What's in a name?
The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has set up a working group to consider what rules should govern the use of the name "university college". Its conclusions may feed into the Dearing...
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Oversupply of graduates disputed
THES looks at reaction to the DFEE's fourth Dearing submission, which queried standards and expansion FURTHER doubts surfaced this week about Government claims that graduate supply will soon outstrip...
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Local authorities prioritise access
THES looks at reaction to the DFEE's fourth Dearing submission, which queried standards and expansion ACCESS to higher education must be extended, not squeezed, the local government associations told...
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London needs umbrella
LONDON's higher education should be integrated citywide with a possible "opted out" privatised tier of top research institutions, says a leading educationist. Gareth Williams, head of the policy...
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Middlesex faces up to Pounds 3m deficit
JOBS and courses are under threat at Middlesex University as it faces up to a Pounds 3 million projected budget deficit. The former Middlesex Polytechnic has begun a thorough review of its academic...
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Return of the CNAA heralded in Dearing paper
The recreation of a council for national academic awards is heralded in the Government's fourth and final submission to the Dearing inquiry into higher education, quality watchdogs believe. The...
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If they work, fix them
A-levels standards are high, a two-year inspection from the Office of Standards in Education has insisted, despite the education secretary's announcement this week that they face the "biggest shake-...
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Shephard aims for exam parity
Clear parity between academic and vocational paths to higher education came a step closer this week as education secretary Gillian Shephard detailed "the biggest shake-up of the qualifications system...
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A level is spanner in the works, says MP
The narrow specialism of A levels has to go if the Government campaign launched last month to encourage more young people into engineering, the Year of Engineering Success, is to succeed, according...
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Job cuts at Derby
All mechanical and electrical engineering staff at Derby University have been told to reapply for their jobs in a restructuring move. There will be some redundancies. A letter circulated to staff...
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Missing billions
Universities are missing out on billions of pounds of industry training money, the CVCP and the HEFCE warned this week. They have commissioned a research project to help higher education win a bigger...
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Correction
Last week's survey of vice chancellors' pay should have listed the pay of Ron Cooke, of York University, as Pounds 89,000 in both 1994-95 and 1995-96. The principal of King's College, London, Arthur...
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Training agency hails success of 'winners take most' scheme
The Teacher Training Agency's first allocations under its new funding system have produced more winners than losers, despite big cuts in recruitment targets, the agency said this week. More than half...
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Teacher Training Agency
The TTA attacked one of its most persistent critics, the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers, in its evidence to the Commons Select Committee on Education's inquiry into teacher...
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Teacher training standards variable
Primary initial teacher training standards in English and Mathematics are too variable, the inspection agency, Ofsted, has concluded. A report on inspections in 1995 and last year says not all...