Let's throw away Greenaway
Although expected, the government's humiliation of the Russell Group left the sector embarrassed. Mercifully, the mainstream media did not pick up on the additionally embarrassing news that the group...
Search
-
-
Some quality fudge
The Quality Assurance Agency's latest on the Oxbridge MA (Question 12 in Annex 1 of the National Qualifications Framework) is beyond belief. One of its main aims should surely be the discouragement...
-
Worthless Ofsted
Ofsted chief Chris Woodhead, has told college principals that "we must have an inspection process that comes to some judgements we can stand up about whether students in your college are making the...
-
All-inclusive intellectual myth
Evolutionary psychology is 'mistaken and pernicious' argue Hilary and Steven Rose. Over the past few years the theory of "evolutionary psychology" has entered the cultural drinking water in both the...
-
Foreign bodies elude recruiters
British institutions have a recruitment mountain to climb if they are to hit targets for overseas students set last year by prime minister Tony Blair. The campaign will fail unless universities "...
-
Scotland offers warm welcome
Comfortable rooms and friendly academics are as important as teaching quality in attracting overseas students, according to Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, writes Olga...
-
Day part-timers dominate FE
The largest grouping of Scottish further education students attends college part time during the day. The second largest group attends during the evening and weekends only. The 1999 figures are from...
-
Council chief lands top job in LSC quango
A local government leader who once tried to pay his staff in supermarket vouchers has been appointed chief executive of the Pounds 6 billion education and training superquango, the Learning and...
-
Duke opens centre for mathematical sciences
Cambridge University's chancellor, the Duke of Edinburgh, was to inaugurate the univer-sity's centre for mathematical sciences yesterday. The state-of-the-art facility features architectural...
-
South Bank to appeal against sex bias ruling
Andy Masheter, director for corporate affairs at South Bank University, said the university will "vociferously" appeal against last week's High Court ruling that a student has the right to sue...
-
Independent learning will win pupils credit
Hull University is piloting a youth credit scheme as a way of offering young people formal credit for learning that takes place outside the classroom. Coordinator Jim Dumsday said it could lead to...
-
Scottish teachers ask for more funding
The Association of University Teachers Scotland has called on the Scottish Executive to invest more in teaching and research just as ministers are set to make a strong pitch to chancellor Gordon...
-
Arts and science sparks to fly in London
A unique celebration of science and the arts will be staged in London from September 6-30. The event, called Creating Sparks, incorporates the annual British Association Festival of Science and will...
-
Labour manifesto to promote wider access
Further measures to widen access to university will form one of the main planks of the Labour Party's manifesto for the next election. Last weekend's National Policy Forum, the results of which will...
-
Pay student teachers Pounds 10,000, say Lib Dems
Students undertaking teacher training should be paid Pounds 10,000 a year, Liberal Democrats said this week. The proposal is part of a reformed Liberal Democrat policy designed to boost teacher...