Natfhe gagging row
A row over a "gagging clause" blighted the launch of troubled lecturers' union Natfhe's campaign for a new general secretary this week. But an 11th-hour climbdown by the union executive appears to...
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Brand squeezes in appeal before deadline
Chris Brand, Edinburgh University's self-styled "scientific racist" this week appealed against his recent dismissal, two days before the deadline for appeal ran out. Mr Brand was sacked last month...
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Wragg walks onto superquango board
The Government has appointed Ted Wragg, professor of education at Exeter and a vociferous critic of its education policy, to the board of the all-encompassing qualifications super-quango, the...
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Joint safety group means food moves up menu
As a step towards the promised independent Food Standards Agency, the Government this week established a Joint Food Safety and Standards Group. It brings together Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries...
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Natfhe loses High Court pensions review. . .
Lecturers' union Natfhe has lost its High Court case against the Government's changes to teachers' pensions policy. Natfhe argued that the reform of the Teachers Superannuation Scheme (TSS) by former...
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Natfhe climbs down over contracts at Yeovil
Natfhe as climbed down after a six-month dispute over new staff contracts at Yeovil College, Somerset. Lecturers have accepted the contracts, which for some will mean an extra five hours of teaching...
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Scottish standards report published
The Scottish Office Education and Industry Department this week published the first HM Inspectors' report on standards and quality in Scotland's 43 further education colleges for 1995/96, which says...
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Colleges are failing job-hungry students
College careers advisors are failing students who are seeking employment because they divert more resources to those who want to go on to higher education, according to a three-year study by the...
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Poll backs paying for tuition
THE ABANDONMENT of free university education has aroused little concern among the general public, according to a poll for vice chancellors published today. The poll, conducted by MORI, found that 69...
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Pupils put off by costs
A SCOTTISH access course has warned that pupils from under-represented groups are reluctant to enter higher education following the Government's proposals for student fees. The Lothian Equal Access...
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Hawk turned dove
(Photograph) - F. W. De Klerk, former president of South Africa, delivers the second annual lecture for Coventry University's centre for the study of peace and reconciliation, in Coventry Cathedral
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Scots unions slam fees
THE SCOTTISH Trades Union Congress has condemned government plans for student fees as "ill-considered and regressive" and deplored the Dearing committee's recommendation of tuition fees. The STUC,...
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TUC urged to seek cuts talks
DEMANDS from higher education unions for an urgent meeting with Chancellor Gordon Brown and Education Secretary David Blunkett over funding plans are expected to win the backing of the Trades Union...
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Particle collisions
With four research council chief executives due to come to the end of their terms of office in March, there is plenty of speculation as to who will be staying, coming and going. Among those who could...
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Splintered students
Students have formed a united, coherent and powerful front against tuition fees... Now back to reality. The official NUS line is for income-contingent loans, although the union deviated from this...