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Old degree grades may be scrapped Ministers are planning to scrap the centuries-old system of degree classifications and to replace them with a simple points score. Proposals to end the "blunt...
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Call for Cubie to return with sweeping remit
Alex Neil, convenor of the Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee, has called for the independent Cubie committee to be reconvened to investigate the funding of Scotland's...
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US grading to edge out 'firsts'
Traditional degree classifications would be scrapped in favour of a US-style average points score and a detailed transcript of achievement under government proposals to be put forward in the new year...
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Past opens the door to fortune in future
History may be bunk, but its graduates are the future of UK plc, according to research that reveals that the subject turns out more directors of top companies than any other. The research being...
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LBS video soap nets marketing award
A soap opera set in a business school may never take the place of Coronation Street or EastEnders , but it has won an award for the London Business School and increased its application rate. Last...
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PM asks for expert advice on science potential
Four Cambridge University scientists were invited to a briefing at Downing Street last week to bring prime minister Tony Blair up to speed on UK science. Science minister Lord Sainsbury, trade and...
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EU states' parsimony is bad news for research
The planned European Research Council may never happen because European Union member states are refusing to pay for it, according to Philippe Busquin, commissioner for research at the European...
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Staff strike for London weighting
Four higher education unions joined forces yesterday to strike over London weighting payments. The action in the capital was complete with a cavalcade containing a stretch limousine of "fat-cat vice-...
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Nobels join UCL protest
Three Nobel laureates, two fellows of University College London and a High Court judge have all signed a petition expressing concern at the proposal to merge with Imperial College London. More than...
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Axe falls on faculty
Fine art students at Lincoln University are protesting today following news that their degree is being axed along with 12 staff out of the current faculty of 13. "How can we be expected to complete...
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Christmas comes early
Portsmouth University is giving all its staff a £250 Christmas bonus as a thank you for their help in keeping the university in the black. They are also celebrating a 15 per cent increase in...
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Aston best for business
Aston University's Business School has been rated as Europe's best by The Economist Intelligence Unit's "Which MBA" guide. It scored 90 per cent in rankings based on the opinions of present and...
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Asteroid hit-site found
Aberdeen University scientists have discovered evidence near Bristol of a massive prehistoric explosion that they believe was caused by an asteroid striking the Earth 214 million years ago.
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Genome campus grows
The Wellcome Trust has received planning permission to extend its genome campus just outside Cambridge. The Hinxton site, home to the Sanger Centre, will be extended by ,000sq m and will include...
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Scots get more open
Relations between policy-makers and academic researchers appear to be improving north of the border with the Scottish Parliament's commitment to more openness, according to David Raffe of Edinburgh...