QAA links quality faults to cash flow
One in three students drops out of degree courses at further education colleges, quality watchdogs have found. Overworked staff, badly stocked libraries and high student dropout rates are among the...
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FE fears effects of top-up fees
The introduction of top-up fees threatens to widen the funding gap for teaching between further and higher education to "indefensible" levels, college heads have claimed. They also argue that...
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Totally tropical tartan envoy
An academic at St Andrews University has been appointed to the diplomatic corps of the Kingdom of Redonda, a tiny uninhabitable island northwest of Montserrat in the Caribbean, which was discovered...
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Cold-spot scheme warms to success
Liverpool Hope University College is reaching out to communities that have traditionally shunned higher education through a campus-share project with local sixth-form colleges. The project has been...
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Negligence claim
Lawyers representing victims of what has been described as the largest mass poisoning in history are seeking to take their case to the House of Lords after it was thrown out by the Court of Appeal....
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Nesta cash imbalance
London receives about three times the amount of grants for arts and science projects from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts than might be expected for its population,...
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Cosmic investment
A £21 million programme to study the building blocks of the universe was approved this week by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. It will fund two university centres and 18 academic...
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Correction
The pay rise of Sir Michael Bichard, rector of the London Institute, reported last week ("Thriving v-cs net 6.1 per cent rise in wages", February 20) was 2.7 per cent not 9.9 per cent.
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Credits for prior learning face curb
University schemes allowing students to skip up to two-thirds of their degree courses by paying to have their work experience and even hobbies turned into academic credits are facing a clampdown by...
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Feathers fly as pigeons take to the road
An Oxford University zoologist has been accused of academic misconduct over his work on the homing instincts of racing pigeons, the results of which are to be broadcast in a prime-time BBC TV show...
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Scots research trumps rivals
Scottish institutions beat their English and international counterparts in terms of bang for research buck, according to a new report. A key measure of research quality is the number of times...
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Lushest locks in the lab
They are science's true high-flyers (in a strong wind), ahead of the game, a cut above the rest. Now these men and women are being recognised for the contribution their hairstyles make to the...
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Foreign students win visa change
Overseas graduates of Scottish universities will be allowed to stay in the country longer under visa concessions designed to boost Scotland's dwindling population, writes Olga Wojtas. At present,...
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Colleges may get cash to boost business links
Scottish colleges could receive cash incentives previously offered only to universities to improve their links with business under proposals from the country's emerging joint funding council for...
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English complaints lead EU to review differences in fees
The right of universities in Scotland to levy different fees for students from the other home nations has been defended by the Scottish Executive amid reports that the European Parliament is...