No clue of fee axe
Ninety per cent of the poorest Scottish pupils are unaware that Scotland axed upfront tuition fees in 2000 and believe they will be liable for costs of between £500 and £16,000 a year, according to a...
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English face Scots surcharge
The Scottish Executive may charge English students a premium to study medicine north of the border in a bid to boost recruitment to Scotland's National Health Service by training more native doctors...
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Welsh v-cs oppose 'Trojan Horse' Bill clause
Welsh vice-chancellors have described a clause in the Higher Education Bill as a "Trojan Horse" that threatens university autonomy, writes Tony Tysome. The clause, which applies only to Welsh...
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Support is lacking for minority students
Universities are failing to adequately support ethnic minority students in their academic studies and in their search for graduate employment, a report to ministers suggests. Research led by the...
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'I never got any help'
Deepika Bharadwa has just graduated in English from Leicester University, but she is appealing against her 2:2 degree classification. She says she can understand why ethnic minority students feel...
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Good bet for students
Hundreds of cash-strapped students will profit from gambling this summer - not as punters but as bookies. A study by the Royal Bank of Scotland has found that about 1,500 university students plan to...
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Quarterly BBSRC bids
Scientists will have twice as many opportunities as before to bid for funding when the Biotechnolgy and Biological Sciences Research Council moves from two grant rounds a year to four. The first...
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£16.5m stem-cell centre
Cambridge University has won a £1.5 million grant to establish a centre of excellence in stem-cell research. The £16.5 million centre, which will be directed by US scientist Roger Pederson, will...
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Doctors get a free look
Academics will soon be able to enjoy free access to a significant archive of medical journals thanks to a £1.25 million project funded by the Wellcome Trust. The trust has teamed up with the Joint...
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Hutton honoured
Lord Hutton, author of the controversial report on the death of Government scientist David Kelly, received an honourary doctorate from Ulster University this week despite widespread protests from...
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Sum rise for teachers
Mathematics graduates will be given an extra £2,000 if they train to become teachers as part of a raft of measures unveiled this week in the Government's response to Adrian Smith's report on falling...
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Tarty T-shirt trend could signal 'UR an anxious girl'
The cheeky T-shirt slogan might suggest that today's woman is more outgoing and sexually liberated than ever before. But a new study indicates that anxiety and peer pressure to appear more confident...
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Create social sciences union to win resources, researchers say
A social sciences "trade union" is needed to press the disciplines' case for more European research and development cash, a report says this week, writes Alison Utley. The social sciences are key to...
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Humanities losing cash to science, BA fears
Arts, humanities and social science scholarship is suffering financially because it is seen as lightweight compared with science research, according to a review by the British Academy. The review,...
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Hire a curly wig and wave your pointy stick...
Hire a curly wig and wave your pointy stick if you want to improve your performance review and enhance your enjoyment of work, suggests Valerie Atkinson. Come on, own up. There must be someone out...