Macao is ticked off
Beijing has rebuked Macao for planning a new college affiliated to a Portuguese university. Macao, which since 1976 has been legally a "special territory" of China under Portuguese administration, is...
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Black injustice
YOUNG black offenders have suffered tougher treatment from police and judges than their white equivalents, according to research. A five-year study found they were both more likely to be acquitted in...
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Pusher bounty pays for drug research
DRUG dealers are to fund research at Teesside University, albeit indirectly and involuntarily. Money from the Cleveland police fund based on seized dealers' assets has been used to endow a prize for...
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Fact file
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1995/6 reveal that: 11.4 per cent of the student population came from overseas to study in the United Kingdom compared with 10.4 per cent in 1994...
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Student solidarity
(Photograph) - Student solidarity: Thames Valley University has suspended planned disciplinary action against 32 lecturers in dispute over workloads. About 500 students lobbied the university in...
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Moral guru for Dearing
Sir Ron Dearing has enlisted a moral philosopher to help his committee of inquiry into higher education provide ethical guidelines for universities, he revealed this week. Briefing the Council for...
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Pounds 8.6m question mark over NVQs
"Incorrect and uncertain" payments amounting to Pounds 8.6 million were paid by the Department for Education and Employment to training providers in 1995/96, the Public Accounts Committee says in a...
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Bug alert
(Photograph) - Bug alert: Gordon Ramel of the Exeter University Amateur Entomological Society shows off a Malaysian Junal Nymph which will take part in science week from today until March 21. More...
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V-cs want law on title use
SELECT higher education institutions should be able to call themselves university colleges, according to a working party set up by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. But it wants...
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Cambridge merges education arms
THE UNIVERSITY of Cambridge is to merge two branches of its education faculty as a result of doubts over the Government's moves to make teacher training more classroom-based. As part of a strategic...
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Celebrity squiggles
(Photograph) - Celebrity squiggles: a sketch by Yoko Ono and a drawing of Magic Roundabout character Dougal by Emma Thompson are among over 70 postcards donated by famous people to fine art students...
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Cash fears prevent joint work
CVCP COUNCIL MEETING. UNIVERSITIES want to collaborate more but fear the costs, according to a study being presented to the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals at its council meeting today...
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HEFCE amends debt offer after mass response
AN INITIATIVE by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to buy out institutions' inherited debt has been oversubscribed eight times. The council launched the scheme last December to redeem...
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Barrister bosses eye demise of dining tradition
TRAINEE barristers may no longer have to dine at the Inns of Court in London before qualifying at the Bar. The council of the Inns of Court and the Bar Council are considering proposals to replace...
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Lewisham defends franchising blueprint
LEWISHAM College of Further Education has defended its controversial discussion paper on franchising in the face of legal threats. Principal Ruth Silver rejected claims from the 21 Group of colleges...