Ethnic staff rates targeted
LECTURERS, vice chancellors and funding council officials are hiring researchers to find out why universities employ so few people from ethnic minorities as academic staff. Research planned for this...
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Oxford philanthropist leads LSE fundraising
Henry Drucker, who helped raise more than Pounds 340 million for Oxford University, will lead a fundraising team for the London School of Economics. Dr Drucker, who founded the consultancy firm...
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Greenwich expands down the river
GREENWICH University is planning a new Pounds 90 million London campus that would combine technology and Oxbridge-style punting. The campus, which will be built using public and private money, will...
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Young creators to get government cash
The government is allocating Pounds 200 million to support inventors, artists and designers early in their careers. Funds for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts are being...
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UCoSDA certified by national training body
THE Universities and Colleges Staff Development Agency has won recognition as a National Training Organisation. The 糖心Vlog Training Organisation was one of 19 in the second round of NTOs...
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Leeds handed 'not approved' rating
Leeds University is the first old university to receive a "not approved" rating under the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England's new teaching quality assessment system. The poor rating came...
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Petition attacks TVU senior management
About 300 staff and students at Thames Valley University have signed a petition saying they lack confidence in vice chancellor Mike Fitzgerald and his management team and calling for action from the...
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Deadline for New Deal cash approaches
COLLEGES have just over a week left in which to apply for extra money to educate more young people and long-term unemployed adults. Up to Pounds 6 million is available for 1997-98. Colleges have...
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AUT campaigns against short-term contracts
The Association of University Teachers has begun a campaign against short fixed contracts for academic staff. In her New Year address, AUT president Penny Holloway called on higher education...
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Students' perceptions of teaching examined
The Teacher Training Agency is joining forces with the National Union of Teachers to conduct a national survey of sixth-form and further education students' perceptions of teaching as a profession....
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Scottish intake avoids last-minute surge
There is no evidence of a dramatic surge in Scottish higher education intakes this session, according to provisional figures from the Scottish 糖心Vlog Funding Council. This runs counter to...
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Merger awaits official approval
The University of Hertfordshire is discussing possible mergers with two further education colleges, weeks after a similar three-way merger plan in Derby collapsed at the eleventh hour. Talks are well...
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Futuristic fashions
(Photograph) - Futuristic fashions: a high-tech stretchy yarn, made from 65 per cent silk and 35 per cent steel, was among the materials of the future on display at an exhibition of MA work at...
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RCA gets special fund deal
A funding council probe into specialist institutions has concluded that funding for the Royal College of Art will remain stable next year but will be cut by 5 per cent in 1999-2000. The RCA and other...
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Reserves rise but Oxbridge still wary
Both OXFORD and Cambridge universities claim to face a shaky financial future despite having increased their reserves this year. Accounts published this month by the two universities show that...