SWIFT-WFD project annual workshop, Germany
Brussels, 17 Nov 2005 The annual workshop of the specific targeted research project SWIFT-WFD will take place in Berlin, Germany, on 5 and 6 December. The FP6 project SWIFT-WFD, 'screening methods...
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Bringing Europe closer to its young citizens - youth programme, Council resolution on implementation of European pact for youth: Education, Youth and Culture Council, 14-15 November (link)
Brussels, 17 November 2005 The Council held an exchange of views on bringing Europe closer to its young citizens, covering the following issues suggested by the Presidency: - principal concerns of...
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Education and training 2010 work programme, Council conclusions on development of skills and competences, lifelong learning programme, Council resolution on mobilising brainpower in Europe: Education,
Brussels, 17 November 2005 The Council held an exchange of views on the joint interim report 2006 on the "Education and training 2010" work programme, especially regarding the following issue...
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Adoption of Council regulation on common organisation of market in seeds - "A" item note
Brussels, 17 November 2005 Full text of Document 14111/05 Suite of documents 14111/05 15 November 2005 "A" ITEM NOTE from: Special Committee on Agriculture on: 14 November 2005 to: Council No. prev....
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Today's news
Legal threat to admissions tests The day when a parent takes a university to court over its decision not to admit their son or daughter is not far off, admissions officers were yesterday warned....
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Laurie Taylor Column
"Staff-to-student ratios in higher education are now worse than in schools" - The Times Higher , November 11. From: The Director, Teaching Quality Unit I am writing to let you know that this...
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Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Despite being born of anti-Semitism, a system that looks beyond exam marks is the best route to true student diversity One of the best features of US universities is the admissions system - yet in...
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Leader: Confronting the dropout clichés
Do universities waste individuals' time and taxpayers' money when they recruit students who later drop out? The message behind current official performance indicators and funding arrangements is that...
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Leader: Welcome call for clarity
Only one message will have reached most of the public from Sir Andrew Foster's report on further education: that a significant (but unspecified) proportion of colleges are failing and should be taken...
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Degrees cost but are not for sale 1
So Sir Howard Newby thinks that the introduction of top-up fees will turn students into consumers and lecturers into service providers ("'Customer' students to call tune", November 11). While his...
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Degrees cost but are not for sale 2
I was perturbed to read Sir Howard Newby's comments on students as clients. In my experience, students do not wish to "buy a great degree", what they do want is a high level of academic and support...
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Degrees cost but are not for sale 3
The ideas behind the student as a customer are complex, touching on a variety of issues includingJthe law and dispute resolution, the role of the university and its members, the semiotics of the...
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Divided on divide 1
Brian Morton is incorrect to conclude that C. P. Snow's two-cultures divide still exists in both directions (Opinion, November 11). Most scientists "do" the arts for fun, everything from reading...
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Divided on divide 2
Brian Morton's article is a travesty of the famous F. R. Leavis-C. P. Snow controversy - which did not spark a furious debate between the contenders, as Snow did not reply to Leavis. Leavis's central...
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Developing issues 1
Lecturers' union Natfhe is not alone in its concerns about the atmosphere created by the leadership of Leeds Metropolitan University ("Union accuses v-c of mass bullying", November 4). Unison members...