Judges bowled over by a squashy utensil
A plastic bowl that can be squashed up for storage and will not hurt when junior throws it at you is the kitchen accessory of the future, according to the judges of the Students' Plastics Design...
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Forget dreaming spires and face up to reality
For the foundation degree to thrive, the government must identify its target audience, insists Henry Seaton. Was the foundation degree a Blairite "good idea" drawn up in front of a late evening...
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Why we think health researchers should be made publicly accountable
The Harold Shipman inquiry and other high-profile cases have brought proposals for changes to make medical professionals more accountable to the government and the public. Such cases have called into...
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To go big, go private
Only the market can give the UK the higher education sector it wants, says Geoffrey Alderman. If higher education in Britain is to expand to meet national recruitment targets and training needs...
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For the record
From lab demonstrator to vice-chancellor Kel Fidler (pictured) has been appointed vice-chancellor of Northumbria University. The professor of electronics at the University of York will take over from...
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Stay up to date the (e)asy way
Alison McNab looks at the best e-solutions for keeping pace with news, research and publications without spending hours scouring the internet. Online access to primary and secondary sources...
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Latest UK news
Activists occupy NUS HQ Leftwing students have occupied the London headquarters of the National Union of Students in protest at budget cuts. The 30 students, who include members of NUS’s National...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian Doing a lot of homework in the early years of secondary school has little or no impact on grades, according to a report from the National Foundation for Educational Research. Scientists...
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Latest international news
French factions heal rift French student unions have healed a 30-year ideological rift and reunited to form the National Union of Students of France (UNEF). The new union, formed by the pro-Socialist...
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Latest international news
Police kill four students in Papau New Guinea Police in Papua New Guinea fired on students on the main university campus in Port Moresby early yesterday, killing at least four and injuring 24, 11...
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Latest UK news
Colleges get £84 million for IT An £84 million package to help further education colleges develop information infrastructure and increase the uptake of information learning technology was...
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From today's UK papers
Daily Telegraph Oxford University is to offer means-tested bursaries of £2,000 to try to attract more students from poor homes. Men in Birmingham will be given a genetically modified virus in an...
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Latest international news
Professor cleared in sect killings inquiry Michel Tabachnik, a conductor and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, has been acquitted of charges of criminal complicity in the suicide pact...
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From today's UK papers
The Independent The national curriculum should be halved and a "reserve army" of parents and professionals brought into schools to bring back creative education and end the government's testing mania...
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Latest UK news
Oxford lures poor students with grants Oxford University is to encourage students from poorer families to apply to its colleges by offering £2,000 bursaries to undergraduates. The scheme, due to...