Pay revolution smashes binary divide
The last vestige of the binary divide between old and new universities has been smashed, trade union leaders said this week as they agreed plans to unite academics around a single pay negotiating...
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Deans snub Milburn over student letter
Medical deans have snubbed health secretary Alan Milburn by refusing to forward a letter from him to their students. The letter expresses the hope that students will work in the National Health...
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News in brief
Northern College gets go-ahead to merge Wendy Alexander, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has approved the long-awaited merger of Northern College with Aberdeen and Dundee...
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Whistleblowers
LSE faces tribunal 'LSE's failure to dispute the decision left Mr Mergoupis and a research assistant without jobs' Academics' right to put forward unpopular opinions without jeopardising their...
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Analysis: Labour can't find the right formula
Despite government rhetoric, students exhibit no desire to sign on to initiatives such as modern apprenticeships and foundation degrees. Alison Goddard reports. Far fewer young people are going to...
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EU Parliament backs fees petition
An anti-fees petition from Nottingham University students has prompted an unprecedented move by the European Parliament in support of their complaint. It has taken Euro MPs and officials 18 months to...
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Rics told to reverse exclusions
An independent review has ordered the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to reinstate all the universities that appealed against its controversial decision to remove their accreditation. There...
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Cambridge has pain in Chest
Cambridge University's latest financial projections put it £10 million in the red by 2005. But this week its internal financial watchdog attacked it for persistently publishing misleading and...
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Election dispute leaves union without officers
Students at the University of North London are concerned that next year their union will have offices and a budget, but no one to represent them. After a row between the university and the student...
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Rejected medical student demands damages
A medical student at Nottingham University who was thrown off his course eight weeks before his finals has petitioned the university visitor, claiming damages and demanding to be reinstated. Mohammed...
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Schools fear delay in results
Upper-sixth formers sitting AS levels could face delays in receiving offers of university places because of a shortage of people to mark their exam papers. One university's schools-liaison officer...
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Shortfall forces NUS to cut costs
The National Union of Students is facing a shortfall of £200,000 and has been forced to cut back its spending. A change in the union's tax status, prohibiting it from reclaiming VAT, will cost it £...
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Don's Diary
Week one Set off for "an idyllic retreat in rural Hampshire". Meet up with the other delegates on the Cabinet Office Top Management Programme. My group includes a Lloyds banker, a construction...
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Glittering prizes
The Queen will award Royal medals to the following people selected by the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Sir James Black , Nobel laureate and professor at King's College Hospital Medical School,...
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In the news: Kenneth Clarke
The prospect of former chancellor Kenneth Clarke becoming leader of the Tory Party has inspired both brickbats and bouquets. As education secretary from November 1990 to April 1992, he planned the...