Low pay to blame for staff crisis
A rapidly worsening staff recruitment crisis could push universities to breaking point if student expansion continues without a massive cash injection, employers have warned. "Deeply worrying"...
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Hunt ready to fight for 15 per cent pay rise
Employers were handed a "massive IOU" by the Association of University Teachers at its annual council this week, with new general secretary Sally Hunt promising to back up demands for a 15 per cent...
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NUS downcast as Blair drags feet on student support
Student leaders fear the government is preparing them for bad news on student support. Senior officials at the National Union of Students are increasingly pessimistic about the outcome of the...
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'Guidance' ousts 'compliance' at QAA
The legacy of former Quality Assurance Agency chief executive John Randall was all but swept away this week when it was confirmed that his "standards infrastructure" will be downgraded to mere...
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£25m technology institutes come to aid of local learners and firms
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has announced the successful bidders for 18 new technology institutes to share £25 million. The institutes will be regional groupings of universities and...
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Alexander goes, but her vision survives
There is dismay in Scottish higher education over the unexpected resignation of enterprise and lifelong learning minister Wendy Alexander, and a warning that it must not deflect her strategies to put...
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Smart system takes to the road
A navigation system to help disabled people find their way around a built-up environment has been trialled successfully at Newcastle University's city-centre campus. Thirty wheelchair users gave...
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Whistleblowers: Research projects lacked ethical approval
The University of Staffordshire has been conducting research without proper ethical approval. In a document seen by The THES , the university's academic ethics committee warns that "projects that...
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Students may lose in mergers
The National Union of Students' new welfare officer warned this week that university mergers may leave students with a worse deal. Verity Coyle, president of Lincoln University student union, said...
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Joint strategy key to participation
More joint strategic planning between further and higher education is needed if government targets for widening participation are to be achieved, according to a report by the Learning and Skills...
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Welsh surviving on 'wafer thin' reserves
Welsh higher education institutions are facing a cash crisis that will put them at a standstill for the next three years, funding chiefs have warned. They will be operating on "wafer-thin" reserves...
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Students urged to demand pay parity for men and women
Women graduates earn 15 per cent less than men before they reach the age of 24, according to a joint campaign from the National Union of Students and the Equal Opportunities Commission. The "15 per...
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Government initiatives 'are impeding the main purpose of education'
Lifelong learning has been damaged by government initiatives that have stretched resources and produced a complex and confusing system, according to one lifelong learning professor. Frank Coffield of...
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Lifelong learning suffers a setback
Britain has taken "two steps forward and one step back" in its journey towards creating a learning society, adult learning chiefs said this week. Launching its tenth Adult Learners Week, Niace, the...
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Findings: Mummy lied about her age
It was supposed to be the archaeological find of the century - the gilded mummy of a Persian princess. Yet when the first carbon-dating results emerged from the coffin, Wolfgang Kretschmer knew...