Estonia equalises
From Tokyo to Tallinn attempts are being made to overhaul traditional university matriculation Estonia has introduced a standardised, nationwide university entrance exam, in spite of vociferous...
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Urge to merge purged
The imminent retirement of Wolverhampton University vice-chancellor Michael Harrison, coupled with the summer outbreak of pre-Dearing tension, has fuelled rumours that the Midlands institution is...
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Dublin double
Anyone passing through central Dublin might conclude that the country's rulers must be educated at that spacious Oxbridge-style institution, whose buildings and cricket/rugby pitch (delete according...
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Hard choices
(Photograph) - Hard choices: Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985, used the Africa Educational Trust's Michael Scott Lecture to describe how declining resources for education are...
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Changes for engineering courses
THE Engineering Council is set to push universities to reduce the number of accredited courses leading to Chartered Engineer status, writes Kam Patel. A summary of the council's review of engineering...
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Evans renews rights battle
CAMBRIDGE University faces a second legal challenge from history lecturer Gill Evans, this time over alleged discrimination against women. Last month, Dr Evans applied for leave for a judicial review...
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Minorities must not be ignored
MINORITIES must not be sidelined in the changes sweeping higher education, equality chiefs have warned. A guide for universities to be published next week, recommends that "equality should be...
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Medics wary of ratings
SCOTTISH medical schools are responding warily to the Scottish 糖心Vlog Funding Council's teaching assessment. Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow Universities have won the top rating of excellent...
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Baroness Blackstone says mature students should be offered a fast track through medical school
* MATURE students should be offered a fast track through medical school, says the higher and further education minister Tessa Blackstone, writes Julia Hinde. "At the pre-clinical stage and possibly...
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Rise of the black tie and ball gown
BALLS and big spenders are not confined to traditional institutions. New universities have their share of wealthy students and even graduates who have struggled through the year will try to fork out...
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Battle's belief in science
IF the science world was concerned about the appointment of a non-specialist as minister for science, energy and industry, then it can draw some solace from the "meet John Battle" drinks arranged for...
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Hordes debase entry ticket
From Tokyo to Tallinn attempts are being made to overhaul traditional university matriculation It was Brahms's Bolero, wasn't it? And Picasso painted the "Mona Lisa" ... or was it Durer? These...
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Ford model for UFI plan
The Ford Motor Company's in-house staff training programme looks set to become the model for the Government's promised University for Industry, writes Phil Baty. Prime minister Tony Blair was due to...
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F2000: once more with feeling
Technology Foresight has worked well and was worth the effort, but simply repeating the exercise in 2000 will not do, says a report by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. According to...
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Give me vocation interface, demands baroness
VOCATIONAL qualifications should "interface" with academic study in higher education, education minister Tessa Blackstone told awarding bodies, education providers and employers this week. Speaking...