Pay may depend on profit
Profit-related pay was seized on by more than 80 universities this week as a formula which could save jobs while answering academics' dem-ands for above-inflation salary rises. A "significant number...
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Outsiders need a leg-up
More funding council intervention may be needed if non-traditional students, such as those from poorer backgrounds, are not to be squeezed out of higher education, according to a new report. The...
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Graduate debts jump by third in a year
Graduate debt has jumped by nearly a third in one year with former students owing an average of Pounds 3,000, according to the latest Barclays Bank survey. The bank found that graduates, surveyed in...
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Internet news
Audio has arrived on THESIS, The THES Internet Service, as part of our coverage of last week's Tucson II conference on consciousness (page 7). The service also includes details of the contents of...
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Kirk out for hard-up Scotties
Increasing student hardship has contributed to a dramatic 40 per cent drop in the number of candidates applying to train for the ministry, the Church of Scotland believes. The committee on education...
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Elite profit from expansion
Massive expansion in further and higher education has failed to produce a significant widening of participation among non-traditional learners, according to a new discussion paper. The National...
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Higher in further?
Sir Ron Dearing has hinted that he is keen to examine the potential of developing more higher education in further education colleges as part of his inquiry. Speaking at a conference at the...
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Moser plea
Funding improvements for all students and higher pay for lecturers are two of the priorities for Sir Ron Dearing's higher education review, according to Sir Claus Moser, founding member of the...
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English campaign
The Association of Graduate Recruiters has given its support to the Better English Campaign launched this week. The association said that communication, both verbal and written, is the most important...
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V-cs bash fees cut
The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has attacked Government plans to cut funding for foreign students who take part of their course in the United Kingdom. The committee said the move to...
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ALL backs nationwide policy to rationalise language learning
Language learning needs a coherent national strategy that could include standards of achieve-ment for all graduates, according to the Association for Language Learning. The ALL announced last week...
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Fender tenders even-handed approach
The head of the English funding council said this week that he wants to tackle the uneven distribution of funding for teaching in universities. Brian Fender, chief executive of the Higher Education...
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Institutions poised for quality role
Universities and higher education colleges would play a greater role in quality monitoring under plans unveiled this week by the joint planning group for a single quality agency, writes Tony Tysome....
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Standards harder to keep level
Many academics believe standards in broad subject areas are not comparable across higher education and that the concept of a minimum "threshold standard" has little meaning, says a report this week....
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Mala-propisms
Dyslexia seems rampant in Cardiff. First an unfortunate Cardiff Institute of Higher Education rugby player was described as a "scum-half" in the programme for the British Universities Sports...