ILA scheme may have lost millions to fraudsters
Tens of millions of pounds could have been lost to fraud because the government bungled the introduction of individual learning accounts, the public spending watchdog reports today. The National...
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Manchester merger gets green light
The proposed merger of Manchester University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology will go ahead, the councils of the two institutions decided on Wednesday evening....
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In the news: Sir George Bain
Canadian-born George Bain, vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, has an easy affability and charm, and an open manner. But he has never shied away from uncomfortable decisions and he is...
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Don's diary: Sarajevo summer school
Friday It would be hard to imagine a more idyllic location: a garden in Montparnasse on a late summer's day. I am drinking coffee, reading Le Monde and waiting for a friend. I talk to two of the...
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Time to raise collateral to halt the slide in value
Malcolm Brynin suggests some ways for the government to address the declining value of a degree We all believe in higher education, particularly those of us who are engaged in it professionally....
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Why I...believe full fees and bursaries are the only way forward
We all agree that universities are under-funded. Successive governments for 30 or more years have neglected their responsibilities to higher education. Our buildings are in a state of disrepair and...
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Freedom in federation
More important than whether UCL and Imperial merge is whether they remain part of the University of London, argues Graham Zellick. Mergers are not new in the University of London. Over the past...
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Cost of merger is more than fees
If UCL and Imperial merge, it could spell the end for some of London's smaller colleges, warns Geoffrey Alderman. The proposal made by its rector Sir Richard Sykes, that Imperial College should...
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Salford airs fears after fire
After a fire destroyed part of its chemistry building on Sunday night, Salford University has urged fire-service unions to agree to respond to incidents in public institutions in the event of a...
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UK science 'unsustainable'
The Cross Cutting Review of Science and Research published this week describes the research funding situation in UK universities as "unsustainable in the medium to long term". It also warns that any...
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Imperial costs most in market
The market-rate tuition fee for a science degree is more than £10,000 a year at ten universities in the UK. The revelation comes a week after Imperial College, London, approved proposals to charge...
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