Colleges furious at UUK title stand
Higher education college heads have hit back at university vice-chancellors and lecturers who say that awarding the university title to teaching-only institutions would be a "disastrous" move. The...
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Women failing to build on studies
Researchers at the University of the West of England are investigating why so many qualified female architects leave the profession. Some 37 per cent of architecture students are women. This...
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Awards shake-up set to squee*e out HNDs
All higher national diplomas are to be converted into joint awards carrying the foundation degree title in sweeping reforms to be introduced by awarding body Edexcel. Universities will be invited to...
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Apprenticeship scheme goes national and aims for greater employer input
The government this week unveiled plans to expand Modern Apprenticeships and plug skills shortages in key sectors with the launch of a National Modern Apprenticeship Taskforce, writes Tony Tysome....
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Act or lose languages capability, UK is told
A strategic shake-up of modern language teaching in universities is urgently needed to stop further fragmentation, marginalisation and concentration of provision in elite institutions, warns a report...
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Students put lifestyle before bank balance
Students start their degrees intending to budget carefully but become debt blind by their final year. New research reveals how quickly good intentions fizzle out once students get a taste for...
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Double firsts get windfall
Researchers who can demonstrate a decade of excellence will share the extra £20 million that the new 6* status will bring. The board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England agreed this...
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ߣߣÊÓƵ proposes to introduce top-up fees
ߣߣÊÓƵ's federal cabinet is to allow universities to impose their own fees on top of those set by the government. The proposals, leaked from a report by education minister Brendan Nelson, signify...
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£60m 'not enough' for energy research
This week's energy white paper has failed to promise enough money to redress years of underfunding and widespread skills shortages in the energy research sector, research leaders have warned. The...
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Findings: Soot cut could prove harmful
Cutting emissions from diesel fuel could lead to an increase in other harmful pollutants, according to US researchers, writes Natasha Gilbert. In a study published in the Journal of Geophysical...
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Findings: Algae growth uncovered
The scope for damaging growths of algae in seas and rivers may be severely underestimated, according to a chemist who is pioneering alternative ways of analysing sea and river water, writes Martin...
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Virt-u dies with nothing to show but cheap porn
The failure of an online university for Europe has cost the public £1.4 million and sparked a series of legal rows. Phil Baty reports Almost £1.5 million of public money has been wasted with the...
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'We must learn from this failure'
Enimm commissioned Brighton University business academic David Francis to report on the collapse of the project, hoping to extract some positive lessons. Dr Francis noted the irony that he was never...
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Chomsky attacks boycott of Israel
The academic boycott of Israel is wrong, says linguistics professor and political dissident Noam Chomsky. Academics angered by the failure to resolve the Palestine issue should instead focus on their...
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Canada revels in C$1.7bn boost
Canadian universities have won back much of the research funding lost in the devastating cuts of the mid-1990s in a federal budget that has also poured cash into student scholarships. The budget,...