Triesman dubs UK state 'Big Brother'
The government was accused by trade unionists this week of attacking essential safeguards of academic freedom and of "censoring" pioneering thinking, writes Phil Baty. Moving a motion on higher...
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Asylum code is 'pointless'
Tough new rules on unscrupulous immigration advisers could cripple student advice services and damage recruitment, the overseas students council has warned. The United Kingdom Council for Overseas...
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David Buckley and Malcolm McVicar
(Photograph) - David Buckley and Malcolm McVicar at the University of Central Lancashire's Alston Observatory, where they signed an agreement to take part in the Southern African Large Telescope (...
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Stormont secrecy attacked
Almost two-thirds of scrutiny committee meetings of the Northern Ireland Assembly are held behind closed doors. Liz Fawcett, of the University of Ulster, has warned that the record of openness and...
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CBI knocks 'flawed' apprenticeship reforms
Captains of industry have criticised government proposals to improve modern apprenticeships as "seriously flawed". In its response to the plans, the Confederation of British Industry warned that...
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Girls are setting career sights higher
Teenage girls' career choices have become more ambitious since the 1980s, according to new research by the University of Greenwich. The study, which analysed 50 boys and 50 girls aged 14-16, found...
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Male role models
* A government scheme to use professional footballers as male role models in after-school centres at premiership clubs around the country could backfire, according to a Newcastle University education...
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Colleges face bias from QAA
Colleges being inspected by the Quality Assurance Agency are penalised unfairly for their lack of resources, according to a report from the Further Education Development Agency. The agency is...
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Students attack Cubie dilution
Scotland's student leaders are continuing to demand the full implementation of the Cubie committee's recommendations for student support. Responding to the Scottish Executive's consultation paper,...
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Bullied, but no pay-out
Disabled academic Robert Giddings was "inexcusably" bullied and harassed throughout his career at Bournemouth University. But he is not entitled to compensation, and there was no discrimination...
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V-c says scrap state red tape
The damage inflicted on British universities by the "suffocating bureaucracy of government assessment" was a matter of escalating concern, the vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, Sir Alec Broers...
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UEL gets rapped over staff 'neglect'
Quality watchdogs have criticised the University of East London for its "disturbing" neglect of staff development and training. Limited resources have led the university to focus on other priorities...
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Study begins at home for Pounds 1m Welsh project
Cardiff's centre for language and communication research is to assess the impact of globalisation on languages such as Welsh, Finnish, Tamil and Polish in a five-year, Pounds 1 million research...
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An open door is not enough
More must be done to ensureuniversities recruit students from poorer backgrounds. Alison Goddard reports from Spain on European approaches to access Targets should be set for enrolling students from...
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Don's Diary
Thursday One week to go before Soundings, our art/science exhibition about the ear, opens at the Royal College of Art. After months of collaboration with my sister Henrietta and with two hospital...