Benefits relief
Students from poor backgrounds will be entitled to social security benefits whether or not they get a grant or bursary, the Government has announced. This will be welcomed by vice-chancellors such as...
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Kelly makes the grades
Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary, vowed to boost the attainment of some of England's most deprived youngsters this week, saying it would improve progression from school to university. In a speech...
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UK needs links with US as well as Asia
British researchers are so eager to forge relationships with China and India that they are neglecting more profitable opportunities in the US, a report warned this week, writes Anna Fazackerley. Sir...
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Hotshots tipped to head new institute
Anna Fazackerley examines likely candidates for chief executive of a billion-pound medical research fund. Treasury plans to create a British version of the National Institutes of Health in the US...
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Business pans idea of Europe institute
UK business joined the fight against a European Institute of Technology this week, adding to the chorus of criticism from vice-chancellors and politicians. John Cridland, deputy director general of...
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Leeds Met fees net high interest
Applications to the university with the lowest fees in the UK have grown by more than 12 per cent, against a national decline of 3.2 per cent. Leeds Metropolitan University is processing ,125...
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Wandering window
Wandering window: after a 96-year journey that took it halfway round the world, the Fabian Window, designed by George Bernard Shaw in 1910 to commemorate the Fabian Society, has finally found a home...
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Major grant shake-up on cards under new metrics
Cranfield University would stand to earn millions of pounds more a year if block research grants were to be distributed on the basis of external research grants won by institutions. But Manchester...
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American Intercontinental first to fail new QAA audit
Quality watchdogs have named the first university found to be failing under the three-year-old light-touch audit regime, writes Phil Baty. The Quality Assurance Agency found "alarmingly low"...
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Course loses quality stamp
Psychology at De Montfort faces loss of accreditation, reports Phil Baty, after claims it inflated teaching numbers. The British Psychological Society was set to withdraw accreditation from De...
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MP urges inquiry into official sanction of grade inflation
Bill Rammell, the Education Minister, has been urged to hold an inquiry after the Quality Assurancy Agency was accused of condoning the upgrading of the exam results of failing students at De...
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Huge leap in alumni giving nets £299m
Universities raised a record £299 million from their alumni last year, £57 million more than the year before. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency reveal that funds raised through...
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High spirits
High spirits: staff, students and graduates from Sheffield University abseiled down Sorby Hall of Residence before its demolition this summer to raise money for charity. Money from the abseil...
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Paris
French universities will have to pay for the clear-up operation and repairs to buildings that were damaged during the weeks of occupations held in protest against the now-abandoned youth employment...
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Dakar
Students and human rights activists staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in the Senegalese capital in protest against the latest murder of an African student in St...