Thames Valley University staff fear that up to 30 lecturing jobs could be lost with the closure of the European, International and Social Studies School. The EISS is just one of the casualties of the...
Scotland's further education colleges are hopeful that their new funding council will introduce a financial timetable based on the academic year. At present, colleges are funded on work they have...
Colleges are receiving improper cash windfalls by selling off inherited land earmarked for educational use, according to a campaign by Tameside Borough Council. The council is campaigning for...
The Further Education Funding Council has issued guidance to curb the abuse of public money in private college companies and overseas operations. It said colleges should adopt a Public Accounts...
Ministers have promised "very aggressive action" against fraud and malpractice in colleges with a raft of anti-sleaze measures that threaten college autonomy, writes Phil Baty. The measures, which...
More than a third of personal tutors have recently dealt with student mental health problems, a Hull University survey has revealed. But some staff feel uncertain and anxious about tackling such...
'How is it that someone who has made this kind of financial mess can walk away with a golden handshake, with money we haven't got?' The early retirement of principal Jenny Shackleton has cost Wirral...
The anger at Wirral comes as MPs urge a government inquiry into the pay-off and lucrative new job of Sue Parker, the former principal of Gwent Tertiary College, another college in trouble. A report...
Governors at Halton College are seeking legal advice regarding the recovery of cash from former principal Martin Jenkins and his deputy, Jenny Dolphin. Mr Jenkins, the highest-paid college principal...
When Kate Schroder blew the whistle on a widespread qualifications fraud at the training provider Sight and Sound Education in 1996, the firm took what it celebrated as "swift action". It held its...
Physics departments must have more than 20 staff to prosper, the University of Wales, Cardiff, has concluded. Its physics department is raising staff numbers from 20 to 25 by establishing an...
The Welsh Assembly could take the lead in attracting top scientists to Wales by financing personal university chairs, says Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. The Conservatives in Wales want to...
Scottish and Welsh higher and further education are staking claims with their new political masters. Olga Wojtas and Jennifer Currie survey the ground. Scottish further and higher education...
Take a snarling audience, add politicians and stir it up with a chairman who half-jokingly compares himself to Jerry Springer, and you have a recipe for a US chatshow. Although the accents were...
Higher education may not come under the Welsh Assembly's remit, but institutions are regarding its advent with a mix of optimism and worry. "It will be an opportunity and a challenge," said Adrian...