Israeli sackings prompt inquiry
The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology has begun an internal inquiry into the actions of one of its academics after she dismissed two Israeli academics from the board of two...
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Straw son: student support policy is a shambles Foreign secretary Jack Straw's son today attacked the government's policy on higher education as a "complete shambles". Will Straw, who is president of...
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Higher fees planned for ‘prestige’ degrees Plans for students to pay higher tuition fees for degrees at more prestigious universities are being drawn up by the government. (Times) Youngest siblings...
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'Lower the grade for science pupils'
Universities should lower A-level admissions standards for students wishing to study science, Ian Gibson, chairman of the science and technology committee, said this week. Dr Gibson said that...
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V-cs seek openness in talks on free trade
Europe's vice-chancellors are seeking more openness in negotiations to create a global market in higher education under the General Agreement on Trade and Services, after learning by chance that the...
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Student debt rise slows
The average student debt has risen by 4 per cent to £6,228, figures from Barclays reveal. The bank said its annual survey of more than 1,400 students recorded the lowest increase since the survey...
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Treasury's review to raise scientists' pay
An anticipated £1.5 billion boost for science in this Monday's Treasury spending review is expected to provide significantly more money for researchers' salaries and PhD stipends. But there is still...
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Whistleblowers: Exeter rebuked over ill-treated PhD student
The Lord Chancellor has rebuked the University of Exeter for a series of serious failings in its treatment of a PhD student. In ruling on a postgraduate's complaint on behalf of the Queen, who is...
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Analysis: Snip fees for lower degrees?
The introduction of top-up fees would be a gamble but would it pay off? Claire Sanders looks at models for differential fees. A decision to introduce top-up fees in the next parliament would be a...
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For whom the Bell tolls?
Allegations of research fraud have scandalised physics. Steve Farrar reports. The machine sitting in Jan Hendrik Schön's old laboratory at the University of Konstanz in Germany did not appear out of...
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Education studies in crisis over credibility
The government's obsession with monitoring performance in schools, colleges and universities is marginalising educational studies and destroying the discipline's credibility, according to Jon Nixon,...
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Post-16 reform hits new hurdle
Weak local management in the 47 learning and skills councils poses a threat to the government's plans to reform the post-16 sector, according to a survey of college heads published this week. A...
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Languages come under threat as demand falls
At least 15 university language departments are under threat of closure or merger as fewer students opt for pure language degrees, the subject centre for languages, linguistics and areas studies has...
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Top journals tarnished in fallout from alleged physics fraud
The role of academic journals Nature and Science in an alleged research fraud scandal at Bell Labs in the US has been criticised by scientists. Suspicions surrounding ground-breaking work in...
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Study deal to take sting out of fees hike
Cut-price charges for foundation degrees are being considered to sweeten the pill of introducing differential fees and to help universities meet the government's expansion targets. The two-year...