Chernobyl's legacy stays
Belarus is tightening up on compulsory two-year work-placements for state university graduates. From now on graduates who fail to report for their work placements or quit in the two years will have...
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EU dashes hopes of Gulf academic exchanges
An academic co-operation project linking Arab and European universities is facing collapse after EU ministers refused to agree its E432,000 (Pounds 300,000) budget. Gerd Nonneman, senior lecturer in...
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SCT sued for Pounds 10M
British Gas Trading is bringing a Pounds 10 million lawsuit against SCT, a company that has more than 1,280 educational institutions in 26 countries as customers. BGT claims that SCT failed to...
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Funding council gets tough on franchising
A clampdown on franchise provision has been announced by the Further Education Funding Council. Funding Council cash for franchising will be cut by one third in 1999-2000, except where colleges are...
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No saving
Student-owned computers will not bring significant cost savings for institutions, according to a Joint Information Systems Committee management briefing paper. The reduced need for shared computer...
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Faster still
Next Wednesday sees the launch of a high-speed network linking 70 research institutions in the United States. The broadband optic fibre system, Abilene, will serve as a test bed for the next...
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TVU reels as applications dive
Staff at troubled Thames Valley University are being consulted on course closures and redundancies as new figures reveal applications down by nearly a fifth. Acting vice-chancellor Sir William Taylor...
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Postgraduate numbers rise
Four per cent more students gained postgraduate qualifications between 1996-97 and 1997-98, the Higher Education Statistics Agency reported this month. Of 115,000 students, 18,900 did a postgraduate...
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Oxford teaching courses merge
Schools of education at Westminster College, Oxford, and Oxford Brookes University are to link up from next September with full institutional merger likely to follow. From September 2000, the...
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Students give Straw the thumbs down
Leeds University's decision to award an honorary degree to home secretary Jack Straw is being formally opposed by the student union there. A student spokeswoman said the award to a serving politician...
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Lords asked to approve new loans rules
Peers were set for another debate on student funding this week as the House of Lords was asked to approve the new loans regulations. Lords met yesterday to debate the Education (Student Support)...
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On the streets
(Photograph) - On the streets: University of East London students demonstrated for better courses and resources in Plaistow this week. They were supported by nurses and tube workers. Photograph by...
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Spinning a yarn
(Photograph) - Kerris McDonald of Murton Park Museum, York, shows student teachers at Bradford and Ilkley Community College how to spin yarn as Vikings did so that they can teach children history by...
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Code clamps down on unethical recruiters
The first of a series of new codes of practice, against which universities will be inspected, has been published by the Quality Assurance Agency. The code, governing postgraduate research, sets out...
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Aspiring lawyers get part-time study help
Twenty university law schools have formed the Consortium for Access to Legal Education to help students studying law part-time. The consortium is committed to providing access to high-quality law...