Spoken spelling
The Queen's English Society blamed a failure in the teaching of grammar in schools and a lack of correction on the poor spelling performance of undergraduates (THES, October 2). Established spelling...
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Stakeholders win quality battle
Voices of students and employers have taken precedence over the higher education sector in shaping the new standards regime for universities, quality chiefs said as they unveiled the new quality...
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FE lags behind schools
Schools and sixth-form colleges still outstrip further education colleges in average points scored by students taking A levels and vocational qualifications. Provisional figures from the Department...
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MP bill to equalise sixth-form funding
Labour MP David Chaytor (Bury North), chairman of the Commons all-party adult education group, will propose his school and colleges funding bill next Wednesday. He is using the ten minute-rule bill...
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Arts and Humanities Board gets into gear
Advertisements will go out in the next few days for administrators of the Arts and Humanities Research Board. The council holds its first meeting today. Its London base at the British Academy...
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Blackstone at tribunal over racism claims
Higher and further education minister Tessa Blackstone this week appeared before an industrial tribunal to answer a former employee's claims of racism. Baroness Blackstone, master of London...
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Institutions consider London lobby group
London's university and college heads will be asked to address regionalisation by forming an umbrella body to promote higher education in the capital. The heads of all 40 or so London higher...
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Student union plans to hold fees in protest
Reading University student union is asking new students to pay tuition fees into a holding account to register disapproval of the government's decision to levy fees. The union says it wants to unite...
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QAA warns about quality overseas
Quality inspectors have warned against the rapid expansion of lucrative franchise arrangements in India by Thames Valley University and have expressed concerns about "serious weaknesses" in the...
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Training body says give bosses lead on TECs
Employers should have more say in planning further and higher education by taking the lead in the strategic development of training and enterprise councils, national training organisations have told...
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Principal attacked for rape case comments
Struther Arnott, principal of St Andrews University, has been condemned for comments that seem to question a former student's account of her rape during an exchange trip to Odessa in Ukraine. Erin...
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UfI name is 'outdated and in need of change'
The University for Industry name is "misleading" and too reminscent of "old-style socialism", says the Professional Association of Teachers' further and higher education committee. The committee,...
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OU faces shame as Ofsted finds PGCE unacceptable
The Teacher Training Agency began the process of withdrawing accreditation from the Open University's teacher training programmes this week following publication of a damaging Ofsted report. The...
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Selected responses from The THES Survey
Q Are you happy with the current inspection regime? A "If I tell you we've had approximately 15 inspections since I came here three years ago, that will answer your question. No other group is...
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Queen's staff vent fury at planned job cuts
More than 150 academics have spoken out in opposition to radical restructuring at Queen's University, Belfast, initiated by the new vice-chancellor, George Bain. Fifty-three academics from Queen's...