ILT rival is set to bow out of battle
The Association of University Teachers may be ready to drop plans to set up its own professional accreditation scheme to rival the Institute for Learning and Teaching. On the eve of the ILT's over-...
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Staff lose out in wily bids for RAE cash
Young researchers and women are being excluded from the research assessment exercise to the detriment of their careers, according to trade unions. Unions also fear the exercise could also polarise...
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Third-world debt activists will roll up to G8 in a bus
Mathematician and artist Joanna Brown is to enlist a red double-decker bus bound for the G8 summit in Genoa on July 21 in her fight against third-world debt. Dr Brown, a lecturer at Leeds University...
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Experts on access lay blame on campuses
Colleges and universities are the biggest barrier to wider access, because they fail to put the learner at the heart of their work. This is the view of two experts from the Open University in...
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Scholars say big picture is lost in big numbers
Higher education research that shuns big statistical surveys in favour of small anthropological studies will be championed at Lancaster University this month. Paul Trowler, organiser of the Higher...
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College role puts SFEFC in spotlight
The auditor-general has urged Scottish ministers to review the Scottish Further Education Funding Council's power to intervene in college affairs, writes Olga Wojtas. Robert Black has highlighted his...
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MP seeks check on executive's power
MP Barry Sheerman is backing a radical overhaul of Parliament that would give the education select committee more power to hold the government to account over policy. Mr Sheerman, chairman of the...
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Young campus revives ailing Lincoln economy
Lincoln's university campus has transformed the region's ailing economy, according to a report this week. Five years after opening, the university has raised Lincolnshire's GDP by £24 million a year...
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College chiefs deny pay gap
Further education college managers struck at the heart of lecturers' pay claims this week, just as union chiefs lobbied MPs to back their demands. In a briefing to members, the Association of...
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Revamp could strengthen Northern Ireland's funding bid
Northern Ireland's higher education advisory body could be revamped if proposals for a parallel body for further education and training go ahead. The Northern Ireland Higher Education Council (Nihec...
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Visitors survive disputes reform
The long-awaited ombudsman system for universities will not include staff and will allow the visitor to survive. Detailed proposals will be published by Universities UK for consultation next week -...
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Wimbledon staff opposed to merger plans with Chelsea
Tension is mounting between staff and the principal at Wimbledon School of Art about proposals to merge with the London Institute. Wimbledon staff were shocked to hear that the principal, Rod Bugg,...
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Bid to extend aid for jobless to graduates
The government's New Deal to help the unemployed find jobs or training should be opened up to graduates, professionals and would-be entrepreneurs, work minister Nick Brown has said. Mr Brown, who has...
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Hodge urges closer ties with LSC
Ministers are urging universities to build closer links with the Learning and Skills Council to help the government realise its higher education expansion targets. Margaret Hodge, lifelong learning...
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Whistleblowers: Scholar queries inquiry
An ߣߣÊÓƵn scholar's allegations of scientific misconduct were dismissed by an inquiry committee at Bath University even though it did not directly involve him in its investigations. The committee...