Caledonian probe
The National Audit Office and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council have launched an inquiry into Glasgow Caledonian University following allegations of mismanagement. John Sizer, chief...
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Freedom in penury
The squeeze on public spending on universities is likely to force higher education to rely much more heavily on the private sector, according to Miles Hedges, chairman of the British Universities...
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Extra exam for engineers
University engineering departments accepting students who do not meet new entry standards being formulated by the Engineering Council could be asked to subject their students to a new exam at the end...
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Jobs boom for computer science graduates
Demand for computer-science graduates is increasing at almost twice the rate of demand for other graduates. Data from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit reveals that job vacancies for...
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Campus opens techno shop
Heriot-Watt University has forged a permanent link with the company MJN Technology to supply computers to students at huge discounts. The official launch of the scheme follows a five-month trial, and...
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Staff invited to clean up on courses
Cleaners, caretakers, clerks and receptionists at Oxford Brookes University have been invited to join a "return to learn" initiative set up with Unison, Britain's largest trade union. The project is...
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California here we come
The Department of Trade and Industry is to help British universities develop research partnerships with firms and institutions in the United States. An event in California is being planned for May by...
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Luton plays safe with symposium
The University of Luton is officially launching its centre for the study of crime with a symposium on creating safer communities. The Centre for the Study of Crime, Neighbourhood and Social Change...
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Physics maintains magnetism
Physics lecturers are not all greying over-50s with retirement just around the corner, a new survey reveals. On the contrary, departments are recruiting young blood at a higher rate than at any time...
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TTA is an 'insult' to the profession, Dearing told
Teacher training has emerged as a hot election issue The Teacher Training Agency is "unable to say 'no' to the Government" and is "insulting" to educationists, the Standing Committee for the...
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IVF doctor says she was 'forced out'
A doctor has resigned from St George's Hospital Medical School claiming constructive dismissal a year to the day after a new professor was brought in to bring research excellence to its obstetrics...
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Scots trio to fight bill for reactor
Three leading Scottish universities are fighting a bill of more than Pounds 3 million to decommission a nuclear reactor set up through a Government initiative. Glasgow, Edinburgh and Strathclyde...
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Boom times for barristers
Recruitment for new barristers' vocational courses beginning later this year has been buoyant, in sharp contrast to training courses for solicitors, many of which are struggling to fill places. The...
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Supremo in science plea
Sir William Stewart, former chief scientific adviser to the Cabinet Office, has called for a full-time Scottish chief scientific adviser "with clout" to ensure that science and technology north of...
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Colleges urged to seek partners
FURTHER education colleges hold the key to attracting foreign companies to the United Kingdom and should join local and regional partnerships to boost inward investment, according to business experts...