For in, read out
The shortest of the government's responses to recommendations from Lord Dearing's committee of inquiry is perhaps the most telling. In a fit of enthusiasm, the committee recommended a new Dearing-...
Search
-
-
A bit rich
Not everyone loves the North Report on the future of Oxford, but there can be little doubt that its proposal for more openness about college finances is welcome. Staff of Corpus Christi, a...
-
Merge and save
The Independent Review Committee to decide pay and conditions in higher education met for the first time this week. Its staff could have a few worries about pay and conditions themselves. By this...
-
Domed to failure
No wonder journalists cannot be nice about the Millennium Dome. The New Millennium Experience Company this week showed again that giving them the nastiest experience possible is its aim. Reporters on...
-
See Dundee and write
Forget the number of shopping days till Christmas - there are only 13 weeks left before the deadline for the Dundee Book Prize, an award for an unpublished novel set in Dundee. Dundee University,...
-
Wellcome and goodbye
This week's alumnus to be proud of, No 160 in the series, knows a little about educational quality. Sir Richard Sykes took a first in microbiology at Queen Elizabeth College, London, and a PhD in...
-
APU row simmers on
Staff are calling for an external investigation into allegations of nepotism and bullying at Anglia Polytechnic University, after the university's audit and compliance committee found business school...
-
Pianists from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and composer Graham Fitkin
(Photograph) - Pianists from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester join composer Graham Fitkin and duo partner Ruth Wall for a rare performance of Log, a work for six grand pianos....
-
Quality audit deferred
The Quality Assurance Agency has stepped back from the brink of a confrontation with Cambridge University over quality audit. It has given the university an extra 18 months to prepare to be audited...
-
Report due on GCU funds
The National Audit Office is preparing a report to parliament on alleged mismanagement at Glasgow Caledonian University in the wake of an investigation into its use of public funds. John Sizer, chief...
-
Scottish Office steps in
The Scottish Office has intervened to avert financial disaster at Clydebank College with a loan of almost Pounds 1 million, writes Olga Wojtas. The deal includes the appointment of consultants who...
-
Debt for sale
THE last sections of the Education (Student Loans) Act come into force on Sunday, but there is still no word of which company is to buy the existing loan debt. The act legislates for the sale of the...
-
Early starters race in
TWO new universities have swelled numbers on some courses by offering early entry for students seeking to escape next year's tuition fee charges. The University of Central England received...
-
Clause 18 support
STUDENTS had their prayers answered this week after the government appeared to have won the Lords' support for controversial clause 18 of the Teaching and Higher Education Bill. Members of the...
-
Glasgow scholarships
Glasgow University is offering 50 four-year scholarships worth Pounds 1,000 annually to students starting undergraduate courses in October. They will be allocated to the best qualified students on...