Blunkett in college shift
Education secretary David Blunkett surprised inspection agency chiefs at the Association of Colleges conference when he revealed plans for unexpected shifts in direction for further education. Two...
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Guidelines needed on safety abroad
Universities must wake up to issues of student safety on study-abroad programmes, speakers told a conference on international education this week. Tim Birtwistle, European programmes coordinator in...
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Colleges to be held liable for prejudice
Universities and colleges can be held liable for the racist and sexist behaviour of their students, a tribunal has ruled. Wigan and Leigh College discriminated against a lecturer when it failed to...
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Whistleblowers
A senior Oxford University lawyer is calling for a full external inquiry into the forced ejection of an international scholar from university premises. A research associate who has asked not to be...
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BSE professor 'owed apology'
A Leeds academic has called on his university to apologise to Richard Lacey, the emeritus professor who raised the alarm over the possible consequences of BSE on human health. In a letter, Malcolm...
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He who pays the cost calls the tune
The London Economics report on higher education funding, which calculates that the sector needs an extra £1.4 billion a year from 2004, rising to £1.6 billion extra in 2009, focuses...
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Six ways to make students pay
Six main funding models were developed and tested by London Economics, in a report on higher education funding, to see how they would effect universities' income. All six models were tested to see...
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Funding gap may see fees treble
Universities may be forced to double or treble tuition fees to help plug a £7 billion hole in higher education funding, according to a new report. Annual fees of more than £3,000 on some courses is...
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Don's Diary: Howard Wright
Tuesday Landing at Bahir Dar in North Ethiopia is unsettling. The conflict in Eritrea is close by and the airfield is a base for government Mig fighter planes. The window blinds are shut for take-off...
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Glittering prizes
Sir Alec Broers , vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has received the Royal Academy of Engineering 's highest award, the Prince Philip Medal , in recognition of his exceptional...
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Straw poll on fees
William Straw, son of home secretary Jack, has not had a great relationship with the press since being duped into supplying cannabis to an undercover reporter. Now he has attacked it for failing to...
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A taste of common life
The Queen had a taste of real life in the common room when she paused for a coffee with graduate theology students on a visit to open Cambridge University's new divinity faculty. All the students had...
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Who can rule Britannia?
The German government would do a better job of governing the United Kingdom than the Conservatives, according to managing directors and marketing managers questioned in a London School of Economics...
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Former feds back CIA
The Further Education Development Agency was relaunched this week and renamed the Learning and Skills Development Agency. The acronym Lasda has not gone down well with employees who would not be seen...
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In the News: Roderick Floud
Roderick Floud is relishing the challenge of being the first vice-chancellor from a post-1992 university to take the helm of the United Kingdom's foremost higher education employers' body. His main...