Sacked examiners win apology and settlement
Five A-level examiners sacked last year after the Schools Curriculum and Assessment Authority accused them of "serious misconduct" have been given an unconditional apology. The examiners were sacked...
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Password to global understanding
A new overseas qualification has been launched to help universities judge applications from abroad. Examinations and awarding body EDEXCEL has developed Password to standardise qualifications from...
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Higher and further ties the knot
Two pioneering mergers between higher and further education institutions were up for approval this week. Derby University was given the go-ahead by the Further Education Funding Council this week for...
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SHEFC appoints Shaw's successor
Industrialist Chris Masters will become the new chairman of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council on June 1. He succeeds Sir John Shaw, chair since SHEFC was set up in 1992. Dr Masters,...
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Students protest against fees
Students lobbied Parliament on Wednesday in protest against plans to levy tuition fees and abolish grants. Maverick Labour MP Ken Livingstone, former Labour education minister Lord Glenamara, Natfhe...
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Nuclear physicists join funding fray
From next year, Britain's nuclear physicists will have to compete with other physics disciplines for funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. For the past five years they...
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Plymouth opens gambling centre
Britain's first university centre for research into gambling has opened at Plymouth University. The centre, part of the faculty of human sciences, will study gambling's social impact. To mark the...
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Science outside DTI limits
Margaret Beckett, president of the Board of Trade, told the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee's annual meeting this week that the science budget will be treated separately from the rest of the...
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Help urged for data novices
Research students need to be taught how to handle experimental data and when to select and reject results, the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Philadelphia heard last week,...
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Lobby points to postgrad plight
The government must address funding for postgraduate students if it is sincere about promoting equal access and lifelong learning, according to the National Postgraduate Committee. This should...
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Jilted giant blames Glaxo
Pharmaceuticals giants Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham called off their Pounds 120 billion merger this week because of problems in agreeing to a board structure for the new company and...
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Bosses recruit from the top
Universities' demands for the right to charge differential tuition fees received an 11th-hour reprieve this week as the government's plan to deny them moved nearer the statute book. Shadow education...
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Costs survey under wraps
A reappraisal of the full indirect costs of university research is close to completion, and the results are likely to influence the government's decision on dual support. Consultants Coopers and...
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Humanities reprieve
CONTROVERSIAL moves to rationalise funding between arts and science subjects will be dropped in 1998-99 to make money available for humanities research. The Higher Education Funding Council for...
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Pill palaver
(Photograph) - Not happy with just protesting against tuition fees this week, Leeds student union also took to the streets to demonstrate against alleged government plans to charge for the...