New rules will scrap 'negative' awards
Tony Tysome and Alison Goddard on the QAA's qualifications blueprint A new definition of degrees and strict rules on how they are described are to be ushered in by the Quality Assurance Agency, which...
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Complaints code redrafted to command more public respect
Quality watchdogs have produced a new draft of their controversial and long-awaited proposals for a code of practice on complaints and appeals, writes Tony Tysome. The redrafting was ordered by...
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CVCP suffers teething troubles
The revamped vice-chancellors' representative body got off to a bumpy start with a disagreement between policy chiefs and Scottish university and college heads. Members of the Committee of Scottish...
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Listen to public, GM experts told
Social scientists this week called on scientists to be frank about the limits to their knowledge in order to overcome the public mistrust of genetically modified food. In a report recommending a...
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Drive to train women as surgeons
Female medical students are being targeted by the Royal College of Surgeons, which has pledged to double the number of women consultant surgeons in the next five years. The college looks after...
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Library data network offers industry big savings
A 30-year-old consortium specialising in buying and selling information offers the blueprint for a national network, according to a Southampton study. The consortium, called Hatrics, provides...
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Millennium makeover for v-cs
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals is to shake off its 'inaccessible' image and reorganise along regional lines to meet institutions' new challenges. Tony Tysome reports Vice-...
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University bent rules to set up accountancy deal
Middlesex University bent its own quality control rules to set up a deal to offer degrees in partnership with the professional accountancy body, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants....
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Chaplains warn of abusive sect
Campus chaplains are warning universities to beware of an "abusive" sectarian religious group, known as the International Church of Christ, that is targeting vulnerable new undergraduates. The group...
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Architect courses may get redesign
Architecture degrees should be restructured into a seven-year system of credits, says a long-awaited report on education and training from the Royal Institute of British Architects this week. The...
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Ofsted attacks pioneer scheme
A flagship teacher-training project run by the University of Nottingham in collaboration with outstanding local primary schools has received a mediocre report following its first Ofsted inspection....
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The smart customer set gives Gates new impetus
Microsoft is forging ahead with a series of education alliances that it hopes will reshape teaching and training. Chris Johnston reports With an operating system that drives 90 per cent of the world'...
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Recruitment cuts signal opportunity for Scots
Scotland's universities are refusing to be dismayed by cuts in graduate recruitment at chip design company Cadence, which the firm blames on a shortage of experienced managers. Steve Beaumont,...
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Unfair rules mar colleges' title goals
College heads have accused ministers of causing them planning blight by issuing baffling signals over the title "university college". They are demanding an explanation from the Department for...
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For the record
* Members of the Association of University Teachers Scotland are being asked whether the union should lobby all the main political party conferences north of the border, beef up its website and...