No bars to learning in Ruskin's prison plan
* Inmates at eight top-security prisons will get a chance to brush up on numeracy and literacy thanks to a course designed by HM Prison Service in collaboration with Ruskin College. The preparation...
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Reactions to Blunkett's blueprint
Reaction to the white paper was generally positive. David Melville, chief executive of the Further Education Funding Council, which will be replaced by a single funding body, the Learning and Skills...
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Plagiarism row erupts
An external examiner for Staffordshire University has resigned in protest after its exam board dismissed at least two cases of proven student plagiarism as "minor". In documents obtained by The THES...
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Matthew Boulton in funding allegations
Allegations that Matthew Boulton College wrongly claimed funding units for ineligible courses are being investigated by the Further Education Funding Council. An FEFC source confirmed the council was...
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Making the grade
How does an A-level A grade compare with an E grade? This question is exercising minds following the launch last month of a consultation on A-level points scores by the Universities and Colleges...
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Free trade for virtual dealers
A new simulated high-tech trading floor will give college business students a competitive edge in the jobs market. John Siam, director of the facility at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario,...
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Chest opts for charity status
Ten people in a small office at the University of Bath make up the team that has saved universities Pounds 900 million since 1988, by negotiating advantageous deals with suppliers of software and...
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SOSIG on a roll
The Social Science Information Gateway based at the University of Bristol is expanding its service from August 1 to include use of personal user profiles and more information partnerships. The...
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Oz campaigner
The trAce Online Writing Community based at Nottingham Trent University has appointed Australian author Bernard Cohen to help the campaign against literary technophobia. Mr Cohen has swapped the Blue...
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SET and match
A resource website has been launched by Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WiTEC), a Department of Trade and Industry and European-funded organisation based at Sheffield Hallam University...
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BCS nets new head
The British Computer Society has appointed David Hartley president. Dr Hartley, a chartered engineer and former chief executive of UKERNA, was a key adviser in the establishment of the Joint Network...
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P45 proof
A virtual network for MBAs all over Europe has been set up in Ireland with EU funding. MBA Global Network members enjoy contacts across Europe's business schools, electronic messaging and access to...
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Figments and pigments
Was Peter Hill's letter on The Leeds 13 and "superfictions" real or itself a superfiction ("Worth a Damien?", THES, June 25)? And who cares, and does it matter? For those critical of the...
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Lodging a complaint
For long enough, colleagues have complained of the "development of managerialism" in higher education. Now, it would appear, financial crises in the sector have prompted inspired innovative solutions...
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No real case for HGE
So Robert Winston plans to start genetically engineering human beings ("Fertile with ideas for the infertile", THES, May 14), despite previous claims that such possibilities are so far into the...