Agency curtails working group
The Quality Assurance Agency has "stood down" its working group on student complaints, leaving angry members complaining that the final draft of its code of practice remains flawed, writes Phil Baty...
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College stung in visa scam
Melton Mowbray College helped an under-qualified overseas student to circumvent immigration requirements and secure entry to the United Kingdom, it emerged this week. The revelation comes just weeks...
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Prescott rules on bio-tech cluster future
The future expansion of some of the most prestigious laboratories in the Cambridge high-tech cluster will be decided in the next few weeks by environment secretary John Prescott. The announcements...
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Sterling Group trades on quality
The gloves came off in higher education this week after a group of United Kingdom universities advertising themselves as elite institutions revealed plans to target the domestic market. The Sterling...
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Christ's tops Cams' league
Undergraduate exam successes have pushed Christ's College to the top of this year's Tompkins table, the unofficial ranking of Cambridge University's colleges. The table, compiled by awarding each...
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Stars fail to shine for a QAA with systems in its eyes
One of the worst quality audit reports has been given to one of Britain's most prestigious music and drama conservatoires. The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, accredited by City University and...
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Institutions invited to pitch for Pounds 89m earmarked to improve teaching
Universities are being encouraged to develop teaching and learning strategies "explicitly linked to the institution's corporate plan", under new guidelines published by the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding...
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All hail Taxi Kennedy
Eyes may be on developments in the Liberal Democrats' transport policy following the election of Charles Kennedy as party leader. When Mr Kennedy was president of the Glasgow University students'...
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Kenneth Barker
What better credentials for heading troubled Thames Valley University than more than 40 years' experience in education, 30 years in management and three years in the army? Add to this the...
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On the move
Matthew Evans, chairman of Faber and Faber and of the Library and Information Commission, has been appointed chairman of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, which will replace the LIC and...
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Glittering prizes
Nigel Reeves, pro vice-chancellor for external affairs at Aston University, has received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his contribution to British-...
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Bulgarian reforms aim to smooth path to Europe
Bulgarian universities are to switch to a four-year first degree with a masters degree awarded after a fifth year of study. This replaces a five-year course ending with a diploma. The government is...
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Chest cuts discount deal for MS
Oxford University and higher education's software negotiator Chest went shopping Europe-wide for the best deal on Microsoft software - and they found it close to home in London. Chest software team...
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A sound initiative
A Coventry University business initiative has helped two graduates launch an internet record label. Wendy Grossman reports One of the youngest British new media businesses owes its existence to a...
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Dundee University wins Pounds 330,000 to launch digital archive
Dundee University has won more than Pounds 330,000 for an ambitious project to preserve Scotland's historic architectural drawings in digital form. It will scan thousands of drawings and photographs...