Is social work becoming an outcast?
Poor pay, stressful working conditions and a bad press are deterring would-be social workers. Claire Sanders discovers a profession in crisis Applications to study social work have more than halved...
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High-flying girls show late fall-out
High-flying female pupils in Scotland are less likely to go into higher education than high-flying males, despite being equally likely to apply, Edinburgh University researchers have found. Teresa...
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Scots examine sex inequality
Amid national concern over gender and racial discrimination in pay and appointments, Edinburgh University is publishing what it believes is the most thorough and wide-ranging analysis of staff in any...
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ACCA embarrassment
'Mr Carr conducted the appeal without a copy of the disciplinary procedure when the applicant was raising numerous breaches of it' A second major embarrassment has hit the Association of Chartered...
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Newi staff voice 'harassment' distress
Funding council officials investigating allegations of mismanagement at the North East Wales Institute on behalf of the Welsh Assembly may wish to consider the findings of the college's own senior...
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Natfhe investigates fears of falling standards
Lecturers' union Natfhe is to conduct a wholesale audit of teaching and working conditions at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, following The THES's revelations that external examiners...
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Nationwide overhaul on the cards as spotlight focusses on training
The education of social workers is undergoing radical changes, with a number of bodies seeking to define what social workers do and to set standards: The Care Standards Bill will strengthen...
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Rover's rebuff
Imagine the shock of thousands of devoted Coronation Street fans, desperate to discover whether bar owner Natalie is to be charged with the murder of her son, and who, instead of connecting with the...
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Hefce responsibilities
A wall of folded arms greeted Sir Michael Partridge, chair of governors of Middlesex University, when he addressed the Higher Education Funding Council for England's annual conference in Birmingham...
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Twice as vice
A reminder that entries are still sought for our competition to help the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals find a new and funkier name. Suggestions so far concentrate on apt acronyms -...
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A bottle of wits
The University for Industry project was always intended to make learning more convenient for people who might otherwise never consider it. The new learndirect learning centre in Redditch, due to open...
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In the news
'Former AoC chief executive Roger Ward called him "the ultimate hands-off manager" but others stress that he combines charm with determination' News of a dip in the number of further education...
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On the move
Sir Stewart Sutherland, principal and vice-chancellor of Edinburgh University, will be the next convener of the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals. He will take over from Ian Graham-...
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Glittering prizes
Sir David Barnes, deputy chairman of AstraZeneca, has received the 2000 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Centenary Medal, awarded to a figure of high distinction in science-based industry. Joseph...
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Eyewitness
The crisis in Zimbabwe is being played out around issues of land and race. Some 1,000 "white" farms have been invaded by groups led by independence war veterans demanding that farms be handed to...