GMC approves regular testing for doctors
The General Medical Council voted overwhelmingly this week to implement regular testing of doctors to ensure they are fit to practise. Doctors who fail the tests could be struck off.
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UCAS splits from education info firm
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has parted from education information company ECCTIS 2000. UCAS is to sell its 30 per cent shareholding in the company
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German degree overhaul proposed
Hamburg Germany's top higher education advisory body is developing a higher education system that would replace the country's traditional diplom four-year-plus degree with international-style...
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League tables may end in tiers
The push towards local universities with policies to widen access was strengthened this week by government proposals for new league tables. The government has drawn up indicators to show how each...
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Social divisions traced in old binary divide
New statistics onstudents from poorer backgrounds in higher education show huge variations betweeninstitutions, writes Harriet Swain. Research by Bob Osborne, professor of applied policy studies at...
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FE ups share of HE students
The number of full-time students taking higher education courses in Scottish FE colleges rose by 6 per cent between 1996-97 and 1997-98 to 30,000. The latest provisional statistics from the Scottish...
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Welsh thumbs-down for post-16 direct funding
Direct funding of post-16 education and training provision by the new Welsh Assembly would be a mistake, the Welsh Funding Councils have argued. In their response to the Education and Training Action...
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Break-up warning over unitised framework
Plans for credit accumulation and transfer in the 16-19 qualifications framework could lead to fragmentation and incoherence, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has warned. A consultation by...
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The fast lane
(Photograph) - The fast lane: Durham University engineering students Helen Ashby and Andrew Mullin take a close look at the Formula Vauxhall racing car given to the university. Photo: Sam Atkins
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Flower power
(Photograph) - Flower power: a student taking her NVQ level II floristry at Bicton Agricultural College in east Devon arranges flowers and foliage at a local shop. The department has won the Rose...
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Makerere aids refugee cause
Kampala Uganda's Makerere University is to set up a refugee studies programme to enable university students to learn more about the problems of forced migration and to explore better ways of helping...
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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...