Last updated 14/06/2007
EDUCATION - FURTHER EDUCATION
Be more proactive, colleges association told
The Guardian
13/06/2007
'Raise your game and change your name' was the uncomfortable message given to the Association of Colleges yesterday by an independent review of its performance.
Harbour master
The Guardian
12/06/2007
How to put your college at the heart of an urban regeneration? Chair the company that is driving it.
Trailblazer moves in on academies
Times Educational Supplement - FE Focus
08/06/2007
New buildings and better results are promised for two schools as further education prepares to get in on the Government's academies programme for the first time.
EDUCATION - HIGHER EDUCATION
Aim, shoot...miss again
The Guardian
12/06/2007
Despite six years of considerable effort and cash, universities are still failing to attract the poorest young people. Whatever can they try next?
Boycott backlash begins
Times Higher Education Supplement
08/06/2007
UK academics have faced an unprecedented backlash this week as a threatened boycott of Israeli universities raised the spectre of international sanctions against British goods and research.
Google's e-mail for universities
BBC Education News
11/06/2007
Google is expanding its empire into universities - with entire campus e-mail networks switching over to using Google's e-mail service.
'Imams are not the solution to terrorism'
The Guardian
12/06/2007
Muslim spiritual leaders say Blair's call for training in UK universities is misguided.
Lecturers refuse to spy on Muslim students
The Guardian
30/05/2007
Delegates at a meeting of the University and College Union in Bournemouth unanimously rejected government guidelines which they said could lead to staff being instructed by universities to report students for extremism.
Scottish students to get free degrees
The Guardian
13/06/2007
Scottish students will no longer have to pay for their undergraduate degree courses under proposals due to be announced later today.
Student fear over lodgings law
BBC Education News
12/06/2007
The National Union of Students is sounding a warning about legislation that it says could limit the number of houses of multiple occupation (HMOs).
Sustainable grounds for campus growth
Times Higher Education Supplement
08/06/2007
Universities must court students keen to be green. Universities will have to go green to stay competitive, according to the student campaign group behind a new league table that ranks universities on their environmental credentials.
Universities urged to combat campus anti-semitism
The Guardian
13/06/2007
Student unions must be brought within the Race Relations Amendment Act to protect Jewish students and university leaders must crack down on anti-semitism on campus, Lady Deech, the independent adjudicator for higher education urged last night.
University funding crisis 'risks UK's reputation'
The Guardian
12/06/2007
The chair of the National Student Survey steering group has warned that the government needs to review higher education funding to prevent the UK losing its international standing.
