Scotland keeps trainee teachers on target
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has eased pressures on teacher education institutions by maintaining next year's student intakes. SHEFC has taken over from the Scottish Office Education...
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Flaws in grading process
The growing credibility of Advanced General National Vocational Qualifications is threatened by flaws in the grading process, a report from the Office for Standards in Education said this week....
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Whipping up support
(Photograph) - Whipping up support: students outside Wakefield Cathedral joined in Wednesday's Day of Action, organised by the National Union of Students and supported by teaching unions. NUS claimed...
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Snow skips low slopes
Scotland's skiing industry may soon struggle to cater for novice skiers as increasingly mild winters take their toll on the nursery slopes. But climate experts have found that, contrary to earlier...
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Report backs firing
John Sizer, chief executive of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, has strongly condemned Stan Mason, former principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, for abusing his authority and...
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Womens' posts too low
The number of women applying to academic posts is "worryingly low" at some of Cambridge University's schools, a report into the university's equal opportunities performance has found, writes Phil...
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Lords braced for third reading
The Teaching and Higher Education Bill, defeated twice at report stage in the House of Lords on Monday, faces a fresh reverse next Tuesday when it goes to a final third reading. Baroness Blatch,...
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Principals query cuts logic
SCotland is being unfairly hit by spending cuts because of a perception that it enjoys higher funding than other parts of the United Kingdom, according to principals. The Committee of Scottish Higher...
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Scots reform for fast-track degree
Scottish education minister Brian Wilson has said that students with the proposed Advanced Highers should be treated like A-level entrants who are allowed to skip part of a degree course. Mr Wilson...
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Good news, please
Much wringing of hands at The THES last week after the secretary of state for education and employment accused us on national radio of "whingeing" about his plans to reskill the nation. We want to be...
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Green and efficient
In this spirit, well done to Mr Blunkett himself. His thoughtful department is saving university and college heads from mountains of paperwork. Many have told of how the DFEE has not delivered them a...
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Discourtesy call
Opposition peers have found the Achilles' heel of the normally unflappable Baroness Blackstone: her decorum. The rare moment of humility from the baroness came amid last week's hullabaloo in the...
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Hair-raising sight
After the government's loss of votes during the report stage of the higher education bill, the biggest shock was the sight of Lord Desai, the LSE economist with the Don King hairstyle, going into the...
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European means
Has Lord Baker spotted the hidden agenda integrating the different bits of the government's seemingly chaotic post-compulsory school policy? Noting the administrative demands of means testing 70,000...
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Historical votes
They may have produced their best voting strength for years in the Lords, but the Liberal Democrats are still haunted by history. Among the 16 cross-benchers who helped give the government its...