Public discuss need for creative Nesta
The extent to which the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts should inspire people who have left formal education is the most contentious aspect of the early responses to the...
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Website for women interested in careers in science and technology
* A website for women interested in careers in science and technology was launched by the Department of Trade and Industry' s Promoting Women in SET unit. It is at www.set4women.gov.uk
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Pounds 50,000 spring bonus for engineering teams
Three university engineering departments this week pocketed Pounds 50,000 each as winners of the secretary of state (Department of Trade and Industry) University/Industry Partnership Prizes....
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Action to encourage black teachers into FE
College leaders have agreed to set up a commission to examine ways to encourage more black teachers into further education. The Association of Colleges, the Further Education Funding Council and...
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MP seeks law to helppart-time students
Bury North MP David Chaytor has launched a private members' bill calling for loans for part-time students, parity in the rate of institutional funding for part-time students and paid educational...
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Education bodies fall into ombudsman's net
A number of educational bodies will have to comply with openness rules after being brought within the jurisdiction of the parliamentary ombudsman. An additional 158 non-departmental bodies will now...
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Fou.cault.uk
David Gauntlett's website aboutcritical theory and the media, www.theory.org.uk, has been attracting up to 700 visitors a day since its launch in January.
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Lisbon
Portuguese student unions are planning a national day of protest next week at government proposals for higher education funding. Students will also call on the government to adopt a clear line on...
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Lusaka
Shops and the main markets in the Zambian capital closed during violent clashes between university students and police. Police prevented students from handing a protest letter to the president...
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New unis take hi-tech lead
Former polytechnics are often outflanking their old university counterparts as a new subject-based "hidden binary structure" emerges, a British Council conference on employability will hear today....
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Medics now able to watch doctors in house
A new Pounds 1.4 million interactive television network linking Imperial College School of Medicine with 12 hospital sites around London is cutting the time student doctors spend travelling. The new...
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QAA seeks curb on degree powers
Quality chiefs have called for unprecedented powers to remove universities' rights to award degrees. The controversial proposal by the Quality Assurance Agency, which underpins its plans to establish...
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Welsh trio suffers from funding equality
Three Welsh higher education institutions have had to be protected from damaging funding cuts with special "safety net" grants, the Welsh Funding Council announced this week. The sector's 13 higher...
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Cambridge hit by cut to fee incomes
Cambridge University's colleges are bracing themselves for a blow to their historical autonomy as the university's central administration is expected to make them face the full burden of government...
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Food agency on its way
Public consultation on the draft food bill establishing Britain's first Food Standards Agency ends next week, writes Julia Hinde. If the bill gets the thumbs up, it could be introduced in late spring...