A FORMER college principal and his lover, sacked after an inquiry by governors into staff complaints, have settled claims of unfair dismissal out of court. Neil Preston, dismissed as principal of...
So who says officials at the Office of Science and Technology can't count? We do. Staff totals in their SET statistics do not add up. After blaming the Universities Statistical Record and the Higher...
THE Boyd group of academics who perform research on animals this week joined animal welfare campaigners in calling for an end to using animals in testing cosmetics. But the cosmetics industry appears...
SPACE exploration will receive a boost from a new laser measuring technique due to be announced at a conference in Glasgow next month. Scientists at Nasa in the United States have devised a system...
LEEDS University has fallen foul of Quality Assurance Agency inspectors, who found "clear evidence that the university's own quality assurance arrangements had been ineffective". The QAA said the...
WELSH institutions offering franchised programmes abroad should ensure such activities are developed and managed within the institution's established planning and control framework, that management...
TUITION fees should be waived for all students who enter careers such as teaching and medicine, the Association of University Teachers said this week. Graduates who join such professions will find...
STUDENTS will sacrifice high salaries for more interesting and challenging jobs, a study by exam awarding body Edexcel has found. Only one in five students said that a high salary was a top priority...
In the third of our series, Olga Wojtas looks at access to higher education in Scotland The Scottish Wider Access Programme celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, with more than 6,000 students...
In the third of our series, Olga Wojtas looks at access to higher education in Scotland David Henderson would work from 10.30pm until 7am as a traffic controller for Grampian Doctors on Call before...
CARDIFF University has recommended that all first-year students and any others living in halls of residence should be immunised against meningitis. Up to 4,700 students are covered by the...
New undergraduates are naive about the cost of student life, according to a NatWest Student Money Matters Survey of 673 sixth formers. It compared their predictions with actual expenditure on going...
Students spurning traditional academic degrees for newer vocational courses to enhance job prospects may be making a mistake. New data published today show prospects are just as good in traditional...
(Photograph) - Before taking up his place at Imperial College, London, 19-year-old Richard McDowell is taking a year out of education with the Year In Industry scheme, which provides work-experience...
Vice-chancellors warned that the funding arrangements for the University for Industry must be settled "as soon as possible" as the fourth head of the government's flagship lifelong learning project...