Talking backwards to...
A similarly original sense of time was in evidence at the London School of Economics over the Easter break. With the switchboard closed, callers were treated to a recorded message explaining that the...
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The ark must be protected
For most university sectors in the English-speaking world and beyond, being subjected to review by one agency or another now seems to be a virtually permanent condition of existence. New Zealand...
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Don's Diary
Monday 8pm. Haiti. Biting a cock's head off is not an experience like eating fried Creole chicken. It's not just one's mouthful of warm blood and small feathers: the fowl goes into a most...
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The unnecessary side of competition
I discovered some interesting statistics recently. Apparently something over 50 per cent of the franchising in further education is done by something less than 30 of the 450 colleges. Since 1993...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/96 reveal that: * Of first-degree new entrants, 3.18 per cent were known to have a disability. * Of entrants with a disability, 1.8 per cent...
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Blunkett adds flesh but core may flunk
Teacher training has emerged as a hot election issue David Blunkett has fleshed out the Labour party's plans to improve teacher training. The shadow education and employment secretary's Teacher 2000...
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Student rents soar
Change in HEFCE rules will hit university access STUDENTS are facing rent rises of up to 40 per cent as universities give up bending funding council rules in their struggle to pay for repairs to...
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Inspectors to ignore low-grade libraries
University library and computer services may no longer be separately assessed under the new quality agency which starts work this week. The agency is being asked to consider dropping scrutiny of...
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Learn to litigate about learning
Middlesex University Business School has launched a undergraduate module in education law for final-year law students. It has prompted by the growing tendency of parents, teachers and students to...
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E.coli investigation presented to ministry
AN INVESTIGATION by a team of experts led by Hugh Pennington of Aberdeen University is expected this week to report to the Secretary of State for Scotland on the recent E.coli outbreak which claimed...
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Sir Ron is a two-party knight, manifestly
Sir Ron Dearing dominated the higher education elements of the manifestos launched this week by the two main parties. The brief reference to higher education in the Conservative manifesto indicates...
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Caledonian probe
The National Audit Office and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council have launched an inquiry into Glasgow Caledonian University following allegations of mismanagement. John Sizer, chief...
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Freedom in penury
The squeeze on public spending on universities is likely to force higher education to rely much more heavily on the private sector, according to Miles Hedges, chairman of the British Universities...
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Extra exam for engineers
University engineering departments accepting students who do not meet new entry standards being formulated by the Engineering Council could be asked to subject their students to a new exam at the end...
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Jobs boom for computer science graduates
Demand for computer-science graduates is increasing at almost twice the rate of demand for other graduates. Data from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit reveals that job vacancies for...