In the news: Les Ebdon
Les Ebdon has enjoyed a distinguished career as an internationally acclaimed research chemist. Over the past 30 years, the Plymouth University deputy vice-chancellor has brought in more than £2.6...
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Appointments
* David Allen, registrar and secretary at the University of Birmingham and formerly registrar at the University of Nottingham, has been appointed registrar and secretary of the University of Exeter,...
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HE overturns £50m deficit
The higher education sector was back in the black last year after a deficit of more than £50 million the year before. But although the figures published this week show that universities and colleges...
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Clarke sales pitch defies reality
Education secretary Charles Clarke has been accused of resorting to the ancient art of the snake-oil salesman to lure the brightest graduates into academe. This comes a week after widespread...
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Army officers to be trained to appreciate and protect foreign heritage
An archaeologist from Newcastle University is to advise the Ministry of Defence on changes in officer training to help prevent museum looting in future conflicts, writes Alison Utley. Peter Stone,...
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Hodge: students are too negative
Students should help to sell the benefits of a university education to disadvantaged young people instead of attacking the government over top-up fees and debt, higher education minister Margaret...
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Blue skies open wide
Environmental and biological scientists will face more competition for blue-skies research funding now that the Natural Environment Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences...
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Nurses 'lack support'
A third of student nurses have been left alone in charge of patients, according to a survey of 1,000 students for the Royal College of Nursing presented to its annual congress last week. Sylvia...
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Scots lead cancer effort
Scotland has become the UK leader in anti-cancer drug manufacturing with the opening of Cancer Research UK's £2 million drug-formulation unit at the University of Strathclyde. Scientists there will...
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RIBA prints manifesto
The Royal Institute of British Architects this week published its manifesto for architectural education. Tomorrow's Architect aims to provide an outline of the syllabus but also to appeal to students...
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45% is a 'realistic' access target
The need for two-year higher education courses would disappear if the 50 per cent participation target were reduced by just 5 percentage points, education experts said this week. Other initiatives...
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IoP invites prince to meet 'grey-goo' experts
The Institute of Physics is planning to invite Prince Charles to a seminar on nanotechnology. The organisation is keen to encourage an informed discussion following reports that the prince has asked...
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Lecturers to act on campus racist lobby
Lecturers' union leaders are threatening legal action against university managers who fail to crack down on racist activities. As tensions grew over campus-based campaigning by the British National...
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Students lack basic skills to tackle university study
Students ain't what they used to be - and that's official. A survey of UK deans of science shows that an overwhelming majority believe the elementary knowledge and mathematical and practical skills...
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Scots HE offers role model
The government should heed the lessons learnt in Scottish further and higher education as it takes forward plans to expand HE through FE colleges in England, a new report says. Scotland has not only...