Sacked principal seeks tribunal hearing
Stan Mason, former principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, has applied for an industrial tribunal hearing, claiming that he has been unfairly dismissed. The university has warned that Dr Mason,...
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Museums overlooked
University museum collections of national and international importance are at risk because of "severe" funding problems, according to the Museums and Galleries Commission. Giving evidence recently to...
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Budget ignorance leaves colleges 'blind' in consultation
Scottish further education colleges are being asked to "shoot blind" in consultation on a new funding formula in the absence of information on the sector's budget, the Association of Scottish...
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Scots lead on contract staff
Scotland is in the vanguard of creating a better deal for contract research staff, according to Gus Pennington, acting director of the Universities and Colleges Staff Development Agency. He told a...
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No new research cash offered
Scientists were dismayed but not surprised as Margaret Beckett, president of the Board of Trade, failed to commit any new money for research in a speech last week to Save British Science. Although Ms...
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Infrastructure crisis facing Britain's universities is urgent
The infrastructure crisis facing Britain's universities is urgent and should be addressed soon and not wait until the end of the comprehensive spending review, the Royal Society heard. Sir Aaron Klug...
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Scottish Office adds Pounds 17 million extra funding
The Scottish Office this week added Pounds 17 million to next year's planned Pounds 653 million higher education funding. The rise for Scottish further education will be Pounds 8 million, taking...
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Highlands officials push to keep EU funds
Highlands and Islands Enterprise Development Agency officials this week lobbied Scottish MEPs for continued European Objective 1 funding after 1999. The funds, to help cut economic disparities...
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Funding councils rejig under Welsh assembly
The Government of Wales Bill, published last week, confirms that the National Assembly will gain some powers over the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils of Wales. The FEFCW will come...
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Pom-pom skirt
(Photograph) - A model from the Bunka Women's University, Japan, wears a sculpted rubber creation at a fashion extravaganza held at the Albert Hall, Nottingham, to mark the leading fashion institute'...
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Oxford colleges should show admissions stats
Oxford University should reveal admissions statistics for each college to show its commitment to raising state schools intakes, Labour MP John Grogan, former president of Oxford Student Union, said...
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Teacher trainers in trouble after re-inspection
Two higher education teacher trainers are under threat after parts of their provision were deemed "poor" following re-inspection by the Office of Standards in Education. University of Derby and Bath...
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No need for new entry standards, Millett says
Teacher Training Agency chief Anthea Millett rejected the recommendation of the House of Commons select committee on education that there should be a new minimum standard for entry to initial teacher...
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Natfhe vote for general secretary nears close
Natfhe members will know next Friday who will be general secretary. The ballot will close on Monday. The candidates are Vicky Seddon, Paul Mackney, Kate Heasman, Andrea Kenneally and Fawzi Abrahim....
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'Weigh impact of policies' on lifelong learning
Government policies and projects should have a lifelong learning "impact assessment", Judith Summers, chair of adult learners network NIACE and a director at Macclesfield College, said this week at a...