Importance of taking part
Early assessment of projects designed to increase participation in higher education found the key aspects were advice and guidance, student support and partnerships. But the National Institute of...
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Natfhe to ballot after 27-hour week rejected
Lecturers' union Natfhe will hold a national ballot over the next few weeks on contracts and possible strikes. The union's further education sector conference last week decided to recommend rejecting...
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Tribunal hears of plot to get rid of official
A tribunal heard this week that Doncaster College principal Terry Ashurst confided his plans to get rid of a troublesome trade union official. An unfair dismissal claim has been brought by former...
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Sky's the limit contest for PPARC
The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council last week approved plans to introduce an open competition to support truly new ideas or initiatives. Its chief executive, Ian Halliday (above), had...
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Knight escapes obscenity charge
University of Central England vice-chancellor Peter Knight has escaped prosecution under obscenity laws, following the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to return a book to the university library...
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Efficiency gains 'threaten quality'
Alan Thomson reports from the Conservative conference in Bournemouth. Universities and colleges will not be able to cope with continued eFciency gains without a serious fall in quality, shadow...
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Pisa
Federico Zeri, considered the world's greatest historian of Italian art, has died. Professor Zeri, 77, was never offered a university post in his own country. He recently described the university...
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Glasgow offers 24-hour assistance
Glasgow University staff and students caught in off-campus emergencies during activities such as field trips, sporting tours and work experience can now call on 24-hour help from the university....
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Contract concordat needs annual update
Universities should be forced to publish annual summaries of progress in implementing the concordat for contract research staff. That is the recommendation of the research careers initiative, chaired...
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Exchange 'rape victim' may sue St Andrews
St Andrews University claims it is still awaiting "fundamental details" from a former student who claims she was raped while on an exchange course in Odessa, Ukraine. Erin MacLean this week waived...
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Professor tells of 'dirty tricks'
A professor has told an industrial tribunal that there were "dirty tricks" in Edinburgh University's department of social anthropology. Judith Okely, a former member of the department who is now...
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OK for OU to get into medicine
The Council of Heads of Medical Schools has given the Open University the go-ahead to develop proposals for an access course for a degree in medicine. The medical schools at Kings College London, and...
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Dorrell denounces central control
Higher education epitomises the government's desire to impose central control on British society, said former shadow education secretary Stephen Dorrell. Mr Dorrell, who stood down from his shadow...
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Future launched with plans to join NUS race
Conservative undergraduates will fight National Union of Student elections for the first time in years following the launch of the party's new youth wing. The group is a new beginning for up to 5,000...
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Bond issue secures Greenwich future
Greenwich University has secured Pounds 30 million to transform the Royal Naval College through a high-powered international finance deal unique in higher education. The university has banked the...