University applicants would be given more time to apply for places under proposals being considered by admissions tutors. At their annual conference in Aberystwyth last week, admissions officers...
Poor pay, stressful working conditions and a bad press are deterring would-be social workers. Claire Sanders discovers a profession in crisis Applications to study social work have more than halved...
High-flying female pupils in Scotland are less likely to go into higher education than high-flying males, despite being equally likely to apply, Edinburgh University researchers have found. Teresa...
Amid national concern over gender and racial discrimination in pay and appointments, Edinburgh University is publishing what it believes is the most thorough and wide-ranging analysis of staff in any...
'Mr Carr conducted the appeal without a copy of the disciplinary procedure when the applicant was raising numerous breaches of it' A second major embarrassment has hit the Association of Chartered...
Funding council officials investigating allegations of mismanagement at the North East Wales Institute on behalf of the Welsh Assembly may wish to consider the findings of the college's own senior...
Lecturers' union Natfhe is to conduct a wholesale audit of teaching and working conditions at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, following The THES's revelations that external examiners...
The education of social workers is undergoing radical changes, with a number of bodies seeking to define what social workers do and to set standards: The Care Standards Bill will strengthen...
Imagine the shock of thousands of devoted Coronation Street fans, desperate to discover whether bar owner Natalie is to be charged with the murder of her son, and who, instead of connecting with the...
A wall of folded arms greeted Sir Michael Partridge, chair of governors of Middlesex University, when he addressed the Higher Education Funding Council for England's annual conference in Birmingham...
A reminder that entries are still sought for our competition to help the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals find a new and funkier name. Suggestions so far concentrate on apt acronyms -...
The University for Industry project was always intended to make learning more convenient for people who might otherwise never consider it. The new learndirect learning centre in Redditch, due to open...
'Former AoC chief executive Roger Ward called him "the ultimate hands-off manager" but others stress that he combines charm with determination' News of a dip in the number of further education...
Sir Stewart Sutherland, principal and vice-chancellor of Edinburgh University, will be the next convener of the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals. He will take over from Ian Graham-...
Sir David Barnes, deputy chairman of AstraZeneca, has received the 2000 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Centenary Medal, awarded to a figure of high distinction in science-based industry. Joseph...