Patten heads for Lords
John Patten, secretary of state for Education and Science until 1994, was one of two former education secretaries given peerages this week. Mr Patten accompanies 20 other new peers including Kenneth...
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Pay costs from tax, say rich
Huw Richards outlines the results of the THES/MORI poll of voters' attitudes to higher education. How important an issue would you say that higher education is in determining which political party...
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Down the drain
(Photograph) - Msggi Morris, of Liverpool University's School of Architecture and Building Engineering, goes 'into the sewers of Liverpool' as part of a series of events organised with the City of...
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Glasgow warns 'passengers'
Glasgow University academics with a poor research record could lose their jobs following a Pounds 2-million drop in research funding. Sir Graeme Davies, Glasgow's principal, says there will be a "...
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St Hilda's holds out as female bastion
Male academics will not be allowed to join St Hilda's College, Oxford, despite a majority vote in favour of changing the 100-year-old rule. The college's financial difficulties will intensify as a...
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Wellcome gets frosty over lab costs
The Wellcome Trust warned this week that it would consider withdrawing funds from universities in the United Kingdom if medical research charities were forced to contribute to university laboratory...
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Voters back growth...
VOTERS want to see universities expand after the general election. But academics do not. The views of voters in a poll conducted for the THES by MORI clashed on two key issues with those of academics...
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Voters back growth ... so may Dearing, but in FE
Sir Ron Dearing has called for a report on how more working class students can be attracted to higher education. The report, just completed by David Robertson, head of policy development at Liverpool...
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Core plan targets business faults
A national core curriculum to check falling standards in the burgeoning business and management degree market is being developed by the Association of Business Schools. The Internet-based Biznet 2000...
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Inspectors have found serious failings in college business and management courses
Inspectors have found serious failings in college business and management courses including out-of-touch teaching and course material, writes Alan Thomson. A Further Education Funding Council...
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Extra places granted to 30 institutions
Just over 30 institutions have received extra student places as a one-off increase for the next academic year. More than 60 universities and colleges bid for a share of the 2,000 additional numbers...
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Salford appoints Harloe vice chancellor
Michael Harloe is to be the new vice chancellor, University of Salford, and will take up the post on October 1 when Tom Husband retires. Professor Harloe is pro vice chancellor with responsibility...
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Trainee lawyers' pay minimum may be scrapped
Young lawyers and small law firms are locked in a row over pay which could see the minimum salary for solicitors scrapped. Legal firms consulted by the Law Society earlier this year favoured an end...
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New Natfhe vice president seeks union unity
Moira Carr is to be the first Northern Irish president of lecturers' union Natfhe, committing herself to a united union voice on education. Ms Carr will become vice president of the union in May and...
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Pay body campaign boost
THE CAMPAIGN for a pay review body for lecturers was boosted this week as the two largest unions set their sights on Dearing. The Association of University Teachers and lecturers' union Natfhe were...