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Drop in Scottish Highers 'no cause for concern' The Scottish Qualifications Authority was today expected to explain a 2 per cent drop in Higher and Advanced Higher pass rates as a natural fluctuation...
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Oxbridge loses its dominance in the City A degree from Oxbridge is no longer the sure-fire route to a coveted job in business, the results of a survey say today. The survey of chief executive...
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Ucas hit by power cut A power failure this morning knocked out phonelines and computers at university admissions service Ucas during one of its busiest periods. The headquarters in Cheltenham,...
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Oxford under pressure after rejecting deaf girl Pressure has been mounting on Oxford University over its decision to reject a deaf pupil who scored six top grades in her A levels. Disability...
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Cyber heroine set to push science for girls Digital entertainment company XPT has won £90,000 to create a “funky cyber heroine” studying physics at university to get more girls interested in science...
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Deaf student considers Imperial offer Deaf teenager Anastasia Fedotova, rejected by Oxford despite getting six top grade A levels, was today considering an offer of a place from Imperial College...
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Universities offer places to A-level failures Two universities are letting in students who flunked A levels to fill up degree courses. Investigators, posing as students without a single pass, were...
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NUS campaign targets binge drinkers Students were today urged to try to understand that drinking purely to get drunk is as anti-social as drink-driving. The National Union of Students (NUS) has...
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Sir Muir succeeds Sir Graeme
(Photograph) - Scotland's top civil servant, Sir Muir Russell, is to be the next principal of Glasgow University, succeeding Sir Graeme Davies in September 2003. Sir Muir, permanent secretary to the...
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QAA called in to review foundation degrees
* The Quality Assurance Agency is being called in to review foundation degrees. Sir Howard Newby, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, states in a letter to vice-...
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London v-cs demand money to boost access
(Photograph) - London's vice-chancellors last week called for more money when they met Stephen Twigg, minister for young people and learning, to discuss links between higher education and schools....
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Sheffield to sell off halls of residence
Students at Sheffield University are angry that their halls of residence are to be sold on the open market. All the university's residential properties were to be transferred to Unite, a commercial...
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Swindon opens state-of-the art academy
Medical students from four universities will attend a new state-of-the-art academy in Swindon. The facility at the Great Western Hospital is expected to train medical undergraduates from Oxford...
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ILT to manage National Teaching Fellowships
n The Institute for Learning and Teaching is to manage the annual competition for £1 million National Teaching Fellowships for a fourth year, the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the...
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Lovejoy to head Natfhe FE colleges department
Former college lecturer Barry Lovejoy has been appointed head of Natfhe's further education colleges department. His appointment, which follows the retirement of Sue Berryman, comes as the union is...