Mickey Mouse professor?
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge, who dubbed courses with high dropout rates "Mickey Mouse" degrees, might like to take a closer look at the University of Cambridge. In last week's issue of...
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* Douglas Tallack , professor of American studies and pro vice-chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nottingham, has replaced Peter Ford as chair of the Universitas 21 steering group....
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Sparkling English nets chic rewards
It may not have been the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, but at least they rolled out the red carpet. The Eltons were billed as the "Oscars for the English-teaching world" by the British Council, which...
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UK urged to review energy research
British investment in energy research and development is "pathetically low", the Commons select committee on science and technology said this week. The committee, which is due to publish its report...
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Vet schools to eye up access
Slaughterhouses will find themselves the subject of an unusual inspection this week as part of an attempt to boost disabled access to veterinary schools. Anne Tynan, director of Diverse, a three-year...
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£8m sport project may boost enrolment
South Bank University has taken over an £8 million National Lottery project to develop sporting opportunities for inner-city 12 to 16-year-olds with the aim of widening university access through...
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Students get a vital quality role
Students are playing a key role in Scotland's radical new quality assurance system, which focuses explicitly on meeting their needs. The streamlined "enhancement-led" system is being implemented by a...
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Book opens on peace
Two Ulster University academics hope they are "opening the door towards peace" with the first book of academic research about the Troubles aimed at a general readership. Owen Hargie and David Dickson...
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Colleges see disaster ahead
College principals have warned the Learning and Skills Council it is in danger of recreating "funding nightmares" of the past, as further education enters the tenth anniversary of its incorporation....
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Dundee's record award
Dundee University has won £15 million in research funding, its largest award ever, through a collaboration between its school of life sciences, the Medical Research Council and six of the world's...
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Kick-off for clinic
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has returned to his native Glasgow to open the Hampden National Stadium Sports Health and Injury Clinic, a partnership involving the Scottish Football...
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Good guidance contract
Nottingham Trent University's Centre for Guidance Studies has been awarded a contract to provide strategic advice to Careers Scotland, the largest single careers' guidance service in Europe. The...
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Wales gets cash boost
Welsh higher education is to get an £8 million funding boost next year to help "reconfigure" the sector through mergers and strategic partnerships, and widen participation, Welsh Assembly education...
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Subject matters
The government's 14-19 education strategy may fail unless it urgently addresses the issue of giving children impartial advice about which subjects they should take at 14 and where to study, says the...
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Widen study, says AoC
College heads have backed suggestions made in an Ofsted report that universities are not doing enough to encourage a broader curriculum in schools and further education. The Association of Colleges...