TTA launches guides to assess trainees' skills
The Teacher Training Agency has set up a consortium led by Liverpool Hope University College to develop a CD-Rom, videocassette and booklets to guide teachers and heads in assessing the skills of...
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Minimum wage may harm New Deal
The Low Pay Commission's minimum wage proposals could undermine the government's New Deal scheme to help young jobless people back to work. The commission has proposed a minimum wage of Pounds 3.60...
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Scottish education needs more representation
The Scottish parliament needs an education minister and a strong education committee with broad powers for tertiary education to get its proper recognition, the Association of University Teachers...
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Edinburgh creates governance forum
Edinburgh University has launched a Governance of Scotland Forum as a one-stop shop to the expertise it can offer the Scottish parliament. Principal Sir Stewart Sutherland said: "Other universities...
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Clarification
In the June 5 issue of The THES, the Cambridge response to the QAA consultation was reported as being written by Cambridge academic David Good. He has asked us to point out that although he was...
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QCA may set content of vocational degrees
Standards in vocational degrees and industry-related postgraduate programmes could be set in future by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, its chief executive Nick Tate said this week. The...
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Jim McGoldrick to head Pounds 550,000 project
Jim McGoldrick, vice-principal of the University of Abertay Dundee, will head a Pounds 550,000 project to encourage Scottish higher education institutions to develop a national framework for...
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Totty and beds totted up
Lancaster University has the best "totty" of both sexes and the best freshers' week for them to get together. The place to be for a night out, however, is Leeds, where students boast the best...
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Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals to hold one-day conference on university league tables
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals will hold a one-day conference on university league tables on June 29. It will look at their relevance to students, university management, academic...
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Sit-in at Rose Bruford
Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama was occupied this week by 100 students demanding an independent inquiry into the "crisis" there. There have been rumours of cuts and a row over three teachers...
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Debt rise despite staff fall
STAFF are being axed across higher education as debt levels continue to rise, an annual financial guide to the sector has revealed. A detailed financial analysis of 158 higher education institutions...
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Drop-out rate worries
THE government is worried about high drop-out rates on some further education courses, further and higher education minister Baroness Blackstone told the Association of Colleges conference held to...
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Lords aim to return bill to Commons
PEERS are to challenge the government head-on by moving to reject Commons amendments to the Teaching and Higher Education Bill when it returns to the Lords on Tuesday. If successful this will send...
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Quality censure for OU
THE Open University has come under fire from quality watchdogs over the way it manages its overseas partnerships. Each faculty at the OU has so much freedom to develop its own links with institutions...
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Scots launch university for industry
SCOTTISH education minister Brian Wilson yesterday unveiled plans for a distinctive Scottish University for Industry, backed by Pounds 1.3 million from the government. The national development agency...