Fellows job plan under attack
A new scheme to create 1,000 permanent research positions for young academics could fall foul of the current state of flux in higher education, said one of the government's most outspoken MPs. The £...
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Cambridge in QAA firing line
Cambridge University will be criticised for exercising insufficient "vigilance" over degrees awarded in its name when its first quality assurance audit for 11 years is published next month. According...
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US inspires college rejig
One of the biggest reorganisations of further education in England may lead to the creation of Britain's first US-style community college system. Among the options being considered by Nottinghamshire...
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Medical training board selection sparks fears of bias
The appointments procedure for the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board has reignited fears that the board will not be sufficiently independent of government. Peter Hutton, chair of the...
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Whistleblowers: Minister backs BA in 'favouritism' dispute
The government was accused of allowing the British Academy to be "both judge and jury" over its accountability for millions of pounds of public money this week, as ministers decided to take no action...
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Donny set for take-off
Learning passports and a new airport will help Doncaster launch its plans for a university, says Claire Sanders. Anyone who doubts the value of a university to its local area should visit Doncaster....
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Off campus, off the scene
Home-based students suffer socially but not academically, writes Alison Utley. Stay-at-home students make fewer friends than those who go away to study and miss out on important elements of...
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Islands act over technology gap
Trinidad and Tobago, the second largest component of the University of the West Indies, has decided to launch its own university because its government thinks the islands do not receive enough higher...
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State ideology on Belarus syllabus
Belarusian students returning to university this year are facing compulsory courses on the "fundamentals of state ideology". Although the government has said that "Soviet-style brainwashing" is not...
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Rankings for qualifications
Malaysia is to create a framework for ranking all tertiary-level qualifications. The government hoped that pegging different qualifications against each other would give employers and professional...
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V-cs in discussions on South African shake-up
A change to South Africa's school system that adds a formalised period of further education after nine years of schooling will have a significant impact on higher education, say universities and...
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Scientists fear break up of Aussie research body
Staff at ߣߣÊÓƵ's principal research organisation fear that the nation's universities want it broken up so they can sift through the pieces and take the best sections for themselves. The 80-year-...
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NZ two-tier focus warning
Waikato University vice-chancellor Bryan Gould has warned that the way New Zealand's universities are to be funded will favour a few at the expense of the rest. New Zealand risks sacrificing a world-...
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Ministers must trade grants for top-up fees
The phoney war is over. This week, the real battle over top-up fees - and with them the future shape of higher education - began in earnest. Higher education minister Alan Johnson was predictably...
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Will our legacy be great idiots savants of history?
Universities must reclaim their role as instillers of values as well as imparters of knowledge, argues Alan Gilbert Something must be done to make human life on earth more equitable. Being an agent...