Dearing set to call for S level revival
The S level examination for high-flying sixth-formers is set to make a comeback after more than a decade in the doldrums. Some admissions tutors are predicting that it could become an essential...
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Exam body link-up
A new joint committee linking the National Council for Vocational Qualifications with the School Curriculum Assessment Authority was launched this week. The committee, announced by Gillian Shephard,...
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All out
(Photograph) - All out: Students from Plymouth University's Exmouth campus staged a "march- out" last week in protest at cuts in higher education.
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Race row marks trainee
A student teacher has accused Nottingham University of "blatant racial discrimination" after an internal inquiry into allegations of procedural irregularities rejected most of her criticisms and...
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Time, brawlers please
British pubs have come under the scrutiny of psychologists at Nottingham University in a plan to teach licensees how to stop drunken brawls. Psychologist Phil Leather said violence was a serious...
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PFI starts rolling
A high-level government committee to examine the scope of the private finance initiative in higher education is to meet later this month amid signs that many institutions are ready to sign up to long...
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Bank thumbs down
The National Union of Students has welcomed the NatWest's decision not to tender for private student loans. NUS president Jim Murphy said that the decision, which follows similar ones by the Midland...
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SNP fund promises
The Scottish National Party claims it would invest around Pounds 240 million in research and development during Scotland's first four years of independence. Higher education would be a key...
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Party time
Student numbers in Scottish higher education institutions rose by around 1 per cent in the current session, according to provisional figures from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. There...
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Foot in the door
Richard Wilson, star of the television sitcom One Foot in the Grave, has been elected rector of Glasgow University for the next three years, beating current rector, TV presenter Johnny Ball, by 1,535...
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Welsh watch
Further education in Wales is to come under Commons scrutiny from the select committee on Welsh affairs. The committee, chaired by Gareth Wardell, Labour MP for the Gower and former geography...
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Red starry eyes
After bitterly rejecting communism just a short time ago, Russia and eastern Europe are falling back into its secure and familiar embrace. Harry Shukman explains an unlikely reconciliation. The...
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Projectionist of the past
Following a career in film studies, Liz-Anne Bawden tells Gail Vines how she is now showing a town's memories at Lyme Regis's museum. Liz-Anne Bawden is proof that there really is life after academia...
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To cut a long Tory short
The culture of power without responsibility heralds not only the end of a government but the disintegration of Conservatism, writes John Gray. We know better than to expect resignations these days -...
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Dropout growth rooted in neglect
Universities and colleges need to provide more support for students to combat growing dropout levels, according to a report from the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Staying or...