In the news: John Brennan
John Brennan, who will become chief executive of the Association of Colleges in September, welcomes a challenge. Just as well, for he will have his work cut out in persuading the government to give...
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Appointments
Denise Kingsmill, deputy chair of the Competition Commission and the Design Museum, and author of the Kingsmill Review, has been appointed pro chancellor of Brunel University. Nigel Rodley, professor...
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Top-up will deter 67%
Two-thirds of 16-year-olds may be put off attending university by the introduction of top-up fees, a national poll has found. The Liberal Democrat survey of nearly 2,500 pupils taking GCSE courses in...
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Teaching-focused 'not worthy' of university title
Higher education institutions that concentrate exclusively on teaching may not be worthy of the name university, the chair of the Commons education and skills select committee, Barry Sheerman, warned...
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Prince's poverty remarks praised
St Andrews University's students association has welcomed Prince William's highlighting of student hardship in an interview marking his 21st birthday, writes Olga Wojtas. The prince, who is finishing...
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FE told to fight for contracts
Further education colleges should play a central role in the government's forthcoming skills strategy - but only if they are willing to compete for training contracts with private providers -...
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£134m cash boost for NI colleges
Further education in Northern Ireland has been given a £134 million funding boost. Some £120 million of the cash will be allocated to colleges according to student numbers, enrolment, duration of...
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Keele denies cash 'wheeze' costs
Keele University managers have defended a complex financial deal that union leaders claim will cost the institution £45 million. The managers denied that they failed to take professional advice on...
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Young adults lack support
A key group of young people is being largely ignored as the government reshapes education and training, according to a study. Challenges faced by those aged 19 to 25 are at least as great as those of...
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Ban aimed at toxins focuses on 'wrong targets'
Proposals to ban chemicals that could cause birth defects and reproductive damage to animals may be based on inadequate science, a British professor will tell members of the European Parliament on...
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Scottish research 'must go it alone'
Scotland must go it alone on research funding in the wake of the Roberts report if it does not want to see its research base decimated, a university principal has warned. Bernard King of the...
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Whistleblowers: Journalism staff slated lowering of standards
More than half the former teaching staff at Liverpool John Moores University's journalism department were critical of "a general eagerness to avoid failing any student" when they worked there. In...
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Universities' finances in 'fragile' state, says HSBC
Many UK universities are undercapitalised and near the limit of their ability to borrow, say economists at HSBC bank. Universities are threatened by the planned expansion of further education...
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Troubled find relief in music
A social anthropologist at Queen's University, Belfast, has found that musical memories can help people who have suffered traumatic loss in Northern Ireland's Troubles. Volunteers in Omagh,...
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Why I believe that all UK research output should be online
Stevan Harnad Professor of cognitive science Department of electronics and computer science Southampton University. Unlike journalists or book authors, researchers receive no royalties or fees for...