Baroness gives lifeline to distance learners
Britain held out a financial lifeline to the Commonwealth's crisis-prone distance learning agency this week, with a pledge of financial support for a further year. In her opening speech at the...
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School snaps: The 'Digivid'
(Photograph) - School snaps: The 'Digivid' is a computer-controlled digital camera, electronically designed by Manchester Metropolitan University student Ian Mahaffy to be used as a learning tool by...
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All the (road) rage
Road rage is now so common that it may not be so surprising to find it featuring in a murder case. Researchers at Manchester University have found road rage could be responsible for many car...
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College to pay as you learn
Rather than saddling its students with debt, a Yorkshire college has decided it will not only waive course fees but also pay students to study. The bold move by Rotherham College comes in the wake of...
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Lib Dems champion Oxbridge Pounds 30m grant
QUALITY and student access would suffer if the Government decides to axe state subsidies to Oxbridge colleges, opposition politicians have warned. Liberal Democrat politicians fear that the...
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Beckett boost for sustainable technology
Margaret Beckett, president of the Board of Trade, has announced awards totalling Pounds 10 million for development of technologies for sustainable development. The awards will be made as part of the...
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Social workers set sights on training body
The Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work is applying to set up a national training organisation. The decision came as health minister Paul Boateng announced a review of CCETSW,...
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Antarctic man to head British Council
David Drewry, deputy chief executive of the Natural Environment Research Council, has been appointed director of the British Council. Dr Drewry, 49, will take up his post next year, succeeding Sir...
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Student sues Westminster over PhD
A FORMER PhD student has issued a writ against Westminster University for damages exceeding Pounds 50,000, claiming that the institution ruined his doctoral hopes. Martin Gabriel issued the writ last...
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Lobby highlights working-class hurdles
The Government must set national targets for widening participation in higher education, according to the Council for Industry and Higher Education. The CIHE published research this week which shows...
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Employers' forum gets new chief
QUANGO executive Peter Humphreys has been appointed as the new chief of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association. Mr Humphreys, special projects manager for the Environment Agency, will...
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Welsh v-c retains post
Keith Robbins has been re-elected as senior vice chancellor of the University of Wales. Professor Robbins, 57, has been vice chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter since 1995. As senior vice...
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London college nets Pounds 1m for numeracy study
KING'S College, London, has received a Pounds 1 million grant for a nationwide study aimed at raising numeracy standards among primary school children. The money, from the Leverhulme Trust, will pay...
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Work placement hitch
Sir Ron Dearing's vision of universal undergraduate work placements is "logistically impossible", according to a team of researchers sponsored by the Department for Education and Employment. Sir Ron'...
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Dearing thanks his little helper
"The first thing you do is get yourself a Shirley." This was the heady advice from Sir Ron Dearing when asked how one went about compiling a 1,700-page report on higher education. Committee secretary...