Aberdeen withdraws offer to man on appeal
* The University of Aberdeen has withdrawn an offer of a place studying law to a student following the discovery that he had a conviction for assault. In a statement, the university said it had...
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Universities ready to get super nurses flying
* Universities are already preparing courses to train "super nurses" - the new consultant nurse status announced last week by the prime minister. "As the nursing profession moves towards graduate...
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Jarvis clinches funds for student housing
* Jarvis plc, a construction, property and facilities management group, has secured funding of up to Pounds 500 million for its University Partnerships scheme. The money, from Abbey National Treasury...
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Locals get free tuition for Suffolk degrees
* University College Suffolk is offering free tuition on the first module of all its part-time modular degree programmes to encourage local people to sign up for courses, in spite of this year's fee...
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Scottish Office sets out spending priorities
* The Scottish Office this week launched a paper on lifelong learning, Opportunity Scotland. It sets out a ten-point plan covering priority areas for spending. More than Pounds 100 million will be...
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Cern's collider strikes ancient Roman villa
* The remains of a Roman villa and what could be tile and nail factories have been unearthed at the Cern particle physics laboratory near Geneva. The remains were discovered after land was cleared to...
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Equality has its boundaries
Manchester University, which has already had to make a record pay-out to race discrimination victim Asif Qureshi faces three more formal complaints of discrimination, all of which are going to...
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Lasers brought to bear on faster computers
* Researchers at a new research centre at Heriot-Watt University plan to harness the power of lasers to produce computers that work 1,000 times faster than conventional systems. Work at the Centre...
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Open horizons expand in UK, US
The Open University is strengthening its global position in higher education. Alison Utley reports on moves to run British teaching programmes; Kam Patel on initial American successes Within a few...
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Training courses on right track
Six universities that run training courses for their lecturers already achieve the objectives set for the proposed Institute for Learning and Teaching, a pilot study will conclude later this year....
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OU-US clears accreditation hurdle as partners deliver cash
The Open University is strengthening its global position in higher education. Alison Utley reports on moves to run British teaching programmes; Kam Patel on initial American successes The Open...
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FEDA to be 'agency with attitude'
The Further Education Development Agency intends to get involved in training university lecturers and developing higher education curricula, its new chief executive said this week. Chris Hughes, who...
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Auditors warnof risks in PFI
A warning note on the private finance initiative was sounded yesterday by the Audit Commission, which called for public bodies to assess schemes rigorously. Based on a study of 26 PFI schemes in...
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Opportunity knocks
(Photograph) - James Badwin has reaped the benefits of the New Deal summer school at Plymouth College - he won a job as a laboratory technician after two years of unemployment. Mr Badwin dropped out...
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NUS aids Irish peace
The National Union of Students has given a Pounds 75,000 boost to the peace process in Northern Ireland to help train local students to support community relations. The student leadership training,...