Access the key to HE
BROADER access and better local involvement are the mainstays of the new Government's higher education policy, one of its education ministers told a conference this week. Higher education minister...
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Green grass of Longdon
Staff in the London, Birmingham and Glasgow offices of the soon-to-be-wound-up Higher Education Quality Council have been warned they may have to consider moving to "somewhere north of Bristol". The...
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Salt beef
From the Department of We Know What They Meant: Strathclyde University student president Douglas Stewart, hosting a party to present next year's union team to a wider world, voiced particular thanks...
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Not reading all about it
Grimley, the "International Property Advisers" have always featured prominently on the universities estate and buildings front. Who better to tell the press about new plans for the Private Finance...
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Passing the test
The Crown Prosecution Service has kindly sent Antithesis a copy of its Code for Crown Prosecutors. Page one, chapter one, section 1.1, first sentence says: "The decision to prosecute an individual is...
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Estonia equalises
From Tokyo to Tallinn attempts are being made to overhaul traditional university matriculation Estonia has introduced a standardised, nationwide university entrance exam, in spite of vociferous...
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Urge to merge purged
The imminent retirement of Wolverhampton University vice-chancellor Michael Harrison, coupled with the summer outbreak of pre-Dearing tension, has fuelled rumours that the Midlands institution is...
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Dublin double
Anyone passing through central Dublin might conclude that the country's rulers must be educated at that spacious Oxbridge-style institution, whose buildings and cricket/rugby pitch (delete according...
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Hard choices
(Photograph) - Hard choices: Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985, used the Africa Educational Trust's Michael Scott Lecture to describe how declining resources for education are...
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Changes for engineering courses
THE Engineering Council is set to push universities to reduce the number of accredited courses leading to Chartered Engineer status, writes Kam Patel. A summary of the council's review of engineering...
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Evans renews rights battle
CAMBRIDGE University faces a second legal challenge from history lecturer Gill Evans, this time over alleged discrimination against women. Last month, Dr Evans applied for leave for a judicial review...
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Minorities must not be ignored
MINORITIES must not be sidelined in the changes sweeping higher education, equality chiefs have warned. A guide for universities to be published next week, recommends that "equality should be...
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Medics wary of ratings
SCOTTISH medical schools are responding warily to the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council's teaching assessment. Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow Universities have won the top rating of excellent...
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Baroness Blackstone says mature students should be offered a fast track through medical school
* MATURE students should be offered a fast track through medical school, says the higher and further education minister Tessa Blackstone, writes Julia Hinde. "At the pre-clinical stage and possibly...
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Rise of the black tie and ball gown
BALLS and big spenders are not confined to traditional institutions. New universities have their share of wealthy students and even graduates who have struggled through the year will try to fork out...