College to pay as you learn
Rather than saddling its students with debt, a Yorkshire college has decided it will not only waive course fees but also pay students to study. The bold move by Rotherham College comes in the wake of...
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Lib Dems champion Oxbridge Pounds 30m grant
QUALITY and student access would suffer if the Government decides to axe state subsidies to Oxbridge colleges, opposition politicians have warned. Liberal Democrat politicians fear that the...
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Beckett boost for sustainable technology
Margaret Beckett, president of the Board of Trade, has announced awards totalling Pounds 10 million for development of technologies for sustainable development. The awards will be made as part of the...
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Social workers set sights on training body
The Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work is applying to set up a national training organisation. The decision came as health minister Paul Boateng announced a review of CCETSW,...
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Antarctic man to head British Council
David Drewry, deputy chief executive of the Natural Environment Research Council, has been appointed director of the British Council. Dr Drewry, 49, will take up his post next year, succeeding Sir...
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Student sues Westminster over PhD
A FORMER PhD student has issued a writ against Westminster University for damages exceeding Pounds 50,000, claiming that the institution ruined his doctoral hopes. Martin Gabriel issued the writ last...
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Lobby highlights working-class hurdles
The Government must set national targets for widening participation in higher education, according to the Council for Industry and Higher Education. The CIHE published research this week which shows...
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Employers' forum gets new chief
QUANGO executive Peter Humphreys has been appointed as the new chief of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association. Mr Humphreys, special projects manager for the Environment Agency, will...
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Welsh v-c retains post
Keith Robbins has been re-elected as senior vice chancellor of the University of Wales. Professor Robbins, 57, has been vice chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter since 1995. As senior vice...
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London college nets Pounds 1m for numeracy study
KING'S College, London, has received a Pounds 1 million grant for a nationwide study aimed at raising numeracy standards among primary school children. The money, from the Leverhulme Trust, will pay...
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Work placement hitch
Sir Ron Dearing's vision of universal undergraduate work placements is "logistically impossible", according to a team of researchers sponsored by the Department for Education and Employment. Sir Ron'...
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Dearing thanks his little helper
"The first thing you do is get yourself a Shirley." This was the heady advice from Sir Ron Dearing when asked how one went about compiling a 1,700-page report on higher education. Committee secretary...
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Debt sale was avoidable
SWIFT changes to Government accounting rules could have stopped the sale of the student debt, which can be "ill afforded", finance and education experts said this week. The Government is soon to...
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GP dearth to follow grant death
The scrapping of maintenance grants for students may result in a dearth of GPs and clinical academics, a leading doctor has warned, writes Julia Hinde. Steve Tomlinson, executive secretary of the...
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Royal Institute of British Architects
* The Royal Institute of British Architects has voiced fears that the Government's proposals for fees will put off people from poorer backgrounds from studying architecture. RIBA director Chris...