Quality chiefs say no to unity
Quality chiefs have set out to reassure universities and colleges that they are not planning a national curriculum for higher education. Proposed new subject benchmarks setting a "threshold" standard...
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Conference
Speaking at the conference, Scottish education minister Brian Wilson said the QAA's structure provided an important and appropriate balance between United Kingdom and Scottish interests, writes Olga...
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Howells outlines UFI vision
Universities and colleges must be prepared to act as "regional powerhouses" directly involved in working with the new University for Industry, Kim Howells, the lifelong learning minister, said this...
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Top university may collapse
Telephones and power at Zambia's leading university might be cut off as fears mount that the university may not reopen. A financial crisis at the University of Zambia forced its temporary closure six...
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Global credit transfer
A WORLDWIDE network of major research universities is to draw up plans for its own credit-transfer scheme within the next six months. The Universitas 21 group decided at its second annual conference...
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Academic tale of audit overload
Huw Richards on the Political Studies Association conference ACCOUNTABILITY is one of the buzzwords of the 1990s, widely acknowledged as a good thing. But you can have too much of a good thing,...
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Wheeler dealing of Tsar Boris
Huw Richards on the Political Studies Association conference BORIS Yeltsin's recent sacking of his government was spectacular and unexpected but fits logically into the pattern of events since he...
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Hundred years war
(Photograph) - Hooded students in Guatemala City carry a float in a parade that has been held every April for 100 years. It is traditionally part sophisticated political protest and a larger part...
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A Luciano Nezzo painting
(Photograph) - Mouth piece: Luciano Nezzo's painting of a surgeon holding a dental key behind his back is part of an exhibition of 'Needles in Medical History' at the Wellcome Trust's History of...
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Where there's muck there's brass
(Photograph) - How the Scottish Agricultural College makes millions from services to the country's farmers. Twelve pages of Research news, grants and jobs, pages R1 R12
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Fact File
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings reveal that: * 7.7 per cent of male first-degree students obtained first-class degrees. * 6.3 per cent of female first-degree students obtained first...
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Hunting countries gather most guns
COUNTRIES with a hunting tradition have the highest rates of gun ownership in Europe, but this does not necessarily lead to higher crime rates, Leicester University research has found. An analysis of...
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Children Act 'fails youngsters leaving care'
THE LAW fails to protect young people when they leave care, according to the first-ever national overview of leaving care across England and Wales. In Young People Leaving Care: Life After the...
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Aerosol aids search for cystic fibrosis cure
Medical scientists at Dundee University are working with colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong to tackle cystic fibrosis, the most common fatal inherited disease in Western Europe. The...
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Couch potatoes switch on to courses
BEING a couch potato can lead to higher education, according to the BBC. BBC Education has commissioned John Storan, director of South Bank University's continuing education centre, to investigate...