Cash for entrepreneurs 'may be misplaced'
* Banks are often blamed for not making enough money available for potential entrepreneurs, but new research suggests that, if anything, they overlend to the start-up sector. David de Meza, professor...
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Institutions pressed on widening participation
* Universities and colleges were this week asked to devise strategies for widening participation by students from poor backgrounds. They were also asked to indicate how they plan to spend the extra...
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Pounds 3 an hour to study A levels with the LSE
* Students from the London Borough of Southwark predicted to get less than three Bs in their A levels and with no graduate parent will be paid Pounds 3 an hour to attend a weekly Saturday school at...
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University appeals over ruling on fired principal
* Glasgow Caledonian University has appealed against a tribunal ruling that it should reinstate sacked principal Stan Mason, arguing that the tribunal's lay members misdirected themselves and were...
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Female head accused of sexual assault
* A female head of department at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies has been accused of sexually assaulting two women academics. Mary Collins, head of sports and leisure, has denied charges of...
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Coshep to become part of federal UK body
The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals has backed in principle the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals' draft proposals which would make Coshep part of a federal United...
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Oxford commits to diversity in access
* Oxford University has re-written its mission statement to make a more explicit commitment to widening access. A planned new statement, expected in June, will say that the university will "attract...
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Golden 'hellos' are working
Teacher vacancies have fallen slightly, indicating that golden hellos in shortage subjects may be bolstering recruitment. Provisional government statistics released last week show that unfilled,...
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Rowdy students to be on candid camera
* Disruptive students at Imperial College, London, could be targeted using video cameras installed in lecture theatres. Cameras and microphones have been installed so that students at a remote...
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Accra
Examination officials in Ghana have discovered a syndicate of university students who sit and write exams for other candidates for money, using fake names and addresses. A student revealed others...
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Moscow
Thousands of university students this month took part in a Red Cross campaign to promote first aid techniques. The launch of the "Power of Humanity" campaign at Moscow State University included...
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Mechanical engineering department at the University of Manchester
The mechanical engineering department at the University of Manchester, which was rated excellent for teaching quality and awarded a 4 in the 1996 research assessment exercise, was omitted from the...
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Quality to be scrutinised, fee-cutters are warned
Higher education funding chiefs have warned institutions they may be subjected to closer quality checks if they reduce tuition fees. Universities or colleges found to be jeopardising quality by...
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A levels cause confusion
Admissions tutors and teachers are confused over the effect new A levels will have on university admissions, it emerged at a Universities and Colleges Admissions Service conference this week, writes...
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Wales to match English HE fund
The first secretary of Wales, Alun Michael, has promised to eradicate the funding inequities between Welsh and English higher education. In a letter to lecturers' union Natfhe this week, Mr Michael...