Scots price up tuition
One of the first tasks faced by Scotland's new Lifelong Learning Minister and Deputy First Minister will be to set the new level of tuition fees in response to top-up fees in England. Nichol Stephen...
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Correction
The Rootstein Hopkins chair of drawing, held by Stephen Farthing (Times Higher, June 10), is an appointment made by the University of the Arts London across the whole institution and is not just a...
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'Desperation' spurs online loan revolt
A website urging graduates to refuse to repay their student loans in protest at the Government's student funding policy has been branded irresponsible by the Higher Education Minister. The anonymous...
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Market prompts bursary reviews
Two universities have sought official permission to improve the bursaries they will offer undergraduates in 2006 amid signs of market forces at work in higher education. Three months after their...
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Hefce plays down closures
There is no need for a "great moral panic" if university courses close in future, funding chiefs declared this week as they ruled out creating a "central command-and-control" system to protect...
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RAE ratings 'link' to vulnerable departments
Evidence of a link between research ratings and course closures was included in the Higher Education Funding Council for England's report to ministers about strategically important subjects. Hefce...
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Derby says it can't honour all offers
Derby University has written to all applicants holding an "insurance" place on its diagnostic radiography course this September to tell them it cannot honour the offers and that they should seek...
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A solution to the problem or a change that brings confusion?
Helen White , who teaches on an early childhood studies degree course at Stockport College, thinks lecturers will be more involved in the development of foundation degrees validated nationally. She...
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Scheme to validate foundation degrees is met with caution
College lecturers and heads have given a mixed response to the launch of a national validation service for foundation degrees. Some believe that the service, offered by the University Vocational...
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Pay offer rejected as unions bide time
The academic trade unions have forced employers to scrap plans to tie staff into a two-year pay deal, hoping that their claim for better salaries will be boosted next year by extra income from the...
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Lonely pets can have a ball while owner is at work
A product design student at Robert Gordon University has created a "friend" to entertain home-alone dogs that suffer from stress and anxiety, writes Olga Wojtas. Gayle Walker, who graduates this...
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Welsh fee deal 'may cost jobs'
An "historic" deal on top-up fees in Wales could threaten lecturers' jobs by allowing the Assembly to "fudge" a promise to tackle a £330 million funding gap between higher education in Wales and the...
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Research elite fear high cost of quality test
ߣߣÊÓƵn universities expect to face their first research quality assessment a year later than federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson had planned - in 2007, rather than 2006 - and leading...
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SA speeds up in space race
Space science used to be the preserve of a few high-technology countries but a growing number of African nations are developing space capabilities. Last month, South Africa announced plans to set up...
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Toronto staff win work right
Mandatory retirement has been abolished at Canada's largest university and is on the way out in the country's largest province. From July 1, academics and librarians at the University of Toronto can...