Grade A glut puts Oxford in tight spot
Examinations and university admissions processes need to be overhauled to cope with a glut of top A levels, a senior Oxford academic at the centre of a row over the rejection of a deaf candidate with...
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Fewer English students venture over the border Universities in Scotland are attracting fewer students from south of the border, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service yesterday...
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Teaching 'licence' for all new lecturers by 2010
All new lecturers will be expected to have a teaching qualification by 2010. That is the message from the Cooke review into teaching-quality enhancement. This will require recruits to take teacher-...
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Ian Diamond to take over top spot at ESRC
* Ian Diamond, deputy vice-chancellor of Southampton University, is to take over as chief executive of the Economic and Social Research Council. He will succeed Gordon Marshall, who steps down next...
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Information technology to make quantum leap
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has appointed Andrew Briggs, professor of materials at Oxford University, director of a research centre that could revolutionise the way...
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Students urged to curb boozing binges
The National Union of Students has teamed up with alcohol industry body the Portman Group to launch an anti-binge drinking campaign. Research by the group has shown that more than 1 million 18 to 24-...
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Environmental health pushes up profile
A drive to encourage more people to pursue environmental health at degree level has been launched in a bid to reverse a sharp drop in the numbers training to enter the profession. The Chartered...
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Aberdeen honours Gaelic guru Gillies
Norman Gillies, director of Scotland's only Gaelic college, has been appointed to an honorary chair in contemporary Highland studies at Aberdeen University. Dr Gillies has been a key figure in the...
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Physics enjoys revival of interest from pupils
The Institute of Physics has welcomed the end to a decade of year-on-year declines in the number of students sitting physics A and AS levels. The number has gone up from 63,955 in 2001 to 70,539 in...
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New students should pursue part-time work
Ben Archibald, convenor of the National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland, has advised higher education entrants to start thinking about part-time work to keep financial problems from...
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Public bodies team up to double fellowships
The Royal Academy of Engineering will double the number of postdoctoral research fellowships it funds by teaming up with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The academy's existing...
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Janet links up with two new partners
The UK Education and Research Networking Association has selected two new suppliers to connect universities to the internet after the previous contractor went into administration. Level 3...
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Space agency offers weather-watch fund
The European Space Agency has unveiled its five-year, £53 million plan to establish environmental information services from space. The ESA and the European Commission set up the global monitoring for...
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Consortium to tackle flooding in Britain
A research consortium to tackle flooding in the UK is being backed by a £4 million commitment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Department for Environment, Food and...
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UK's top e-tutor to show off winning ways
The E-tutor of the Year 2002 competition, organised by The THES and the Learning and Teaching Support Network generic centre, will demonstrate the prizewinning entry at the Association for Learning...