Tussle over vouchers
The second White Paper on competitiveness is expected to reveal Government thinking on a voucher system for post-16 education. There is a Whitehall tussle between the Departments for Education and...
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Split in art and design diplomas
The market for pre-degree art and design courses has split into three as colleges boycott efforts to create a unified national system. Thirty further education institutions have joined a new...
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Graduates are ill prepared for jobs market
Universities place too little emphasis on preparing students for employment, according to the compilers of a new report which shows that, while the demand for graduates is greater than ever, the...
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Right on tee: Nottingham University mechanical engineers Steve Mather and Dennis Vardy
(Photograph) - Right on tee: Nottingham University mechanical engineers Steve Mather and Dennis Vardy say the golf club they have designed is easier to swing. By redistributing the weight of the club...
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Drive to promote vocational A levels
The Employment Department has launched pilot projects in ten regions to bring employers and further education colleges closer and promote so-called "vocational A levels". James Paice, minister for...
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Scots float education and industry merger
The Scottish Office is proposing a merger of its education and industry departments as part of a national review of the civil service. The move would underline the widespread belief that education...
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Heard it through the grapevine
(Photograph) - Heard it through the grapevine: Swansea College struck a chord when it organised what it believes to be the country's first course on rock music management. Kevin Palmer (left),...
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Medics lobby for Pounds 1,000 top up
London University medical students held a day of action on Monday in a bid to win an increased student loan for medical, dental and veterinary students, who they say are suffering increasing hardship...
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Guildhall victimised lecturer
London Guildhall University subjected one of its senior law lecturers to unlawful victimisation on four occasions over three years, an industrial tribunal has found. Amir Majid first brought a claim...
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Mercury's magnetic pull
A mission to Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, will be discussed by an international group of scientists next week at Imperial College, London. The planet has puzzled scientists since 1974,...
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Welsh consider capital idea
Welsh universities and colleges have been asked whether they would like recurrent and capital funding to be merged. A consultation paper issued this week by the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for...
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Borders penalised for unfair dismissal
A senior lecturer in health studies at Borders College has been awarded the maximum compensation for unfair dismissal of Pounds 11,000 by an industrial tribunal. Sandra Lewis was made redundant after...
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Ignorant firms neglect training
A lack of hard information on the benefits of training might explain why many British companies show a reluctance to devote resources to improving staff skills, according to a survey by the Brighton-...
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Business worry for assessors
Business and management course providers have emerged as too complacent in the latest quality assessments by the Scottish 糖心Vlog Funding Council. Only one of 13 higher education...
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Head teachers offer peace
School head teachers have offered to work with college principals to help heal the wounds caused by hostile local battles for 16-year-olds. Joint local curriculum boards and a code of practice on...