The unhappy undergrads
At least 150,000 undergraduates are unhappy with their experiences of higher education, a survey reveals this week. Almost a quarter think they chose the wrong university or course, the report by the...
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Beijing
Beijing University awarded 136 Hong Kong students bachelors and masters degrees this year. In all, 116 students received bachelor's degrees and 20 masters degrees in law, economics, and Chinese...
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Johannesburg
After operating in South Africa for four years the De Montfort University Business School in Johannesburg was formally opened last week by Peter Mandelson, the United Kingdom's secretary of state for...
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New look at new ways of working
A project by the science and technology think-tank Cest will assess how technology is changing work patterns. Participants including the Institute of Personnel and Development, Sheffield University's...
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NUS, AoC back LibDems
College employers and students this week backed Liberal Democrat calls for more further education cash amid fears that the government will fail to deliver its lifelong learning agenda. The head of...
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Scottish Parliament ministry of education and enterprise
Jim Wallace, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, has called for a joint ministry of education and enterprise under the Scottish Parliament. He told the conference that the culture of enterprise...
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Malaysia rounds up government critics
Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has begun carrying out his threat to crush any support in the universities for his sacked deputy by arresting a number of leading academics and student...
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Institutions join bid for NHS contracts
A consortium of universities, National Health Service trusts and small businesses are poised to bid for education and training contracts in health informatics - the use of information within the...
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QAA forced to beef up blueprint
Top officials from the Quality Assurance Agency breathed a sigh of relief this week as the funding councils signed up to the broad principles of their blueprint. QAA chief executive John Randall said...
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The real reason behind skills shortages
A survey on the needs of businesses has revealed that so-called "skills shortages" are often the result of recruitment difficulties and not a skill deficiency in the workforce. The survey, conducted...
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Standards will develop quality education
The Open and Distance Learning Quality Council has produced and formally adopted Standards in Open and Distance Learning. The council says this document draws on 30 years of monitoring, and that...
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Big business proves it can change its culture
Economic and Social Research Council-funded research has revealed that many large British organisations have become adept at launching programmes to change their culture and structure but are unaware...
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More delays for new Scottish Highers
The launch of Scotland's reformed post-16 examination system, Higher Still, which has been delayed twice, is under new threat of industrial action. The Educational Institute of Scotland is to ballot...
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Argument is made for well-qualified nurses
The University of the West of England this week defended graduate-level nursing education. Responding to a comment, by the chairman of the human resources committee of the NHS Confederation, that "...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES Gregory Woods, first professor of gay and lesbian studies, argued that British universities are homophobic places Ruth Adams Future of Work I would agree that "some campuses are...