Council eyes up fund rejig
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council is consulting on radical changes to the way it funds colleges. The SFEFC is consulting on a report by the Scottish Further Education Unit that concludes...
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Inquiry leads Wales to Scots trail
The Welsh Assembly has been urged to press Westminster to allow the abolition of upfront tuition fees in Wales and the re-introduction of a means-tested maintenance grant. The recommendations come...
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Chief: stop stifling diversity
Diversity in higher education is under threat from financial pressures, political interference and short-term planning, a report has warned. Diversity and Excellence , published by the Council for...
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V-c gives his vote to differential fee system
Students from affluent families must pay the full cost of higher education tuition, Bristol University's vice-chancellor Sir John Kingman said this week. Universities should compete for students,...
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Sexually abused being failed by services
Services for mentally distressed sexual abuse survivors are inadequate and fragmented, Edinburgh University sociologist Sarah Nelson said this week. She unveiled the findings of a two-year research...
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'Students put off the sciences at school'
The national curriculum is putting pupils off studying science at university, the new professor of science education at the Institute of Education has said. Michael Reiss, who is also head of science...
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In the news: Mike Thorne
Mike Thorne, appointed vice-chancellor of the University of East London this week, has his work cut out for him. Once he has steered the institution through its emergency financial recovery plan, he...
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Maneater on campus
A 9ft bronze statue by renowned sculptor Michael Sandle is under wraps at a secret location while the University of Dundee finds a suitable site for it. Some of the more conservative citizenry may...
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Room for improvement
The concept behind the new waiting room design at the former Department for Education and Employment has been lost following its split last week into the Department for Education and Skills and the...
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On the move
Bill Wakeham , deputy rector of Imperial College, London, has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton. The University of Kent has appointed: Andy Alaszewski , previously of...
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World watch
Jerusalem Leaders of Israeli universities said that the next academic year would not start on schedule if an emergency cut of 213 million shekels (£30 million) in the higher education budget is...
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Post-apartheid battle on merger
Vista University is taking the South African government to court for ordering its break-up in the first of a series of mergers between higher education institutions this year. The lawsuit from the "...
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Vietnam steps in with aid
Flagging public confidence in private colleges has forced Vietnam's ministry of education and training to intervene to help raise standards. Vu Ngoc Hai, deputy education minister, said that the...
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Crisis leaves Turks begging for cash
Rectors of Turkey's state universities have held an emergency meeting to review the worsening situation in the sector since the February economic crisis, which resulted in 40 per cent devaluation. In...
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France goes for gold
Reforms to France's education system have encouraged the country to set its sights on taking the sporting lead in Europe. Jack Lang, education minister, and Marie-George Buffet, minister for youth...