Student committee bemoans toothless watchdog
The Quality Assurance Agency is "more lap-dog than watchdog" when it comes to policing student grievances, student leaders said this week. The National Postgraduate Committee said that the QAA would...
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NI PhDs lose out to tune of Pounds 1,000
Postgraduate students in Northern Ireland will receive Pounds 1,000 less in basic support than their counterparts in England, Scotland and Wales this year. A total of 345 students are affected by the...
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Postie's hand delivery horror
The grisly find of several human body parts in the town of St Andrews following student celebrations has prompted improvements in security arrangements at the university's medical school. A postman...
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Troubled TVU's teaching could be farmed out
Problems at Thames Valley University are so severe that significant chunks of teaching could be hived off to neighbouring institutions, it emerged this week. The review team appointed by the Higher...
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Physics PhD debate
Physicists are at loggerheads over whether PhD students should be required to complete a four-year degree before starting research, an issue debated at a meeting of the Standing Committee of Physics...
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Funding for 'all areas of excellence'
Higher education needs a radically restructured funding system to promote and protect diversity in the sector, a national conference was told this week. Sir Stewart Sutherland, vice- chancellor of...
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Make schools better, says Oxford
Oxford University will not throw open its doors to non-traditional students unless academic standards in secondary schools improve, the university has warned in response to widening access proposals...
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New rights in danger
College chiefs are considering ways of wriggling out of their new statutory obligations to give lecturers and other staff proper paid holiday entitlement and maximum weekly working hours. Under the...
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On the spider's trail
The humble garden spider has inspired an international group of scientists aiming to develop the toughest materials yet. Spiders' silk is one of the toughest materials known to man, able to absorb...
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Nurses are not carrying on
As applications for places fall short, and NHS shortages reach crisis proportions, nursing education is undergoing its own Dearing-style review. Julia Hinde assess the state of health Nursing now...
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Pubs with no cheer blamed for violence
Landlords who run dirty, untidy pubs may have their surroundings to blame for fights on their premises, new research suggests. Claire Lawrence, lecturer in psychology and security management at...
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All is not well in the gardens
Southampton University's botanic garden faces an uncertain future as its role as a teaching resource diminishes. Although the one-hectare valley garden in the heart of the campus is still under the...
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Greenwich health contract culls 17 jobs
Seventeen nurse lecturers at Greenwich University will lose their jobs following the renegotiation of nurse-education contracts. A one-third cut to the value of the contract between the university...
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OU makes bid for med school
The Open University is joining forces with the universities of Exeter and Plymouth to propose a radical new medical school in the south-west of England, writes Julia Hinde. Based in district general...
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Leicester passes fast-track medical
Leicester University will offer the United Kingdom's first fast-track medical degree, starting in September 1999. Following approval from the General Medical Council, Leicester will introduce the...