Researchers attack DFEE contracts
Education research leaders have accused the government of undermining the validity of their research into policy initiatives. New research contracts from the Department for Education and Employment...
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Funders strive for research formula
The national interest and international standing of subjects could dictate how some research money is awarded from next year. But the Higher Education Funding Council for England is struggling to...
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UACE calls for split in education research
Education research should be split into two distinct fields for assessment purposes, according to the Universities Association for Continuing Education. In response to consultation on the future of...
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Glasgow stalker quits
A business administration professor found guilty of stalking his former secretary has resigned from Glasgow Caledonian University during an internal inquiry into his behaviour. Gordon Anderson was...
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Kingston questions Ofsted's integrity
Procedures to withdraw Kingston University's accreditation to provide teacher training have been initiated by the Teacher Training Agency following an inspection report by Ofsted. Ofsted found the...
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HE development unites Ireland's extremes
A higher education project is to be built on a site destroyed in the IRA's Remembrance Day bomb in Enniskillen. The Pounds 4.5 million scheme, devised by Fermanagh County Council and the University...
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Cambridge lights lost
At an estimated cost of tens of thousands of pounds, Cambridge University has lost its six-year battle to erect floodlights at its athletics track. Opposition came from neighbouring scientists at the...
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Medical students may switch to journalism
A novel course in medical journalism has been validated by the University of Westminster and will start next October. The one-year BA is open to the UK's 20,000 medical students after two years...
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State pupils beat independent
Students from state schools do better at the old universities than their independent counterparts. That is the finding of a study of all full-time students in all subjects at the old universities...
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Mature students put off by fees
Mature students have been deterred by tuition fees and more undergraduates are living at home because of higher costs, according to university admissions figures for 1998-99. The figures from the...
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Call for equality in medical schools
New guidelines are to be brought in to ensure equal opportunities in UK medical schools, following a study by the Council of Heads of Medical Schools that found that students from different ethnic...
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University for Industry gets Pounds 40 million more
The government this week announced it will provide an extra Pounds 40 million for the University for Industry, but one of its key lifelong learning advisors dismissed the flagship skills project as "...
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Body of work
(Photograph) - Advertising mogul and art collector Charles Saatchi is donating 130 pieces from his collection to create scholarship bursaries for students attending four of his favourite art colleges...
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OU restyles degreesto protect its patch
The Open University is to offer named degrees in an effort to protect its position in the part-time and mature student market. From 2000, OU students will be able to choose from 20 honours degree...
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Fifty lose jobs in Royal Greenwich Observatory closure
The 323-year-old Royal Greenwich Observatory at Cambridge will close next Friday. Five of its 120 staff are transferring to a new astronomy technology centre at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, which...