Frank Wilkinson Senior research officer in the department of applied economics, Cambridge University I welcome the fact that the government is to bring in a statutory minimum wage, but it is a missed...
Jobs held by the two sons of Stan Mason, the sacked principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, are "legitimate and contribute towards to the reputation of the university", an independent inquiry has...
Queen Margaret College and the Scottish Agricultural College have announced that they are exploring the prospect of collaborating following discussions between the college conveners and senior...
Research is needed to establish the appropriate aims and outcomes for genetic counselling, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics recommended this week. The council made the suggestion after examining the...
Students at Sheffield Hallam University are planning to withhold tuition fees in an attempt to force a government U-turn on the issue. Reading University student union is also taking legal advice...
Many students entering art school possess inadequate drawing skills and a new A level and GCSE in the subject is needed to address the problem, according to an Oxford University professor of drawing...
The University of the West of England is linking up with communications company Motorola to help develop new "multimedia" mobile phones. Researchers at UWE will work with colleagues from Sussex...
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council wants to see the number of part-time students grow by 10 per cent by 2000. Its corporate plan follows a Pounds 6 million Scottish Office initiative to...
The most able A-level students will be encouraged to sit a new S-level paper by 2000 if universities approve proposals out next week. The revamped S level will replace the "special" A-level paper,...
Wide variations in the quality of teacher training are revealed today in the first national performance profiles of training providers - but university education departments have condemned the tables...
The future of foreign languages in schools is in doubt because of a shortage of graduate teachers, according to a national report to be published soon. Only French is still attracting graduates into...
Mike Newby, chair of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers, said: "We have no objection in principle, they can be helpful to institutions, but if they are used to make league tables...
National Vocational Qualifications are "part of the higher education landscape" and will continue to be integrated into degree curricula, a new NVQ validating body has proclaimed. Launched this week...
Universities and the Government should urgently consider privatising higher education to allow it to meet financial and widening access targets, according to Baroness Perry, president of Lucy...
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has rejected Lord Dearing's recommendation that universities should not be allowed to sub-contract courses to further education colleges. HEFCE...