Computer marking splits unis
Almost half of university exams are now marked automatically by computers, it was revealed this week. The high-tech revolution in grading students' work emerged from the first national survey of...
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Exam boycott could 'harm students'
Edinburgh University's principal, Sir Stewart Sutherland, has warned staff that they may damage students' future careers if they withdraw from examination invigilation. The local Association of...
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Counsellors face flood of students
University counselling services are struggling to cope with rising numbers of severely disturbed students, a report revealed this week. Counsellors say that greater pressures are being placed on...
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Careers advice is not reaching good students
Universities are worried that careers advice is being withdrawn from students interested in higher education and targeted instead at lower achievers, writes Alison Goddard. The trend has been noted...
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More students take time off to work to save
The number of students taking a gap-year before higher education has increased by 10 per cent in four years, as more students start working to raise funds for university, a study has found. The...
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TECs predict skills shortages will continue
Skills shortages in the managerial, technical, IT and engineering sectors are predicted by the Training and Enterprise Councils. A survey published this week by the TEC National Council warns that...
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Head teachers to get management training
The government will invest Pounds 100 million over three years in management training for head teachers. Launching the prospectus for the new National College for School Leadership this week, prime...
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Employers must up investment in training
Employers must better their Pounds 10 billion annual investment in training, education secretary David Blunkett has said. Endorsing the key role to be played by the National Training Organisations...
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Student parents get new online service
Students with young children can use the internet to find childcare close to campus. Launched this week to coincide with National Childcare Week, Daycare Trust's helpline and website aims to put an...
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UCL to study newly devolved countries
* Constitutional experts at University College London have welcomed the assemblies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as an opportunity to study the political dynamics of a devolved system....
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Salford bursaries to woo mature students
Salford University has launched a bursary scheme to encourage mature students to return to higher education. A response to the national decrease in applications from mature students, the five...
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Aberdeen helps forge Irish-Scottish links
Aberdeen University is set to play a leading role in strengthening Irish-Scottish relations by hosting the first of a series of top-level meetings between politicians, academics and civil servants....
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Man has harsher effect on climate than thought
Man's effect on the climate may be worse than feared, according to researchers at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford. They calculated that the Sun has got brighter since observations started...
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Museums more hip than pop concerts
Museums and galleries, including those owned by universities, are more popular with the public than concerts, theatre, opera, stately homes and theme parks, according to a MORI survey carried out for...
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1m students in debt to SLC
Nearly one million British students owe the Student Loans Company money, new figures show. The deferred repayment option remains a popular safety net for graduates not earning above Pounds 1,482...