Don's Diary
Sunday 9pm. Heathrow. Fogbound. Only Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are missing. Monday Midnight. Take-off to arrive hours later after lunch in the bright sunshine of a Cape Town day. Having...
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Two quit in sponsor row
THE University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology has become embroiled in a bitter dispute with banks and building societies following the high-profile launch of a joint venture...
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Uncounted army keeps campuses going
AN army of at least 40,000 part-time "teaching auxiliaries" keeps British higher education running but universities have no way of recording their contribution, according to new research. Christopher...
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European fears over stay-at-home young Brits
A SIGNIFICANT drop in the number of Britons spending some of their time studying on the Continent is causing alarm among European funding chiefs. Provisional figures revealed this week show an 8 per...
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National sports institute set for Sheffield
SHEFFIELD's two universities will be among the partners in the United Kingdom Sports Institute, whose location in the city was announced this week. Heritage secretary Chris Smith and the UK Sports...
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Aberystywth AUT censures management
A MEETING of the Aberystwyth branch of the Association of University Teachers has passed a motion of no confidence in the university's staff management strategy. It follows recent moves to axe up to...
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Universities will aid development, says Prescott
UNIVERSITIES have been singled out by the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, as important players in the proposed new Regional Development Agencies. Answering questions at the House of Lords...
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Hackney warns of possible 50 job losses
HACKNEY Community College's senior vice principal Ian Ashman has said that about 20 permanent lecturers, 20 part-timers and ten full-time support staff may lose their jobs as a result of a review...
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Appointments
University of Stirling Diana Rigg has been appointed as chancellor of the university from August 1998. Miss Rigg is an actress and Dame of the British Empire, patron of Baby Life Supports Systems and...
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Young people prioritise education, says survey
EDUCATION and drugs have been highlighted as the most important issues facing young people by a British Youth Council survey. A quarter of the 500 16 to 25-year-olds polled said that education was...
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Ofsted criticises Warwick primary training
INITIAL training for primary school teachers provided by Warwick University has been judged to be of poor quality in two out of 14 assessment categories. An Ofsted report found that the training...
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HEFCE pledges Pounds 150,000 to new institute
THE HIGHER Education Funding Council for England will pay Pounds 150,000 to finance the initial stages of the new Institute for Learning and Teaching. It will also fund a feasibility study and some...
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Governors should give research a chance
COLLEGE governors and senior managers should help develop a research culture in further education by easing bureaucratic control, a principal has said. Bob Fryer, principal of Northern College and...
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Drawn to dereliction
(Photograph) - Drawn to dereliction: Sheffield University student Amanda Willoughby has won the Royal Horticultural Society gold medal for her botanical illustration of plants in the urban wasteland...
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Welsh FE gets 11% cut
THE PUBLIC expenditure settlement for further education in Wales, which makes real-terms cuts even beyond those planned by the Conservative government, will make life "incredibly difficult in terms...