Scottish history enlightened
Young Scots are failing to develop an interest in Scottish history because schools have not picked up on the lively research being done in higher education. At the Edinburgh book festival, Rab...
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Contact with dropouts can lure them back
Universities and colleges should try to get in touch with student dropouts, who may wrongly believe they have blown their only chance of higher education, writes Olga Wojtas. Paisley University...
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Embattled Luton v-c to retire at 60
One of the toughest jobs in higher education has become vacant after an announcement that Dai John will take early retirement as vice-chancellor of Luton University. Dr John will leave Luton next...
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Freshers off to flying start
Newly recruited students at the University of Central Lancashire have been offered a "flying start" four-day residential induction course to ease them in to higher education. The special summer...
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Ulster pupils change track
All 50 pupils in an Ulster University access scheme are set to enter higher education, despite 49 of them initially saying that they could never see themselves going to university. Ulster launched...
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Attacks on vocational study are 'confused and out of date'
Vocational higher education leaders have hit back at captains of industry who claim university education has been dumbed down by falling entry standards, writes Tony Tysome. The University Vocational...
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Brush-off for Hockney idea
David Hockney's celebrated theory that the Old Masters used mirrors and lenses to construct their paintings has been challenged by a British optics expert. The suggestion that many of the Renaissance...
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QAA chief misled committee, says Edexcel
The chairman of the Quality Assurance Agency has misled a committee of MPs, according to the troubled exam board Edexcel. QAA chairman Christopher Kenyon told the House of Commons education select...
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Professor 'duped' into giving in notice
A former Birmingham University sociology professor claims he was hoodwinked by senior officials into handing in his notice. Frank Webster was chair of sociology when Birmingham announced plans to...
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Need for guide on internet learning
The creation of a national e-learning authority to ensure technologies used by universities, colleges and schools comply with agreed standards is a step closer following an initiative by UfI...
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Title-holder in good shape
The tough regimen endured by Gloucestershire before gaining university status has been like a 'boot camp', but it's a fitter, leaner institution that's emerged. Tony Tysome reports Managers of the UK...
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MPs attack government over its lack of intelligence in spin-off sphere
The government's approach to the commercialisation of public-sector science has been slated by MPs. The Treasury says that commercialising research is key to stimulating greater economic and social...
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Corporate universities set to muscle in on the old school
Corporate universities such as Motorola U and the BT Academy could soon compete with traditional public-sector universities for students wanting a vocational education, two Open University Business...
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Hostility leaves NHSU on shaky ground
"Bitter legacies" could cripple the government's manifesto commitment to the National Health Service University, according to analysis from the Nuffield Trust. From Conception to Birth: A Policy...
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Inquiry as 'shoddy' thesis wins PhD
The University of Wales is to investigate allegations that a PhD was granted at Lampeter University even though examiners viewed its thesis as "a shoddy piece of work" and suspected that sections of...