Good teaching carrot

How to reward universities financially for excellence in teaching is for the first time a subject of a new funding council committee study, chaired by Ron Cooke, vice-chancellor of York University.

The committee is charged with creating a coordinated approach to learning and teaching for the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The council has previously funded single projects on good teaching practice. A spokeswoman said the move was a reflection of the raised status of university teaching.