In a spin
(Photograph) - In a spin: Jim Humphrey, a part-time lecturer at Tonbridge Adult Education Centre, has made a miniature spinning top that he hopes will make it into the Guinness Book of Records as the...
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Smoke signals
(Photograph) - Smoke signals: Anthony McAleese, a chemistry postgraduate, holds an impromptu tutorial with 13-year-old Isla Ferguson as part of Edinburgh University's work with teenagers for the...
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Leap of faith
(Photograph) - Leap of faith: one of 12 Plymouth University students who abseiled down the city's civic center to raise money to send a truckload of aid to an orphanage in Romania. Photograph: Mike...
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Seven unis 'fail' strict title test
At least seven universities would be denied their university status if they had to apply for the title under tough new criteria proposed by the Quality Assurance Agency. Under confidential plans...
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QCA opens pathway for post-16 education
The first concrete steps towards a national post-16 qualifications framework will be taken this month as examinations bodies submit their awards for accreditation. The Qualifications and Curriculum...
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Pay-review bill gets first reading in Lords
A private members bill calling for an independent pay-review body for academic and academic-related staff has received its first reading in the House of Lords. The bill was submitted by Labour peer...
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Kwik-Fit chief launches QMFoundation
(Photograph) - * Sir Tom Farmer (above), chairman and chief executive of Kwik-Fit, has gone on a treadmill to help launch a five-year, Pounds 5 million development campaign at Queen Margaret...
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Swansea joins quest for university status
Swansea Institute is bidding for degree-awarding powers and a university title following a decision by the court of the University of Wales last week to admit the Institute of Higher Education as a...
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Centre planned to help science communicate
An international centre for science communication is being planned by the British Association and the Science Museum in London. The centre will run short residential courses to teach communication...
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Challenge to Cambridge 'old boys' continues
Cambridge University faces a High Court challenge to its "old boys" procedures next week. Kamran Beg, who was denied his masters degree amid allegations of plagiarism, won leave for a judicial review...
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Colleges join dissent over immigration bil
College leaders have joined protests against the government's Immigration and Asylum Bill. The Association of Colleges has joined the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals to warn the...
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Coventry warned over Israeli course quality
Coventry University has received a warning from the Quality Assurance Agency over its arrangements for courses delivered in Israel. The "rapid pace" of development of programmes at the Ruppin...
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Nurse course to focus on disaster relief
Ulster University is about to launch a nursing course to deal with the type of problems emerging from Kosovo. The course was developed in the wake of previous crises in the former Yugoslavia. Ulster'...
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Research reveals student traumas
Two in every five of students have experienced a distressing event. Researchers at University College Northampton found that 48 per cent of male students and 35 per cent of female students had...
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Scottish students on increase
In 1997-98, more than 660,000 students were enrolled in further or higher education in Scotland, nearly two-thirds of them in further education colleges. There was an increase of 4 per cent in...