Lasting culture shock needed
SHORT-TERM projects to attract students from diverse backgrounds make a university look good but may have little lasting impact, early results of project assessments show. A study by the National...
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Legal victory on halls
HERIOT-Watt University has won a landmark legal decision that has spared universities thousands of pounds in new charges for halls of residence. Heriot-Watt fought the test case on behalf of the...
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Lifelong leap makes strong case for sector merger
LESLIE Wagner, vice-chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University, said this week that the lifelong learning debate made the case for merging further and higher education stronger than ever. "If...
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Loans limit raised
LOANS are to be made available to people aged 50 to 54 as part of the government's measures to widen participation in higher education, writes Alan Thomson. Education secretary David Blunkett has...
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Scottish education minister to announce plan for wider access to Scotland's further education colleges
Scottish education minister Brian Wilson is expected to announce today a Pounds 1 million plan for wider access to Scotland's further education colleges, writes Olga Wojtas. He will tell the...
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Lords to renew fight against teaching bill
The government will face more defiance from the House of Lords as the Teaching and Higher Education Bill returns to the Upper House after completing its passage through the Commons this week. Commons...
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Night of passion and farce
LIKE a racy farce, the report stage of the Teaching and Higher Education Bill had lots of loud characters jumping in and out of bed together, politically speaking that is. One minute Conservatives...
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Commonwealth experts link
A NETWORK for Commonwealth studies experts was launched in London last week. Many academics interested in the Commonwealth work in isolation in developing countries. Two years ago the Symons...
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Tories' Green man
Education was not part of Damian Green's brief when he worked in the No 10 policy unit during John Major's premiership, writes Huw Richards. It is an omission the Conservative MP for Ashford mildly...
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News worth repeating
We hope you enjoyed hearing about the new Pounds 143 million for student access trumpeted this week by the education department - because the reality will be an awful lot less pleasurable. Headlined...
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Embargo busters
Education minister Kim Howells accused Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis of dirty tactics by using embargoed student admission figures in Tuesday's third reading of Teaching and Higher...
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Like minds
A meeting of minds that makes the Irish and Middle East peace processes look straightforward took place at Tel Aviv University, where Tony Blair answered questions on both subjects from an audience...
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Watertight excuses
Stirling University is anticipating a new addition to the list of genuine reasons for student assignments being late: "marooned on St Kilda". Its Western Isles campus in Stornoway has just enrolled...
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Half steps to truce
Having assailed The THES for "unhelpful reporting" of the Quality Assurance Agency's latest scheme for checking standards, members of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals' standards and...
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Chile's collegiate team
Any academic who does not fancy Scotland or England in the World Cup but wants a team to follow could do worse than Chile. Not only are they good enough to beat England at Wembley and still available...