'No red tape, no strings' for ERC
The proposed European Research Council should support curiosity-driven research and spend funds handed over by the European Union with no strings attached, a scholarly association says. In its second...
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Does an early start work?
As clearing gets under way, we look at post-qualification admission systems abroad. How do other countries deal with matching applicants to places? In the UK, universities are embroiled in the...
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New Zealand: Past efforts are given greater emphasis
New Zealand Adapting to a new standards-based system of assessment for secondary school students is the challenge for New Zealand universities' admission procedures, writes Richard Thomson. From 2004...
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Ireland: System under fire but suits small country
Ireland "Brutal but fair" is the description often given to the system used to select university students in Ireland. Applications are made in January but offers are made only after the leaving...
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US: Controversial test is due to be revamped
US Controversy over standardised university admissions examinations in the US has made them as much a test of wills as a test of student aptitude, writes Jon Marcus. On one side of the debate are...
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Germany: Tried and trusted but very complicated
Germany Post-qualification entry into universities in Germany has been the norm since the 1950s and, although the German educational system is not flawless, the process has proved successful with an...
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Mature learners are in need of flexible friends
Hefce must put its money where its mouth is when it comes to part-time students, says David Latchman It is increasingly being recognised that the government's target of 50 per cent of 18 to 30-year-...
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Next week
Community service Are universities serving their constituents? A special preview examines the issues before the Association of Commonwealth Universities' meeting in Belfast Also E university: Why has...
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Alison Wolf
...and look at porn without the benefit of a publicly funded campaign' With all the breathless excitement of a cheerleader, the government is relentlessly plugging e-learning. Why? I have just...
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Ministers to probe BA's 'old-boy bias'
The government is investigating allegations of "old-boy favouritism" at the British Academy after a storm of controversy over its £2 million centenary research award. The Department for Education and...
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TV chef is now as sick as a parrotfish
Celebrity chef Sophie Grigson reacted with discomfort this week to an academic's claim that one of her recipes might contribute to the extinction of coral reefs. In her book Fish, which she co-...
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In the news: David Southwood
If David Southwood, director of science at the European Space Agency (Esa), chose space science because he wanted to be like Captain Kirk, he is on the right track. Next month, the agency plans to...
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Appointments
The British Academy has elected officers for 2003-04: W. G. Runciman (president), R. J. P. Kain (treasurer), C. N. J. Mann (foreign secretary), D. J. McKitterick (publications secretary), R. J....
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Elite bag the best through clearing
Tensions are running high as A-level grades rise and selection becomes more difficult. The THES reports. Elite universities were quick to snap up the best students through clearing this year, leaving...
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Entrance tests will favour wealthy
The proliferation of entry tests for university is raising concerns that rich students will be able to pay for coaching denied to poorer state-school applicants, writes Claire Sanders. Sir Peter...