A benchmark for the people
Staff development is just one benefit of the Investors in People scheme, which is now attracting the once-critical higher education sector. Olga Wojtas reports The Investors in People laurel wreath...
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Dry rot cure to save listed Scottish buildings
Scientists from the University of Abertay Dundee are working on a Pounds 75,000 project that could safeguard some of Scotland's architectural heritage for future generations, writes Olga Wojtas. The...
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AUT to vote on strike action
Lecturers will take the first steps towards strike action today after rejecting the employers' offer of a 3 per cent pay rise. An executive meeting of the Association of University Teachers will...
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Technical staff in the old universities have asked for a 10 per cent pay rise
* Technical staff in the old universities have asked for a 10 per cent pay rise and new joint pay structure with academic and academic-related staff. Presenting the claim, which will also apply to...
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Female lecturer was 'bullied'
Two senior managers victimised a black female lecturer at North West London College by ignoring her complaints of sex discrimination, a tribunal ruled. Claims of racial discrimination by lecturer Lee...
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Alan Campbell was not unfairly dismissed
An "outstanding, dedicated and charismatic" social anthropologist was not unfairly dismissed by Edinburgh University, an industrial tribunal has ruled, writes Olga Wojtas. Alan Campbell, who took...
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Maureen Nash was unfairly dismissed
A lecturer who suffered "belittling and humiliating treatment" by her line manager at Skelmersdale College, Lancashire, was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal found. Maureen Nash, a part-time...
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Colleges back landmark tribunal
College managers are to fund an employment tribunal that could test the legitimacy of further education college staff contracts across the country. The case, Ms S. Ralton and others vs Havering...
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Graduate jobs predicted to rise
Demand for graduates and those with vocational skills will continue to rise over the next few years while the long-term decline in blue-collar, manual occupations continues. In its annual review of...
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Student data restricted
The number of applications that prospective students make to each institution will be published just three times each year, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has decreed. UCAS had...
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Private colleges compete
Private institutions are trying to recruit local students by undercutting university education costs. Robert Taylor, vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, said: "The university is...
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Entry by postcode could fall foul of law
Data protection registrar Elizabeth France has warned institutions that basing admissions on student postcodes could fall foul of the Data Protection Act 1998. She told members of the Universities...
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Institute's ventures fuel Commons debate
Higher education needs to put more effort into recruiting the right governors and training them properly, Michael Bichard, permanent secretary of the Department for Education and Employment, said...
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College empires named
Hundreds of colleges are poaching students in turf wars far outside their local catchment areas, despite a government policy urging them to stick to their localities. Figures released for the first...
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Government exam plan wins mixed response from universities
University admissions tutors have given a cautious welcome to government plans to broaden the sixth-form curriculum. But some institutions warn that depth must not be sacrificed to breadth, writes...