Inns of Court School to train solicitors
Britain's largest bar school is to seek validation from the Law Society to offer the legal practice course for solicitors. The Inns of Court School of Law has applied for an initial 120 LPC places....
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Engineering gets cash fillip for future
The government is giving Pounds 1.5 million towards strengthening the engineering profession through actions such as encouraging more school pupils to consider an engineering career and helping...
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In-service diploma for special needs teaching
New qualifications for teachers who want to specialise in children with learning difficulties have been launched by the University of the West of England. The Bristol-based university has launched a...
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Query over Ofsted value for money
A study by academics at the London School of Economics has questioned the value for money provided by education inspectorate Ofsted. The LSE academics, who will publish a book on watchdog bodies in...
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Sources for research funding
Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk Medical Research Council-Natural Environment Research Council...
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QAA slates banon Jewish books
Quality watchdogs have accused the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside of complying with a ban on Jewish books. Auditors say the university accepted censorship of learning materials referring...
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Funding to raise Welsh flexibility
Sweeping changes to university funding in Wales will widen access and deliver true lifelong learning opportunities, the Welsh funding council said this week. Under a pioneering funding methodology,...
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Humberside staff call for v-c to quit
Staff at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside have called for the immediate resignation of vice-chancellor Roger King, claiming "gross mismanagement". And aggrieved students plan to sue the...
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Athena project poised to raise profile of women in universities
Science minister Lord Sainsbury will next Tuesday launch the Athena project, which is aimed at raising women's status in higher education. The project will focus mainly on women in science,...
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Cambridge University
* Cambridge University is considering plans for compulsory staff training in equal opportunities to tackle the dramatic under-representation of women. Only 6.4 per cent of Cambridge professors and 10...
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Market forces keep them away
SCOTLAND Alan Thomson and Alison Goddard dissect the early application statistics The picture for Scotland from the latest Universities and Colleges Admissions Service figures is still murky, and...
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Market forces keep them away
OVERSEAS Global economic problems look likely to continue to hit British higher education financially in the new academic year according to the latest UCAS figures, which show a fifth fewer overseas...
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Market forces keep them away
HND Government plans to promote sub-degree qualifications could be undermined if the latest applications slump is due to people refusing to pay up to Pounds 1,000 for anything less than a fully...
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Inspectors find weakest teaching links
Concern over the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in higher education is expressed in a forthcoming Quality Assurance Agency report, which will also reveal serious weaknesses in...
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North delights in bumper bonus to lure students
The Northwest, Yorkshire and Humberside and the West Midlands have won the lion's share of the extra cash to widen participation in higher education. The regions grabbed 42 per cent of the Pounds 1.5...