FE myths scotched
I had feelings of alternating deja vu and concern sitting through a recent presentation on foundation degrees. As John Pratt says (Opinion, THES, March 3), the Dip HE, introduced with a similar...
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Vowels in Vanuatu
In reviewing my book The Origins of Complex Language (Books, THES, February 11), Jacques Guy takes a swipe at academic linguistics, at least as pursued by people more or less influenced by Noam...
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We're all at IT
Rhiannon Chapman ("Academics face egotism charge", THES, March 10) shows her ignorance of university programmes of study in her charge of "rampant egotism" levelled at Britain's academics. There are...
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Graphic complaint
The "For the record" graphic (THES, March 17) is a "stacked area chart", and the rising lines for full and part-time student numbers suggest both contribute to the growth. But close inspection...
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Hefce auditors demand changes after slatin QAA over governance and accountability
Funding council auditors demanded urgent improvements to management and governance at the Quality Assurance Agency after its first audit. The Higher Education Funding Council demanded immediate...
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Budget brings limited benefits
The budget offered little hope of extra cash for universities, which are already being tempted into closer links with the private sector. In what was clearly a pre-election vote-winning budget,...
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Flea circus at University of Hertfordshire
(Photograph) - It might not be the greatest show on earth, but it might just be the smallest. Richard Wiseman, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire, acted as ringmaster for a flea circus...
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Awards for teaching excellence
A score of academics will each be Pounds 50,000 richer by summer, when the results of the first National Teaching Fellowship Scheme are announced. Backed by Pounds 1 million from the Higher Education...
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Plea for cash to tackle racism
Universities are under mounting political pressure to tackle racism, yet vice-chancellors are failing to appreciate this, according to David Triesman, general secretary of the Association of...
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Colleges to play key role in regeneration
Universities and further education colleges in the Midlands have been called upon to play a key role in regenerating the region in the wake of BMW's decision to offload Birmingham-based Rover cars....
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FEFC set to ignore its ombudsman
College funding chiefs were set to defy their ombudsman this week, with a plan to reject his recommendation that they apologise for a "breach of natural justice". John Bevan, the Further Education...
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Arts board to review museum funding
The Arts and Humanities Re- search Board has launched a review of its Pounds 9 million annual funding scheme for university museums and galleries, a move that is likely to reveal chronic underfunding...
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Learning and skills bill sails into storm
The learning and skills bill has sailed through its report stage in the House of Lords and straight into a storm over the anti-homosexuality rule section 28. It took just two days for the 85-page,...
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Parents' fees case collapses in court
A High Court judge dealt a serious blow to a bankrupt couple when he refused to intervene in their case against the Department for Education and Employment over their children's tuition fees. Lawyers...
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Audit Office raps Ulster over credit card scheme
A corporate credit card scheme for senior staff at the University of Ulster has been severely criticised by the Northern Ireland Audit Office. It said there had been a "surprising degree of laxity"...