College found to be 'in poor health'
East Devon College has joined the growing list of colleges deemed by inspectors to have "unsatisfactory" management, governance and quality assurance. Inspectors from the Further Education Funding...
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Learning benefits from Investors In People
Investors in People UK, the business training standard set up in 1993, is playing an important role in supporting the government's National Learning Targets, according to a new review of its...
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Link strengthens Jewish studies
The University of London has completed a reorganisation that will create one of the strongest centres of Jewish study in Europe. The London School of Jewish Studies has completed an association...
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G8 members commit to lifelong learning
Leaders of the world's industrial nations have signed a charter outlining their common goals on lifelong learning. G8 members signed the charter at their recent summit in Germany. It says that...
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Internet publishing to benefit biosciences
One of the biggest ventures so far in online scholarly publishing has just been launched by an international grouping of university libraries and the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS...
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Activists produce guide to sit-in demos
Students from five London colleges are joining forces to produce a "Rough Guide to Occupation", giving activists in higher education institutions tips on staging sit-ins. The guide, produced by...
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Anything but live with Mum
Most students would rather hold down a part-time job than live at home, according to a survey by the Institute of Employment Studies. Tony Higgins, UCAS chief executive, predicted a split with...
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Medical schools win go-ahead
Three new joint medical schools were given the nod by funding chiefs this week. The programmes (Durham with Newcastle, Keele with Manchester, and Warwick with Leicester universities) are part of an...
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Councils wasting 25% of funding
Research councils are wasting up to a quarter of the money they spend on equipment, according to the public spending watchdog. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council could save Pounds...
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V-cs split over CVCP peerage
Vice-chancellors are divided over whether Diana Warwick, chief executive of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, should quit her job because she has accepted a life peerage and the...
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Union lobbies for Scottish pay review
The Association of University Teachers Scotland has called on the Scottish Parliament to take a lead in Britain in setting up an independent pay review. The AUTS yesterday held the first lobby of the...
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Conference of Scottish Centrally Funded Colleges
Staff in Scotland's new universities have been incensed by a unilateral management announcement of a shake-up of pay and conditions, which they believe signals a rejection of national negotiations....
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Labour refuses to meet Bett bill
The government washed its hands of the Bett report this week by making it clear that there would be no more money in the future to fund the recommended academic pay rises. A statement by the...
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Data protection ruling
Leicester University breached data protection laws by withholding information from a member of its staff involved in an employment dispute, an investigation by the Data Protection Registrar has found...
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John Moores sets up review panel
Liverpool John Moores University has set up an independent review panel three months after Whistleblowers reported claims that the university had been using flawed and misleading teaching material....