasian government-funded agency for preparing and sponsoring higher education students has decided. The...
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Probe Arabian bungles, QAA orders Lincolnshire
Academic quality has not been "adequately safeguarded" by the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside in an overseas franchise operation, the Quality Assurance Agency has warned. The QAA has...
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Quality policing too costly for comfort, say experts
New arrangements for policing quality in higher education may cost universities too much money, quality experts and funding councils have warned. Conforming to the new quality assurance framework...
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Scientists demand embryo law change
Britain's embryo research watchdog may press the government to reform laws that bar British scientists from work which could allow human organs to be grown in the laboratory. The Human Fertilisation...
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Three new fellowships for vets
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is establishing three new university veterinary fellowships in a bid to increase research expertise in vet schools, writes Julia Hinde. According to...
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Medical schools to have 200 more places in 1999
The planned expansion of medical school intakes will start from next September, it was confirmed this week. Existing medical schools will be sent offers of proposed admission targets for 1999 intakes...
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Facing up to market forces
Universities are waking up to the fact that their position as primary providers of post-secondary knowledge is under attack. Alison Goddard reports on challenges that lie ahead Seven years ago Sir...
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Dazzling tail lights
There is a new Moon on Tuesday, so the sky should be at its darkest. That will be perfect for viewing one of the most dazzling phenomena the heavens can offer - if it turns up. At about 10pm that...
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Mums give up more easily when partners do too
Mums-to-be wanting to quit smoking need to persuade their partners to give up also if they are to overcome addiction, research suggests. Researchers at the University of Wales, Bangor and Liverpool...
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East Europeans taste consumer concepts
Liutenitsa, a traditional Bulgarian tomato spread, could soon be on the menu in England as researchers at Bournemouth University introduce East European academics and business people to the concepts...
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In the bad books
'Lecturer Rob Slack was disciplined after repeated complaints that a colleague had made an "unethical" recommendation of two of his own texts to students' Was Rob Slack sacked by the University of...
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In the news
The career of National Union of Students president Andrew Pakes suggests that young people have a more relaxed attitude to sexuality than their elders. Now 26 and an active campaigner for lesbian,...
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Glittering prizes
Mo Mowlam, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, is to receive an honorary degree of letters from Coventry University. Baroness Chalker, former minister for overseas development, has been awarded...
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On the move
Malcolm Wicks MP (Labour, Croydon North), 51, former social policy lecturer at Brunel University and fellow of York University from 1968 to 1970, has been appointed chairman of the Commons education...
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Pilot takes off
A pilot programme for individual learning accounts in Yorkshire and Humberside is to be evaluated at Leeds Metropolitan University. The pilot is one of 12 backed by the Department for Education and...