Perks pull in teacher training recruits
The number of trainee teachers has reached a 12-year peak, according to figures out this week. But despite more than 35,000 people embarking on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, shortages of...
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End short contract outrage, MPs insist
MPs have blamed "callous and short-sighted" management in UK universities for landing higher education with a proportion of fixed-term contract staff which is second only to the catering industry....
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Private Bucks asks for public QAA scrutiny
While most universities have spent the best part of a decade trying to wriggle out of it, Britain's only private university has volunteered to subject itself to the scrutiny of the quality inspectors...
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UK 'neglecting Malay market'
Lax academic standards and complacency risk undermining Britain's position in the lucrative Malaysian higher education market, quality watchdogs have warned, writes Phil Baty. In its third audit of...
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Research model looks to the future
Researchers could get funding council cash for future plans rather than being rewarded for work they have completed under proposals to reform the research assessment exercise. Sir Gareth Roberts,...
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QCA mulls over scripts
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority is to review whether the English exam boards should destroy this summer's A-level exam scripts next month. Ken Boston, chief executive of the QCA, said: "...
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Languages seek inquiry
Modern language specialists are calling on Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, to launch an inquiry into funding for their subject. Gordon Millan, chair of...
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Organ code mooted
The Retained Organs Commission, set up by the government to establish a regulatory framework on human organ and tissue retention, has issued a consultation paper on the legal status of tissue blocks...
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Dobson chairs HIV talk
Former Labour cabinet minister Frank Dobson is to chair this year's Canon Collins Memorial Lecture on HIV/Aids in Southern Africa. It is to be given by University of Natal vice-chancellor Malegapuru...
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Call for push on access
Efforts to get more young people into university should be coordinated across Europe and involve accession states such as Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, according to Katherine Hewlett. She...
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Capital allies get £2.9m
City University and Queen Mary, University of London, have received £2.9 million to collaborate on engineering and health science. The grant comes from the Higher Education Funding Council for...
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Focus on elite fuels anger
Efforts to modernise higher education and to widen participation are being hampered by the government's preoccupation with funding elite institutions, Wolverhampton University heads have said....
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Derby to answer market call with revamp
The University of Derby has adopted a business model in an effort to identify and capture new higher education markets, writes Tony Tysome. Teaching staff have been told that they must double up as...
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Whistleblowers: Lecturers 'bullied' after raising exam concerns
Two former lecturers at Middlesex University claim that they were victimised for raising concerns about grade tampering and other breaches of assessment procedures. Senior lecturers Rebecca...
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Findings: Decline in hairy caterpillars
The large hairy caterpillars beloved of children are disappearing from Britain's countryside, writes Steve Farrar. Populations have halved, probably in response to the warmer, wetter winters...