Conservatives propose research shake-up
Sweeping reforms of UK research funding, which would see the Arts and Humanities Research Council brought under central government control and mergers between other research councils, have been...
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Shadow says to put industry first
A new type of university dedicated to serving industry needs has been proposed by the Conservative Shadow Minister for Higher Education. Rob Wilson told The Times Higher in an interview ahead of the...
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PM offers vision of 'opportunity' for all
Too few people from poor backgrounds are going to university, the Prime Minister said this week in a clear signal that the drive to widen access will continue. In his first Labour Party conference as...
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Cuts pose threat to adult learning
A decision to cut funding to students studying for second degrees or equivalent higher education qualifications could prove "a catastrophic blow" to lifelong learning departments, forcing centres...
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Wave study on the rise
A £15 million institute for research into harnessing the energy from the sea is being set up by the universities of Exeter and Plymouth. The Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy...
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A-level resits continue
Students will continue to be allowed to resit failed A-level modules as often as they like, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has confirmed. QCA chief executive Ken Boston said: "There is...
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Dental school opens
A new dental school is to open at the University of Central Lancashire next month. The £5.25 million school will be headed by Lawrence Mair. It will offer state-of-the-art technologies, including a "...
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Leeds teamwork
Academic entrepreneur Tony Marchington has teamed up with Leeds University to offer outsourced research and development in membrane biology to pharmaceutical, biotech and agrochemical companies. Dr...
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Manchester looks up
Manchester University is developing technology for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope that will help astronomers process information it gathers. The £1.1 billion telescope will be 200...
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Interim appointment
Steve Visscher has been named interim chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, during the search to replace Julia Goodfellow, who left to become vice-chancellor...
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Part-time effort for full-time degrees?
Survey finds that contact time and study required at undergraduate level in England is far below the European average, reports Rebecca Attwood England's undergraduate degrees are the least onerous in...
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Increased pester power adds to lecturers' burden
Academics are spending the equivalent of an extra ten-person seminar a week on unscheduled contact with students. Hepi's survey of 15,000 students has revealed the extent of students' demands on...
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Medieval lending
Financial experts from Reading University are to investigate how medieval credit finance arrangements have formed the basis for today's loans systems. Chris Brooks and Adrian Bell have been awarded...
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Chemistry accolade
Derek Stevenson of Surrey University is to receive one of the Royal Society of Chemistry's major career awards at the RSC annual congress and award dinner in November. Dr Stevenson is to receive a...
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Sign language grant
A grant of £1.2 million to create a computerised collection of language recordings of British Sign Language has been awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council to Bristol University,...