Further education colleges fear they may be entering a "name and shame" culture under the proposed post-16 inspection regime. Delegates at an Association of Colleges consultation conference on the...
The voluntary sector is under threat and needs more help from universities to ensure its long-term survival, the UK's first professor of voluntary sector organisation has warned. Higher education...
Scottish students are taking democracy into the digital age though a web-based petition to the Scottish Parliament demanding the full implementation of the Cubie report, Olga Wojtas reports. One of...
The Association of Scottish Colleges has praised the Scottish Executive's "vitally important" proposals of Pounds 6 million towards part-time further education students' childcare costs. Tom Kelly,...
The battle over the future of national bargaining could dictate whether top-up fees will be introduced, lecturers' union Natfhe warned this week. Natfhe has launched a campaign, threatening national...
Student numbers are expected to rise dramatically in Scotland following the abolition of up-front tuition fees and restoration of bursaries, economic analysts have predicted. The London and Edinburgh...
New teacher training salaries have pushed teaching career inquiries up from about 2,000 a week to a peak of nearly 11,000, but applications are still below last year's. The latest Teacher Training...
Lifelong learning minister Malcolm Wicks threatened tough financial sanctions against mismanaged colleges, as lecturers' union Natfhe warned that universities and colleges continued to be "riddled"...
Further education colleges look set to introduce performance-related pay, raising fears that universities may follow suit, it emerged at lecturers' union Natfhe's annual conference. Lifelong learning...
(Photograph) - Dorthe Christiansen, 24, a Danish fashion student at the University of Wales College, Newport, has joined the growing number of fashion designers who choose to fly in the face of...
Science minister Lord Sainsbury came under heavy fire from MPs last week over the government's controversial decision to site the United Kingdom's new Pounds 500 million synchrotron source at...
Colleagues of a senior lecturer at Paisley University have uncovered a remarkable series of anomalies in his CV. But Paul Coleshill, director of Paisley's Scottish Centre for European Public Sector...
Imperial College, London, is establishing new companies at the rate of about one a month, a move encouraged by the government's backing of enterprise and innovation in institutions, writes Kam Patel...
Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this service is available to subscribers on our Research microsite at www.thesis.co.uk Each week this section lists funds available for...
As calls to improve access to HE clash with rising student debt, Jennifer Currie asks if 'junior universities' can help. Do not worry if you keep hearing the pitter-patter of tiny feet echoing down...