V-cs bow to pressure to extend fee deadline
STUDENTS going to university this autumn are to be given extra time to pay tuition fees, vice-chancellors have announced. Those who cannot afford to pay up to Pounds 1,000 on arrival are to be given...
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Graduates' long loan goodbye
GRADUATES could be repaying their student loans for longer than their mortgages under proposals laid before the Commons education committee this week. Nick Barr and Iain Crawford, of the Centre for...
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Henry VIII rides again
SHADOW education secretary Stephen Dorrell has accused the government of seeking absolutist "Henry VIII powers" in its attempts to reform education. Mr Dorrell drew parallels between Henry's state...
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Peer vows to clarify minister's powers
THE government drew first blood in a battle over the controversial Teaching and Higher Education Bill this week, but peers have warned ministers that they may yet lose the war. Higher education...
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Baroness Blatch tabled four amendments on proposals for teacher training
Baroness Blatch tabled four amendments on proposals for teacher training institutions inspections. Baroness Blackstone agreed to consider amending the bill to give institutions "proper notice" of...
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Students asked to qualify in key skills
STUDENTS should pay higher university tuition fees if they fail to get an advanced-level certificate in six "key skills", the Confederation of British Industry has proposed. Outlining plans for a "...
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A credit-based qualifications framework should be set up for all post-14 qualifications
A credit-based qualifications framework should be set up for all post-14 qualifications including higher education, a consortium of educational organisations has told the government. The group,...
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A degree of foolishness
The recent case of transsexual Scottish solicitor Alexandra MacRae, who admitted to embezzling more than Pounds 16,000, left unanswered the question of how the police managed to track her down after...
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Roger and out
The Association of Colleges's decision to halt abruptly an independent inquiry into the alleged "impropriety" of AoC chief executive Roger Ward, after his hasty resignation last week, has sparked...
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Out of the loop
This week's meeting on disability held by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals and the Association of University Teachers went well for all but the hearing-impaired. The meeting room at...
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Creative spelling
One wonders if the pioneer of creative writing courses in the UK, Malcolm Bradbury, is being a little creative himself. However, he swears that at one point in his misspent youth he taught a course...
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Doming down
As the wrangling begins over who should design the new Scottish parliament building, perhaps the Scottish Office should keep an eye on two lecturers in the Mackintosh School of Architecture, part of...
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Stars on the wane
Fashion is fickle. No sooner has foreign secretary Robin Cook been seen sporting the star-splattered tie celebrating Britain's presidency of the European Union than government officials have declared...
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Low modesty count
Alumnus to be proud of No 155 clearly needs more to do. Count Yves-Thibault de Silguy already has one job that many might regard as full-time: European commissioner in charge of monetary union. But...
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Don's Diary
Sunday Odd. I thought I was flying to Bombay but my ticket says "Mumbai". Appearance and reality are very different in India. The only people to call Bombay "Mumbai" are foreigners. However, working...