FCO in protest over arrest
The Foreign Office has protested formally to the Nigerian government over the arrest and deportation of a British academic caught up in tensions between Muslims and Christians. Michael Motimoore was...
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Scots keep status quo
Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth has yielded to higher education institutions' pleas for a moratorium on further cuts in the coming year. This week's announcement of Scottish Office spending plans...
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Natfhe hopes for pay breakthrough
THE Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service this week brought higher education staff and employers together for talks on pay, raising union hopes that an improved offer will be made. ACAS...
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Lawyers must dash for Bar meal
DINING in London is to remain compulsory for trainee barristers on courses outside the capital, the Bar Council has ruled. Students on the Bar Vocational Course to be run by institutions as far away...
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All-white team angers black community
EDUCATION ministers are under pressure from racial equality groups to investigate why an all-white team won a research project on multi-ethnic teaching. The African Caribbean Network for Science and...
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Moneybrains of Britain
ACADEMICS are joining the ranks of millionaires as big business rushes to recruit brainpower. Philip Beresford, an expert on Britain's wealthiest people, said: "Anyone who seems to have a half decent...
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Copying crackdown
The Copyright Licensing Agency is targeting higher education in a crackdown on illegal photocopying. As licence holders, institutions are responsible for ensuring students and staff comply with...
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Teacher drought
The Teacher Training Agency says there is still "significant under-recruitment" of teachers in key subject areas. This year's secondary teacher training courses show an expected shortfall of 25 per...
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Expand NVQ role
Higher education should play a more active role in the delivery of higher-level National Vocational Qualifications, according to a new position paper by the Department of Education and Employment....
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Tax for cash call
Over half of the public would like to see more state funding for schools and universities, even if it means higher taxes. The study by the Economic and Social Research Council reveals widespread...
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Less for more
The Further Education Funding Council published its funding allocations for 1996/97 this week. These confirm the provisional allocations which were published in The THES in May. In all, Pounds 3,045....
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Barber waves age for life of learning
THE DEPARTMENT for Education and Employment should be renamed the Department of Lifelong Learning and have the same status as the Treasury or Home Office, says a leading expert on education....
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Parties go to battle on skills
The Tories launched their white paper Learning to Compete this week to Labour cries that they stole its ideas. THE POLITICAL battle for the educational high ground stepped up a gear this week as the...
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University pioneers argue for research respect
BOTH research and community work spearheaded by the new universities are undervalued, former polytechnics have told the Dearing inquiry into higher education. The Coalition of Modern Universities,...
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V-cs shelve decision on top-up fees
NO DECISION on top-up fees will be made until the Dearing committee has delivered its report, vice chancellors decided last week. Following a Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals council...