Students make stand by withholding fees
Students at Sheffield Hallam University are planning to withhold tuition fees in an attempt to force a government U-turn on the issue. Reading University student union is also taking legal advice...
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Art students should learn how to draw
Many students entering art school possess inadequate drawing skills and a new A level and GCSE in the subject is needed to address the problem, according to an Oxford University professor of drawing...
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University finds it good to talk to Motorola
The University of the West of England is linking up with communications company Motorola to help develop new "multimedia" mobile phones. Researchers at UWE will work with colleagues from Sussex...
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Scots think big for future
The Scottish ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council wants to see the number of part-time students grow by 10 per cent by 2000. Its corporate plan follows a Pounds 6 million Scottish Office initiative to...
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More A-grade students fuel call for a revamped S-level
The most able A-level students will be encouraged to sit a new S-level paper by 2000 if universities approve proposals out next week. The revamped S level will replace the "special" A-level paper,...
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Out-of-date tables on teaching attacked
Wide variations in the quality of teacher training are revealed today in the first national performance profiles of training providers - but university education departments have condemned the tables...
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Poor pay puts off language teachers
The future of foreign languages in schools is in doubt because of a shortage of graduate teachers, according to a national report to be published soon. Only French is still attracting graduates into...
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Judge and jury out on teachers
Mike Newby, chair of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers, said: "We have no objection in principle, they can be helpful to institutions, but if they are used to make league tables...
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Universities bolster NVQs
National Vocational Qualifications are "part of the higher education landscape" and will continue to be integrated into degree curricula, a new NVQ validating body has proclaimed. Launched this week...
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Baroness calls for higher education to be privatised
Universities and the Government should urgently consider privatising higher education to allow it to meet financial and widening access targets, according to Baroness Perry, president of Lucy...
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Franchising must go on, says HEFCE
The ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England has rejected Lord Dearing's recommendation that universities should not be allowed to sub-contract courses to further education colleges. HEFCE...
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Cold mould
(Photograph) - Cold mould: Five life-sized ice sculptures representing gardeners who once worked in The Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall and failed to return after the First World War, have been...
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Female students ahead in survey
FEMALE business students performed nearly 10 per cent better in their first year than their male colleagues, a study that tested admissions details against results shows. The study, by John...
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Fees concession gets lukewarm response
Student leaders this week gave a lukewarm response to the government's decision to waive tuition fees for thousands of part-time students on benefits. The National Union of Students said that the...
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The unhappy undergrads... and the academics who feel betrayed
A survey among academic staff by the chaplaincy at Nottingham University has uncovered "worrying responses", including feelings of betrayal and the erosion of collegiality. It examines the personal...