UEL takes steps to tackle first-year failure rate
Former higher education minister Margaret Hodge famously linked so-called Mickey Mouse degrees with the unacceptably high dropout rates found at institutions such as the University of East London,...
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Honours may lose to foundations
There may be no new money to pay for an extra 10,000 places on the government's flagship foundation degree courses next year, sparking fears that universities and colleges may have to divert cash...
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New spin on games of chance
A further education college in Blackpool has created a mock casino for training would-be croupiers to work in the seaside town's planned Las Vegas-style gambling resort, writes Tony Tysome. Graduates...
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Cash bid failure sparks FE fears
Up to 70,000 students could find themselves shut out of college this year after English further education funding chiefs this week admitted they had turned down bids for extra places worth £30...
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Scots colleges return to the black
Scottish colleges have seen a deficit of more than £14 million turn into a £2.3 million surplus in one year. The financial watchdog Audit Scotland says the majority of Scotland's 42 colleges of...
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Lambert calls for £200m to aid industry research
* Extra cash for new funding stream * Better-run universities should get greater financial freedoms * Code of conduct for governance established The government should plough up to £200 million more...
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When good work is not rewarded
A unique Greenwich University research centre could be hit by funding policies despite its exemplary work with industry, according to the Lambert report. Greenwich's Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids...
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Best thing since sliced bread fails
It might have been the best thing since sliced bread - a loaf. The concept that Michael Emes and colleagues at Manchester University proposed - genetically modifying wheat to alter its starch quality...
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Recommendations in full
Demand for research from business * Businesses should establish a high-level forum to enhance technical innovation in business * The government should direct a high proportion of its support for...
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Crossing the divide
Liverpool John Moores University is leading a consortium that aims to include entrepreneurship in student work experience. The consortium has set up a free brokerage service called the Business...
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Study renaissance for 17,000 Dutch 'silver-tops'
Holland has experienced huge growth in higher education courses for the country's growing population of over-50s, or "silver-tops". The first course for over-50s opened in 1986 at the University of...
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EU labs may pull in cash
A European Union scheme for tight Europe-wide controls on industrial chemicals will offer universities a new revenue stream, officials in Brussels predict. David Wilkinson, head of the scientific...
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Canberra wins top-up fight by skin of teeth
The ߣߣÊÓƵn government has finally succeeded in getting some of its higher education reforms - including top-up fees - through both houses of parliament. After six months of debate and fierce...
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Fury at US student visa charges...
The US government is expected to begin charging a $100 (£57.00) fee to applicants for student visas for conducting more comprehensive reviews that are making it time-consuming and difficult to come...
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...But researchers from EU keep on coming
US universities and research jobs are attracting growing numbers of European Union researchers, according to a European Commission report on the continuing transatlantic "brain-drain". Highly...