University: what's it for?
Vice-chancellors believe universities exist to create and transmit knowledge. The sector contains a diversity of missions but there are common strands, says Universities UK. "Universities educate and...
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Clarke asks what the state should pay for
Extracts from Charles Clarke's speech at University College, Worcester on April 8. "In 1976, the then prime minister James Callaghan caused a storm because he dared to question the role of education...
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League tables correction
Last week's league table of research income was based on an average of three years beginning in 1998-99, not on 2000-01 alone, as the key stated. In the table for mathematics, the research grades of...
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Big overhaul saves maths at Essex
Essex University's mathematics department has averted closure by taking radical steps to attract more students and keep research alive. Just over a year ago, the university announced it would have to...
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Scottish call to rejig research
Two Scottish economists have called for a radical shake-up of research funding that would see Scottish departments judged against their counterparts in the UK rather than other subjects in Scotland....
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US academic urges Oxford to leave state system
Oxford must go private if it is to compete on the world stage, says a senior academic at Oxford University. Writing in Oxford Magazine, a debating forum for Oxford academics, Nick Trefethen, an...
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Nothing is alien to scientists
Scientists are "remarkably" open-minded about supernatural and new-age beliefs, researchers have discovered. They refuse to discount the possibility of ghosts, aliens visiting Earth, the power of the...
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Architects urged to 'go green' and 'get sensitive' with spaces
Architecture students are graduating with little idea of how to design buildings that are ecologically and socially sound, according to a report. Only six of the UK's 36 schools of architecture put...
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Cumbrian university in need of roadmap
Former funding chief Sir Brian Fender will this week outline his vision for a University of Cumbria in a bid to halt the economic decline of Britain's second largest county. Sir Brian's report...
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Plymouth reprieves farming campus
The University of Plymouth has agreed to continue teaching at its famous Seale-Hayne farmland campus after months of protest over the threatened closure of the agricultural centre of excellence. The...
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Fabian Society voices alarm over private deals
The Fabian Society has sounded a warning note over the involvement of private firms in delivering core services to higher education. The author of the report, Colin Crouch, professor of sociology at...
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Whistleblowers: Student's human rights 'were violated' claim
The High Court violated the human rights of former PhD student Kevin Wilkinson when it threw out his claim for more than £100,000 in damages against Aston University, the leading human rights lawyer...
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Skills paper must not ignore FE-business link
The government is in danger of ignoring some of the most valuable services provided for employers in further education colleges as it assembles its skills strategy white paper, college heads have...
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UUK: industry must have input into curriculum
Businesses must have a more effective input into the design and delivery of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and foundation level, according to Universities UK's submission to the Treasury-...