Call to sort out Australia's 'mess'
Melbourne Australia's universities are slowly "being squeezed to death" by federal government cuts, according to the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies. Peter Cullen, the...
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FEFC slams 'weak' FE college maths teaching
Mathematics teaching in further education colleges is blighted by "many weaknesses", says a report from the Further Education Funding Council. The report highlighted differing levels of attainment by...
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AUT calls on members to spurn job evaluation
The Association of University Teachers has sent out "pay manifestos" to members asking them to reject the concept of job evaluation and support calls for an independent pay review body. The manifesto...
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Library bodies fight copyright directive
A crucial debate on new European Commission legislation on copyright was taking place in Brussels as The THES went to press. University library bodies have fought hard to force amendments to the...
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Queen's link-up allows colleges university title
Two Northern Ireland teacher education colleges this week sealed a new partnership with Queen's University Belfast, enabling them to use the university title. The university validates the BEd degrees...
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Ten win share of adult learning cash
Nine colleges and Derby University have won shares in a Pounds 3.5 million investment in community-based adult learning. Education minister Baroness Blackstone announced that 96 organisations in the...
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More colleges in need of special help
An increasing number of colleges could require exceptional support and guidance from the Further Education Funding Council, says an analysis of strategic plans to 2001. But the number in the worst...
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Changes to governing bodies non-negotiable
Government plans to reduce business influence on college governing bodies and to include local government representation are not open to negotiation, education minister Baroness Blackstone told a...
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Province trails badly in venture capital stakes
Northern Ireland continues to lag far behind the rest of the United Kingdom in attracting venture capital, according to a study by the universities of Ulster and Southampton. Last year Pounds 20...
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Provision for faiths is holy inadequate
Universities could do more to cater for students of different faiths. 糖心Vlog and Student Religious Identity from Exeter University and The Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom...
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How you will be judged
Widening participation For full-time young first-degree students, the proposed indicators include social class as measured by the job of the household's main breadwinner; social class as measured by...
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Vice-chancellor pay survey corrections
The names of two universities were transposed in our pay survey table (THES, February 5). P. Dowling was vice-chancellor of the University of Surrey while A. Smith/G. Conway headed the University of...
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Colleges are weak link in teaching quality chain
Teaching quality is weaker in further education colleges than in universities, a compilation of inspection results from the Quality Assurance Agency for 糖心Vlog shows. The QAA will next week...
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Sainsbury lays down science challenge
Science minister Lord Sainsbury launched the government's new Pounds 25 million Science Enterprise Challenge this week. Universities have until April 14 to submit outline business plans for...
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UK's first undergraduate business plan competition
The universities of Cambridge and Bristol and venture capital group Amadeus are planning the UK's first undergraduate business plan competition with Pounds 30,000 available for the winners. It is...