'Free' science park boosts Liverpool duo
Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores universities are to be provided with a science park by the regional development agency. The Liverpool Science Park will be a joint venture between the universities...
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Spin-off centre on to a winner
The University of Nottingham launched its technology transfer unit last week in response to rising commercial demands that will see the formation of 15 new businesses this year. Nottingham Technology...
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No cash, but we're not going to give up
Martin Ince reports on the new institutions battling to preserve their research. Before last month's white paper on higher education, researchers might have thought that stratification was something...
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V-cs claim UUK is struggling to represent all interests
Universities UK, the umbrella body for vice-chancellors, is struggling to represent the interests of all its members since publication of the higher education white paper, according to some academics...
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Space research boss quits
The head of France's National Centre for Space Research (CNES), Alain Bensoussan, has resigned after a report saying the country's space programme - the spearhead of Europe's space ambitions - faces...
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Students get £2.6m in aid after oil spill
The Spanish government has backed an aid package for Galician students affected by the Prestige oil spill in northwestern Spain. The initiative, which would provide cash for local universities to...
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Danish dropouts blame teachers
Four out of ten students who started at Copenhagen University in 2000 dropped out or changed course because of poor teaching, a survey carried out by the university has found. A similar percentage...
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'Black day' as Leipzig rector resigns in church protest
The rector of Germany's Leipzig University has stepped down in protest at the regional government's decision to rebuild a 13th-century church on campus. Volker Bigl, elected rector in 1997, carried...
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Italy to ditch European degree in overhaul
Italian education minister Letizia Moratti plans to abandon the recently introduced three-plus-two-year degree, based on the "European degree" structure to which much of Europe is committed under the...
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Hong Kong looks to private sector for aid
Hong Kong's universities are under pressure to develop new streams of income as the government plans to make cuts to its higher education budget. Investment in the sector has fallen by 10 per cent...
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Canadian school tackles shortage of rural doctors
A medical school in Canada's frozen north is consulting local aboriginal populations and educators from as far away as the ߣߣÊÓƵn outback as it carves out a unique curriculum. The Northern...
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'I told you so,' says Randall
Poor teaching standards are going undetected in English universities because vice-chancellors avoided the new teaching inspection regime, the former quality watchdog has warned. Analysis shows that...
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Three-way battle to be chancellor of Oxford
Three hats are in the ring in the contest to be the next chancellor of Oxford University. Chris Patten, the European Union's external affairs commissioner, is the favourite. He said: "Higher...
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V-c quits after rough ride at helm of Botswanan institute
A US academic has stepped down after five turbulent years as vice-chancellor of the University of Botswana, the only university in the small southern African state. Sharon Siverts was appointed in...
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Why has Clarke thrown us to market forces?
The government's obsession with reform of public services will lead to no good, insists Malcolm McVicar As part of its crusade to reform public services, the government has obviously decided that it...