Overseas students may get more time to apply
International students will get more time to apply for university places under plans being developed by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. "The United Kingdom could be deterring...
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The Pounds 5bn super agency
This week David Blunkett unveiled ministers' plans for a new post-16 education and training system. THES reporters analyse the details. The 80-page Learning to Succeed white paper sets out a...
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Fryer joins UfI as executive director
Bob Fryer (pictured), who advised the government on lifelong learning, has been appointed an executive director of the University for Industry. Professor Fryer, who is assistant vice-chancellor of...
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Industry spend on R&D is faltering, says SBS
British industry is not investing in the research and development needed to ensure the United Kingdom's economic success, according to the pressure group Save British Science. There is only one UK...
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Crop researchers face the chop from BBSRC
Up to 200 researchers at the Institute of Arable Crops Research laboratories in Long Ashton could lose their jobs under a restructuring plan. The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
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Chemical people given lifelong learning boost
The Chemical Industries Association claims to be the first trade association to have launched a sector-wide lifelong learning scheme. The CIA's "competitiveness through people" programme features...
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Foster withdraws from LibDem race
Liberal Democrat education spokesman Don Foster has quit the party's leadership race after securing assurances from front-runner Charles Kennedy that he would consider collaboraton with the Labour...
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Graduates enjoy rise in employment prospects
* Graduates' job prospects are looking up slightly, the Higher Education Statistics Agency said. Its figures show that 63 per cent of former higher education students went straight into work in 1997-...
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No bars to learning in Ruskin's prison plan
* Inmates at eight top-security prisons will get a chance to brush up on numeracy and literacy thanks to a course designed by HM Prison Service in collaboration with Ruskin College. The preparation...
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Reactions to Blunkett's blueprint
Reaction to the white paper was generally positive. David Melville, chief executive of the Further Education Funding Council, which will be replaced by a single funding body, the Learning and Skills...
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Plagiarism row erupts
An external examiner for Staffordshire University has resigned in protest after its exam board dismissed at least two cases of proven student plagiarism as "minor". In documents obtained by The THES...
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Matthew Boulton in funding allegations
Allegations that Matthew Boulton College wrongly claimed funding units for ineligible courses are being investigated by the Further Education Funding Council. An FEFC source confirmed the council was...
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Making the grade
How does an A-level A grade compare with an E grade? This question is exercising minds following the launch last month of a consultation on A-level points scores by the Universities and Colleges...
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Free trade for virtual dealers
A new simulated high-tech trading floor will give college business students a competitive edge in the jobs market. John Siam, director of the facility at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario,...
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Chest opts for charity status
Ten people in a small office at the University of Bath make up the team that has saved universities Pounds 900 million since 1988, by negotiating advantageous deals with suppliers of software and...