College heads call for sacking of AoC board
MORE than 150 colleges have rallied behind a call to sack the board of the Association of Colleges over its handling of the Roger Ward debacle. And AoC chairman Jim Scrimshaw said that if the board...
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Lifelong paper relegated
THE government has downgraded its master plan for lifelong learning from a white paper to a green consultation paper. The move, confirmed this week by the Department for Education and Employment,...
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OU revolution for doctor training
THE Open University may set up its own medical school. It would be based at hospitals and surgeries and would revolutionise the way doctors are trained. The OU has been involved in postgraduate...
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Funders row boils over at Oxford's IMM
A row over conflicts of interest at Oxford University's multi-funded Institute of Molecular Medicine reached fever pitch this week, as staff rejected a proposed review of its administration by a...
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Merger job fears
Chris Evans, millionaire biotechnology entrepreneur and former academic, has hailed the proposed Pounds 100 billion merger between pharmaceutical giants Glaxo-Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham as "...
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FT-toting scientist raises Pounds 30m for MRC
Stephen Reeders left Britain in the 1980s for a research laboratory at Yale University. Six months ago he returned dressed in a suit and tie and reading the Financial Times. Dr Reeders, originally a...
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V-cs attack tobacco code
Vice-chancellors have told the Cancer Research Campaign that its draft code of practice on tobacco industry backing for research is unacceptable to universities. Diana Warwick, chief executive of the...
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UMIST's BAT tie-up ignites staff anger
The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology has become embroiled in a tobacco money row after signing a sponsorship deal with BAT Industries. BAT appeared as the lead backer of a...
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Feeling fresh
Good and bad news from Brussels on the struggle against ageism. The European Commission has decided to abolish the age limit of 32 on recruiting lawyers, economists and the like, raising the limit to...
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Lifelong waiting
Rumours abound that the most recent delay to hit the long-awaited white paper (now green) on lifelong learning was the result of human error. The education world was geared up for publication on...
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Reluctant leaders
Little-used negotiating skills were brought to bear by education minister Baroness Blackstone and Tory shadow Stephen Dorrell before last week's Guardian debate on higher education fees and grants....
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Spiritual attraction
About 150 people turned up to the Institute of Education debate, but at the same moment, almost 700 found it more congenial to contemplate higher things. That was the crowd - in lecture theatres and...
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Students gone ballistic
Lost property news. Plumbers called to fix a leaking waterpipe have found a .22 calibre Beretta pistol - "rusty but efficient" with the hammer cocked and six rounds in the magazine, behind panelling...
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Back to the woods
Alumnus to be proud of this week is No 157 in the series, gambling equipment millionaire and founder of G-Tech, Guy Snowden. The High Court in London preferred Richard Branson's version of...
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Direct aid to research on arts mulled
The Higher Education Funding Council for England will decide later this month whether to extend its direct funding of arts and humanities research. Earlier this year HEFCE said it would give Pounds 8...