Job fears over unique merger
Lecturers at Birmingham and Aston universities could lose their employment protection rights if the two institutions go ahead with merger plans, union leaders warned this week. A decision by both...
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Old guard wants visitors to remain
Most universities want to keep their visitors despite concerns that the ancient complaints system will fall foul of new human rights legislation. A survey by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and...
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Middlesex confused
Is someone being economical with the truth regarding the funding council's investigation into Middlesex University? While the Higher Education Funding Council is today due to report on its...
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Staff given a pat on the back by v-c
Senior figures at Middlesex University who were criticised by an employment tribunal for unfairly sacking a colleague have been hailed as "a credit to the university" by vice-chancellor Michael...
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Calls for body to accredit college teachers
Further education leaders are preparing the case for creating a professional body for lecturers similar to higher education's Institute of Learning and Teaching, writes Tony Tysome. The English...
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Colleague of killer: I have been victimised
The academic supervisor of convicted killer Steven Reid, the lecturer and PhD student jailed for life last week, claims he has been victimised and "scapegoated" after the killing. Ron Roberts, a...
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Race to fill places takes a low road
Universities have been accused of cutting minimum entry requirements and admitting students to unsuitable courses in an unscrupulous battle to fill places, writes Phil Baty. Educational consultancy...
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Natfhe accuses university of developing 'autocratic style'
Industrial relations look close to collapse at Sheffield Hallam University. Lecturers' union Natfhe has described its relationship with management as "appalling", after crisis meetings with managers...
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Liberating staff from 'the pits'
As the General Teaching Council takes off, Claire Sanders hears what its leaders and others in the sector would like it to achieve For more than a century, teachers have campaigned for an independent...
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On the move
Michael Brown, pro vice-chancellor of De Montfort University, has been appointed vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. Peter Gilroy, of Manchester Metropolitan University, will be...
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Melbourne
The ߣߣÊÓƵn Vice-Chancellors' Committee and the German Rectors' Conference have reached agreement on mutual recognition of university qualifications. The main focus of the agreement is on...
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Budapest
Romany studies are to be introduced next year at a teacher training college in Eger, northeast Hungary, in order to raise awareness of Romany traditions and culture. Only 30 per cent of Romany...
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In the news
Former law professor Vojislav Kostunica is tipped to topple Yugoslavia's authoritarian president Slobodan Milosevic in elections next Sunday. An opinion poll in Belgrade last weekend gave Kostunica,...
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Double take
Lucky students at McGill University in Montreal found an alternative to the financial aid office last week. A campus cash machine was paying out C$40 bills but showing withdrawals of just C$20 after...
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Y be serious?
Dundee University's latest student recruitment campaign, "Serious Fun at the University of Dundee", is causing apoplexy among some commentators. The outline of an open book? Look again, and it is a...