Deficits and staff problems delay Ulster merger
College incorporation may be delayed in Northern Ireland. The five area boards - under threat of amalgamation - have privately warned the province's Department of Education that it cannot be...
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Increasing competitiveness in Scottish further education could lead to some colleges going bankrupt
* Increasing competitiveness in Scottish further education could lead to some colleges going bankrupt, with the loss of opportunities for their local communities, the Educational Institute of...
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Pensions change attacked
HIGHER education attention was focused on the High Court this week as teachers mounted a challenge to the Government's controversial early retirement plans, writes Alan Thomson. The Association of...
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E.coli plea
A scientific report into Scotland's E.coli outbreak which has claimed 16 lives has called for more research into occurrences of the bacteria in Scottish cattle and to help forecast likely outbreaks....
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PFI pledge
Education minister Robin Squire promised to "identify obstacles and smooth the Private Finance Initiative process" at the PFI in Universities and Colleges conference run by the higher and further...
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Rice strain
The International Rice Research Institute has slashed its staff by about 40 per cent as a result of a funding crisis, it is claimed. Researchers at De Montfort University's Norman Borlaug Institute...
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FEFC warning
The future of some further education colleges could be put at risk by Government plans for grant-maintained schools, says the Further Education Funding Council. A white paper on self-government for...
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Offer could split union allies
CRACKS may appear in the unprecedented unity forged by unions in the campaign over pay following an improved and potentially divisive offer from university employers. Pressure on the eight-union...
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Mandela trap
It seems that the National Union of Students' London headquarters has been possessed by the lift from hell. A group of student innocents had their recent day trip to the Nelson Mandela nerve centre...
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New year, new government?
(Photograph) - New year, new government? Serbian students continued their protests against the Milosevic government this week as more than 500,000 demonstrators celebrated the Orthodox new year in...
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Scots protest at pay with strings
Glasgow Caledonian University was one of 13 Scottish universities and colleges hit by strike action this week as unions protested against a pay offer linking a 2.5 per cent rise to changes in...
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Said site 'never had a chance'
OXFORD University spent months fighting to build a Pounds 40-million business school on a green-field site that local planners had effectively ruled out before the project was even announced publicly...
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Questioners apologise for Dunblane letter
BIRMINGHAM and Wolverhampton universities were at loggerheads this week over who was responsible for a controversial questionnaire sent to residents of Dunblane, where 16 children and their teacher...
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Ashdown unveils People First policy
Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, has promised "clear, costed commitments for specific goals" in education. Better training and adult education were among the targets in a "people first"...
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Academy calls for engineering reform
The Royal Academy of Engineering will call today for a radical restructuring of engineering degrees to meet demand from the job market. An academy study wants to brush "traditional attitudes" aside...