GM business eyes US
German firm BASF, one of Europe's leading proponents of genetic modification technology, could follow agribusiness Syngenta's lead by pursuing its research into GM crops in the US. Jurgen Hambrecht,...
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Treasury chastised
The Treasury's decision to exclude other government departments from discussions about the £65 million Cambridge-MIT Institute was "difficult to justify", according to a report by the House of...
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Merged union likely
A single super-union representing more than 100,000 lecturers could be agreed by next spring following talks between Natfhe and the Association of University Teachers. Following a meeting hosted by...
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Club together to get more cash, Oxford colleges told
Oxford University should follow the example of Yale and Harvard universities and establish a single in-house "investment club" to make better use of its £2.1 billion in assets, two influential...
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Watchdog warning over state intrusion
QAA chair says self-review at risk if standards aren't upheld. Phil Baty reports. Universities could face intrusive Ofsted-style inspections if the current system for monitoring academic standards...
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Lengthy code gets a rewrite
The code of practice detailing how universities should uphold their academic standards spans ten separate volumes, is more than 200 pages long and has, up to now, weighed heavy on the consciences of...
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V-cs criticise 'unacceptable' inconsistency among reviewers
Universities can be publicly damned or praised depending on which reviewers turn up to undertake inspections, it was claimed this week. Academics and vice-chancellors criticised the "inconsistency"...
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Gats fear spurs action on quality
International university leaders are striving to build a framework to regulate delivery of quality higher education across national boundaries, which they hope will head off initiatives such as the...
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Euro network to dish out advice on reform
A think-tank based at Munich University has been contracted by the European Commission to publicise research findings on university reform. Ludger Wössmann, head of the university's human capital and...
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Bugged-off students down their insect nets
Biology students at a Swedish university are refusing to kill insects on ethical grounds. They argue that the university should encourage future ecologists to show more respect for nature. Maria...
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Aussie reforms doomed
ߣߣÊÓƵ's higher education reforms are likely to "implode" within four years, a former education bureaucrat said last week. Michael Gallagher, one-time head of the Federal Education Department's...
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US college criticised over Taco Bell Arena
American universities are courting controversy by selling naming rights to corporations to pay for major construction projects. The basketball arena at Boise State University has been renamed for the...
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Loan firm aims to aid middle class
The University of British Columbia in Vancouver is investigating a deal with a private loan company that will bail out middle-class students who fail to qualify for government financial aid schemes....
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French crisis cash
François Fillon, France's Minister for Education and Research, said he would release emergency funds after university presidents threatened to close university buildings that are not up to scratch....
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Canberra
A federal fellowship scheme has lured 25 top international scientists to ߣߣÊÓƵ. The academics, mainly employed at US and the UK institutions, include three from Oxford University, one from...