Natfhe boycott fails to stop Hera pilots
EMPLOYERS are to push ahead with pilot schemes for a new role-analysis system for higher education staff despite a boycott by lecturers' union Natfhe. A consortium of more than 100 higher education...
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Advisory group aims to overhaul adult learning
The GOVERNMENT's Advisory Group for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning met for the first time last week. The group, which is chaired by Bob Fryer, principal of Northern College, will be "...
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Sacked history lecturer wins ?27,000 payout
SACKED lecturer Pat Walsh has won Pounds ,000 from a further education college after claiming unfair dismissal. Mr Walsh, a senior history lecturer at Accrington and Rossendale College, Lancashire,...
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Higher education boosts economy
HIGHER education had a Pounds 1.3 billion balance of trade surplus in 1995/96, according to a new report that confirms universities' status as vital players in the economy, writes Chris Johnston. The...
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Derby on verge of empire...Bath's ambition stagnates
PLANS to create a regional university through the merger of Derby University with two neighbouring further education colleges looked set to take off this week. Following meetings with the Further...
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Teaching institute on cards
THE CREATION of a teaching and learning institute is likely to form a key recommendation of the Dearing inquiry to be published within the next fortnight, writes Alison Utley. The institute will be...
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Scottish colleges catch merger fever
A SHAKE-UP of Scottish colleges is under way, with three institutions negotiating mergers or forming closer links with universities. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has put aside Pounds...
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Mature students to get 5 per cent boost
PART-TIME and full-time students over 25 will attract additional funding of just 5 per cent under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's funding method for 1998/99. Cliff Allen, HEFCE's...
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Blunkett ban
Plans to release copies of the Dearing committee's report to a select few organisations days before publication have been scuppered by David Blunkett, the Education Secretary, who wants to get his...
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The grave Victorians
Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, the post of the...
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Game show
If at first you don't succeed ... good to see Birkbeck College ignoring press coverage which suggested that 170 years of distinguished service to the people of London was less significant than a bad...
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Wrong-footed
With the latest UCAS figures showing a slump in applications to teacher training courses of 11 per cent, improving teacher morale has leapt to the top of the Government's agenda. White paper...
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Money in the bank
Surely no one would try to cash in on student fears that decisions arising from the Dearing report will mean them borrowing more money? Perish the thought. Nevertheless, NatWest bank feels it is...
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Just good friends
Any fears on the part of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals that its cohabitees-to-be, the Council of Medical Deans, might be less than neighbourly when it moves in next month? So keen...
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Glossy account
Accountants are taking determined steps to shake off their dull and boring image. The Association of Accounting Technicians has launched a glossy magazine to prove the profession can be as exciting...