UCAS defends its statistical spin
University admissions chiefs were this week accused of spin-doctoring applicant figures in favour of government fee and grant policy. Liberal Democrat and Conservative politicians accused the...
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Younger students opt to go part-time
Students are switching from full-time to part-time study following the introduction of tuition fees, according to the latest figures. The effect is particularly marked for school-leavers, according...
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Abi Duncan O'Meara
(Photograph) - Abi Duncan O'Meara, above, is 20. She works full-time as a secretary and business researcher for Hogg Robinson Skillbase. She is also enrolled on a part-time management degree at...
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Commons select committee turns spotlight on HE sector
The Commons select committee on education is likely to launch what could be its first inquiry into higher education. "One of the scandals about Parliament is that the select committee on education -...
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Unis must focus on gifted pupils
Universities should lose grants if they fail to establish effective school partnerships aimed at supporting the brightest pupils, MPs said this week. The Education and Employment Committee report...
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Financial blueprint is a waste of time
Universities and colleges are being forced into a time-consuming bureaucratic paper chase for cash as part of a central government clampdown on their financial autonomy, Conservatives claimed this...
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Science faces troubled future
The government must take the lead over the use of animals in vital medical research rather than allowing the agenda to be stolen by animal-rights activists, Michael Dexter, director of the Wellcome...
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Call for single post-16 body
The Further Education Funding Council should be abolished in favour of a single post-16 funding and strategy agency, according to the training and enterprise councils. The TEC National Council said...
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External examiners treated 'with shameful disdain'
More than 17 per cent of external examiners are paid less than the Pounds 3.60 hourly minimum wage, according to a survey by the Association of University Teachers. Lowest payments go to PhD...
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Historians split on their home base
Historians bidding for a new subject centre are struggling to unite all sections of their discipline. With a month to go before bids have to be in for the Pounds 30 million funding councils' scheme...
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Thames Valley schools braced for job losses decision
Thames Valley University staff fear that up to 30 lecturing jobs could be lost with the closure of the European, International and Social Studies School. The EISS is just one of the casualties of the...
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Scots seek funding timescale changes
Scotland's further education colleges are hopeful that their new funding council will introduce a financial timetable based on the academic year. At present, colleges are funded on work they have...
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Colleges accused of 'improper' land sales
Colleges are receiving improper cash windfalls by selling off inherited land earmarked for educational use, according to a campaign by Tameside Borough Council. The council is campaigning for...
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Further Education Funding Council
The Further Education Funding Council has issued guidance to curb the abuse of public money in private college companies and overseas operations. It said colleges should adopt a Public Accounts...
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Colleges face crackdown on fraud
Ministers have promised "very aggressive action" against fraud and malpractice in colleges with a raft of anti-sleaze measures that threaten college autonomy, writes Phil Baty. The measures, which...