'Academic freedom threat from Gats plan'
Higher education in the United Kingdom will be threatened if it is included in global moves to liberalise service industries, Universities Scotland has warned. Scotland's principals say that bringing...
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V-cs shun 'Mickey Mouse' and elite tag Vice-chancellors have hit back at claims that universities are purveyors of "Mickey Mouse" degrees and elitism. Universities UK launched its Employability and...
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Fury as Hodge calls the shots
The higher education quality watchdog has revealed that ministers, not vice-chancellors, are dictating the blueprint of the new quality assurance regime, raising questions about universities' right...
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V-cs: do not penalise flexible study
Universities that offer students flexible learning routes are being unfairly penalised, according to vice-chancellors. Students who take time out, switch between full-time and part-time study, drop...
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Admissions policies 'create divisions'
University admissions policies are creating divisions between "standard" and "non-standard" students, according to research published today. It claims that widening participation policies are...
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'Bewildering' red tape stops students claiming full childcare support
The new system of grants for childcare introduced last autumn is so complex that many students eligible for financial help are put off claiming the whole package, says a report published this week....
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Crisis in college staffing looms
Inadequate funding and a skills and qualifications shortage are fuelling a staff recruitment crisis in further education, a national study has found. Colleges face significant problems recruiting...
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Shock for campus as deficit hits £9.8m
Cambridge University is almost £10 million in the red, millions more than it predicted. Control over its finances is still in disarray two years after the bungled implementation of a new financial...
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Toxic Avenger finds way home
Film distributors and a television production company have come to the rescue of a cult film archive at Northampton University College that was hit by burglaries last year, writes Tony Tysome. OPI...
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GCSEs are route to HE expansion
The importance of broadening participation in higher education is not in doubt but how to achieve it is. Alan Thomson reports. Higher education must recruit an extra 400,000 people by 2010 to meet...
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Further education plays crucial role in Scottish recruitment
The Scottish Executive's latest figures for the proportion of young Scots going into higher education show another rise in 1999-2000, from 47.2 per cent to 47.6 per cent. But there is no single...
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50 per cent participation: can the government meet its target?
AUT says schools must fuel growth The Association of University Teachers has estimated that an extra 670,000 student places must be created to reach 50 per cent participation by 2010. This would...
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'Postcode' premium is not enough
Much of the government's effort to expand higher education will focus on demand - increasing the number of people with the qualifications and aspirations to progress beyond school. It recently...
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Whistleblowers
Oxford academics are freed from legal gag The High Court has upheld the freedom of Oxford University academics to criticise a philosopher's controversial book, despite the fact that the university...
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Bullies target popular colleagues
Victims of workplace bullies are often the most popular members of the office, according to research at Hull University. Psychologist Penelope Smith-Lee Chong said her results had come as a surprise...