Ward leaves AoC
EMBATTLED college chief Roger Ward has left the Association of Colleges, following an inquiry into allegations of "impropriety". Mr Ward was suspended as chief executive of the AoC last month,...
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Credit transfer overdue
A national curriculum and 'unitised' degrees: are you ready for the lifelong learning white paper? THE government's flagship University for Industry will flounder without a national system of "credit...
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Radical change warning
THE government is determined to "modernise and refocus" the higher education establishment, a conference on lifelong learning was told this week. "If the government can sweep to power and change the...
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Learners are born, says report
MUCH of the government's lifelong learning policy is based on "fallacy", according to new findings for the Economic and Social Research Council, writes Phil Baty. A person's lifetime participation in...
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Isolated institutions face fall in applications
GEOGRAPHICALLY isolated universities may be losing out in the race for students as the introduction of tuition fees accelerates the trend for study close to home. Dave Croot, lecturer in geography at...
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Introduction of tuition fees
The introduction of tuition fees may result in a more elitist university system with the old universities becoming the preserve of privately educated students, warned Michael Bradford, professor of...
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Fees spark fears of divided system
TUITION fees look likely to sharpen debate on whether Britain has a two-tier higher education system based on wealth and social class, writes Alan Thomson. All universities will have to charge and...
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Grant changes deter young
MORE than half of the young people thinking of applying to university say scrapping the maintenance grant will make them more likely to stay away, according to a survey by Wolverhampton University....
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Libraries should be paid for outside users, says report
UNIVERSITY libraries heavily used by researchers from other institutions should be compensated for the cost of providing the service, according to a report by Coopers and Lybrand. Based on a survey...
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A vision for Europe
(Photograph) - Anongkarat Unyawong, a Thai student at the University of Central England, shows the work with which she won a competition to design the Eurovision Song Contest Trophy for 1998.
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Medics fight fees
MEDICAL students are urging the government to rethink plans for tuition fees so future doctors are not saddled with greater debts than most other students. The British Medical Association medical...
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Universities call for cash up front
NEW universities are calling for more of their annual funding up front amid fears that the introduction of tuition fees will cause serious cash flow problems. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and...
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A mobile phone head case
SCIENTISTS are creating a life-size model of a human head to help assess the effect of mobile phones on the brain. Teams from Bristol and Bradford universities are working with museum artists to...
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The male effect on sporty women
WOMEN are less likely to take up dangerous sports like motor racing because of the psychological effects of the negative attitudes of male rivals, a researcher has found. Judy Eaton, a psychologist...
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Winners of the 1997 New Engineering Graduate prizes
(Photograph) - Winners of the 1997 New Engineering Graduate prizes. Jacqueline Grigg (left), Rachel Oates, Gillian Kirby and Johanna Marples. Lesley Ashburner and Natasha Hird also won prizes but are...