Scots seek higher return for their money from UUK
Scottish university principals are questioning the value they receive from their subscription to Universities UK and are seeking more funds earmarked for Scotland. The Scots pay about £340,000...
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Students' needs top Lib Dem budget
Student support and academic pay would be the main beneficiaries of the alternative budget proposed by the Liberal Democrats this week. The party's education spokesman, Phil Willis, told The THES : "...
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GCSEs key to greater access
Surveys show education is hardening the class divide. Claire Sanders reports Schools that overcome the class background of their students and improve GCSE results are likely to have a significant...
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Class and a degree pay
Surveys show education is hardening the class divide. Claire Sanders reports People without qualifications are more excluded from society and live in greater poverty than 50 years ago, despite...
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Expansion benefited the rich
Surveys show education is hardening the class divide. Claire Sanders reports "Lucky" rich children have benefited from the expansion of higher education at the expense of brighter children from...
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Colleges furious at UUK title stand
Higher education college heads have hit back at university vice-chancellors and lecturers who say that awarding the university title to teaching-only institutions would be a "disastrous" move. The...
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Women failing to build on studies
Researchers at the University of the West of England are investigating why so many qualified female architects leave the profession. Some 37 per cent of architecture students are women. This...
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Awards shake-up set to squee*e out HNDs
All higher national diplomas are to be converted into joint awards carrying the foundation degree title in sweeping reforms to be introduced by awarding body Edexcel. Universities will be invited to...
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Apprenticeship scheme goes national and aims for greater employer input
The government this week unveiled plans to expand Modern Apprenticeships and plug skills shortages in key sectors with the launch of a National Modern Apprenticeship Taskforce, writes Tony Tysome....
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Act or lose languages capability, UK is told
A strategic shake-up of modern language teaching in universities is urgently needed to stop further fragmentation, marginalisation and concentration of provision in elite institutions, warns a report...
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Students put lifestyle before bank balance
Students start their degrees intending to budget carefully but become debt blind by their final year. New research reveals how quickly good intentions fizzle out once students get a taste for...
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Double firsts get windfall
Researchers who can demonstrate a decade of excellence will share the extra £20 million that the new 6* status will bring. The board of the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England agreed this...
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Australia proposes to introduce top-up fees
Australia's federal cabinet is to allow universities to impose their own fees on top of those set by the government. The proposals, leaked from a report by education minister Brendan Nelson, signify...
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£60m 'not enough' for energy research
This week's energy white paper has failed to promise enough money to redress years of underfunding and widespread skills shortages in the energy research sector, research leaders have warned. The...
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Findings: Soot cut could prove harmful
Cutting emissions from diesel fuel could lead to an increase in other harmful pollutants, according to US researchers, writes Natasha Gilbert. In a study published in the Journal of Geophysical...