Petition fails to halt site closure
Exeter University this week refused to reprieve its threatened centre for women's studies despite vice-chancellor Sir Geoffrey Holland receiving a 1,000- signature petition against its closure,...
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Cash shortage blamed for legal research institute's woes
One of Europe's leading institutes of legal research is facing "gradual decline" unless it can raise more funds, a report warns. A review committee examining the work of the Institute of Advanced...
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LSE link-up for MBAs on net
The London School of Economics has established a commercial distance-learning university with a venture capital company and four American universities. Called Unext, it will offer MBAs by internet-...
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LSE considers further commercial partnerships
* The LSE is considering whether to form further commercial partnerships. "This is not the only distance-learning venture with commercial partners that we are discussing," said Neil Gregory, head of...
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Fears over supply of design trainees
The Engineering Council has expressed "grave concerns" over the government's failure to address a severe shortage of teacher trainees in design and technology and its plans to "considerably dilute"...
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Disabled claim victory
Two disabled vice-principals dismissed from Stratford-upon-Avon College have won an out-of-court payment, six months after Whistleblowers exposed their treatment. John Holland, who is registered...
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Bidders battle for bits 'n' bobs
The government is tightening its grip on what universities do with their money. Alison Goddard reports Two months ago, the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England wrote to all institutions...
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Abidjan
A court in Cote d'Ivoire has sentenced ten students to five years in jail with hard labour and no option of a fine for damage to state property, arson and wilful disturbance of public order during...
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Freedom for the fittest
In Scotland, there is a general expectation that higher education will come under the Scottish Parliament's close scrutiny. But many educationists believe this will lead to a greater understanding of...
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Lampeter plugs Welsh
Students can now learn Welsh on the internet from the University of Wales, Lampeter. Designed as a pathway to higher education in Wales, the course enables beginners to progress to the fluency...
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Next week
Francis Fukuyama on The Great Disruption caused by feminism. His book is reviewed by John Dunn. RESEARCH Unesco World Science Conference in Budapest BOOKS Desmond Tutu celebrates a life of Trevor...
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Bett report ready for publication
The Bett report on staff pay and conditions in higher education is expected to be published on June 23. A final meeting of committee members agreed a number of amendments, thought to be minor.
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Governors take the punches
Public spending watchdogs worried about imbalance between university autonomy and accountability are under pressure to give the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council more powers to intervene, writes Phil...
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The watchdog gets a sharper set of teeth
The short-lived experiment with college autonomy has largely failed, ministers appear to have concluded. Barely six years since colleges were incorporated - liberated from the control of local...
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Glittering prizes
Journalist and broadcaster Beatrix Campbell has been awarded a doctorate of the Open University. Roger Falconer, Hyder professor of environmental water management at Cardiff University; Michael Kelly...