Repay £15,000? Nuts to you
Mark McGowan intends to pay his student loan in kind by rolling a peanut across London On September 1, I will start pushing a monkey nut seven miles across London. With my nose. I have just finished...
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12 nations unite to advance stem-cell research
The push to unlock the therapeutic potential of human stem cells has been boosted by an international effort to coordinate research. Twelve top scientific nations, including the UK and US, have...
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Lambert: central controls must go
Universities should be freed from central government management, according to the man charged with seeking industry's views on the running of higher education institutions. Richard Lambert told The...
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Fury over visa extension fee
A government move to charge up to £250 to extend UK student visas has angered overseas student representatives. The UK Council for Overseas Student Affairs, which held its annual conference this week...
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Endowments suffer 'huge hit'
University endowments have fallen in value by 20 per cent in two years, hitting prestigious universities and partly offsetting increased government investment. The first national audit of university...
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US counts costs of plummeting shares
US universities face still deeper budget cuts after endowment values dropped for a third straight year, compounding an existing crisis caused by a decline in government funding and private donations...
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Appointments
Brian Follett, chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Board and professor of zoology at Oxford University, has been named chair to the Teacher Training Agency. Richard Halliwell, former dean of...
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Back bill, Crewe urges red rebels
White paper: Labour rebels warned. Tory unease surfaces. grant threshold raised. The new president of Universities UK has taken on Labour rebels, warning them that if the higher education white paper...
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Party line over fees prompts Tory to quit
An independent education committee set up by the Conservatives to examine policy and practice in schools, colleges and universities has suffered its first resignation. David Dilks, a long-standing...
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Ministers aim to placate critics with move to lift grant threshold
The government has increased the family earnings threshold that will entitle students to the new £1,000 maintenance grant after admitting its original plans would have deprived too many students of...
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Wales accused of top-up retreat
The Welsh Assembly has been accused of bowing to Westminster in a dispute over who should foot the bill if Wales opts out of introducing top-up fees. Education secretary Charles Clarke and Welsh...
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Bac plan will force degree overhaul
Proposals for a new baccalaureate-style qualifications system for 14 to 19-year-olds could mean universities having to redesign degree courses and rethink admissions policies, universities and...
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Next week
Three into one Philosophy associations join forces in Belfast. Liberty bound What do we need to be free? Amartya Sen's Rationality and Freedom is reviewed by John Dunn. Post-Saddam Rebuilding Iraq's...
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New title, new identity
Higher education college leaders have welcomed the news that the London Institute has been awarded a university title. The decision, announced by the government on Tuesday, "sets an important...
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Learn to be a leader
Lancaster University's management school is to lead a consortium to provide a leadership college for the learning and skills sector. The college, to be known as the Centre for Excellence in...