'Wage scandal' of campus workers
The Transport and General Workers union has accused universities of paying "poverty wages" to the "forgotten army" of cleaners, porters, catering, security, gardening and clerical staff. General...
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Call for meeting over Highlands 'cover-up'
There are growing calls for an emergency meeting of the University of the Highlands and Islands foundation in the wake of allegations of mismanagement by UHI chief executive Brian Duffield. Eric...
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Sale of defence agency will cost HE millions
University research income worth Pounds 25 million a year could be lost if government sells off parts of the United Kingdom's defence research sector. Part-privatisation of the Defence Evaluation...
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New science centres bring total to 12
Four more science enterprise centres were announced by Stephen Byers, secretary of state for trade and industry, this week, making a total of 12. They will be given a total of Pounds 4.5 million. The...
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Questionnaire to give Europe's youth a voice
The British Youth Council is surveying the attitudes of more than 250,000 people aged between 15 and 25 as part of a pan-European initiative to devise a European youth policy. Peter Facey, BYC chief...
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Fees main barrier to access
A new analysis of application figures suggests that the main barrier to wider access is the government's policy on tuition fees, the Liberal Democrats claimed this week. The House of Commons research...
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RAE squeeze poses threat to Russell Group
Russell Group universities stand to lose out following next year's research assessment exercise, further raising concerns that the institutions will charge top-up fees. RAE results are expected to...
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Researchers predicted violence
The hooliganism that has marred the Euro 2000 football championship was inevitable and is too deep-rooted a problem to be resolved by traditional measures, football researchers have warned. Experts...
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Spending cuts narrow access
Government cuts are preventing Britain's top universities recruiting more people from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds, funding chiefs said this week. Brian Fender, chief executive of the...
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Top institutions need more cash to scout for state school students
Top universities need more money to fund teams of professional talent-spotters targeting state-school and poorer pupils, MPs heard this week. Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, told the...
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Extra money needed to tackle a 'stark' inequality of access
Ian Johnston, principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, has invoked Martin Luther King's words about American blacks in the 1960s in describing disadvantaged young people in Glasgow. "He said: '...
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Anglia uncovers education divide
A deep divide between neighbourhoods where very few young people go into higher education and more privileged areas was revealed this week. Researchers at Anglia Polytechnic University have...
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The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals
* The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals this week announced that Peter Lampl of the Sutton Trust would join the steering group for the second phase of its "from elitism to inclusion"...
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The death of 'real' drawing and painting skills
(Photograph) - Reports of the death of 'real' drawing and painting skills are grossly exaggerated, according to Dundee University's Duncan of Jordanstone College. Its degree show demonstrates a shift...
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Funding changes create instability
Further education leaders have warned that colleges are turning down funding incentives to grow because they fear they may be penalised by sudden policy changes. Constant "tinkering" with funding...