Sandwich course
As Scotland's higher education institutions grit their teeth over this week's grant allocations, at least they cannot accuse the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council of being profligate with its...
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Pet defective
Pets and degrees are clearly a dangerous combination. After the Heriot-Watt graduation certificate, which had to be replaced when the graduate's Labrador puppy buried it in the garden, a Reading...
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Balliol right to take Flick gift
The man appointed this week to raise funds for the Labour Party, defended his decision to pursue the controversial Flick donation to Balliol College while in charge of fundraising for Oxford...
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Fundamental physics exerts pull
Fundamental physics may be out of favour when it comes to research funding but a survey of students says the topic has a major influence on young people deciding to do physics at undergraduate level...
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Industry cash could boost science
Industrial expenditure on research and development should be boosted by billions of pounds, and also be accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of university students studying science, in order...
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Unions will insist on 'substantial' pay rises
Academic unions will this week submit pay claims to employers in what promises to be the toughest climate for talks since the early 1980s. The Association for University Teachers and lecturers' union...
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Loans bill defeats
Two amendments to the Education (Student Loans) Bill have been defeated this week in the House of Lords. The Bill's committee stage, on Tuesday, began with an amendment moved by Lord Morris to limit...
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Adult strategies
Universities and colleges are given a major role in a new national strategy on adult education and career guidance, proposed in a consultation document launched this week by the National Advisory...
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Highlands mission
Activists for a University of the Highlands and Islands believe it is a step closer to reality with an impending investigation by Millennium Commission consultants. The development agency Highlands...
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Sea dump options
Dumping gas and oil installations such as Brent Spar at sea should still be considered as an option, according to the House of Lords science and technology select committee. But the installations...
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PFI made clear
The Government this week sought to sweep away misconceptions about the Private Finance Initiative in higher education. Treasury Financial Secretary Michael Jack told educational administrators that...
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UK lacks social skills
Those who live in a country awaiting an imminent disaster such as an earthquake, flood or drought can look to the United Kingdom for top-quality expertise. But UK experts are better at preparing...
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Peeping at Tom
(Photograph) - Peeping at Tom: Southampton University student Giles Horsfield is tracking tom-cats through radio transmitters on their collars. As part of his PhD he needs to know how far they are...
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Funding council patches up Paisley
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has intervened for a second time to protect a teacher education course at Paisley University threatened by Government intake cuts, writes Olga Wojtas....
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Ukraine picks brains at UCAS
Ukrainian academics are hoping to spark a wave of institutional reform in the former Soviet homeland following a fact-finding visit to London. A Ukrainian delegation, comprising two professors from...