This image, Boat building at Anstruther, was taken in 1973 by George Allan Little (1919-98), a Dundee banker who in his forties decided to embark on a career as a photographer.
The University and College Union has called for a full ballot on changes to higher education’s largest pension scheme after 96 per cent of voters in its online “referendum” rejected the employers’ plans.
The student complaints body is pressing ahead with plans to publish more details about the cases it handles, despite universities’ concerns that their reputations could be damaged.
The tuition fee cap in England is set to rise to ?9,000 after the coalition government survived a rebellion from Liberal Democrat backbenchers to win a House of Commons vote.
The government’s promise to strengthen measures to protect access to universities if the cap on fees rises to ?9,000 has been broken, it has been claimed.
More than 1,200 people working in the global education sector have descended upon Doha, in Qatar, for the second annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE).
A cross-party committee of MPs has criticised officials for failing to take prompt action to address problems with the Student Loans Company that left thousands of students without financial support.
An attempt by Universities UK to get all vice-chancellors to support the rise in tuition fees has failed after a number refused to sign an open letter on the issue.
Education is often touted as a panacea for social unrest, an aphorism now being put to the test with the launch of an international university that bridges the Turkish and German academies.