UUK head to bid for financial freedom
Universities are to campaign for greater freedom to spend public money as they see fit, the new president of Universities UK said this week. Roderick Floud, provost of London Guildhall University,...
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Foreign profile is a pricey business
A scheme marketing UK higher education to overseas students costs universities £15,000 each - but they are guaranteed only three extra recruits. Twenty institutions, including the universities of...
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Morris proposes a union with industry
Universities and further education colleges were this week invited to submit collaborative bids for technology institutes (NTIs) that come with £25 million in capital funds. The Higher Education...
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Whistleblowers: Free speech row goes on
A medical student has quit Sheffield University in protest after it called him to a disciplinary hearing over his role in highlighting allegations of racism at the Sheffield Royal Hallamshire...
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Bait offered as clearing nears
The media relations department at Lincolnshire and Humberside University said it all: "These days it's not students competing for places - it's universities competing for students." University...
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Elite attacks 'unreliable' TQA
The public is being mislead by reports on teaching quality, the elite Russell Group of research-led universities has said. In a confidential document, the Russell Group dismisses the results of the...
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Nottingham adds name to band of dissatisfied customers
The Quality Assurance Agency has been forced to scrap its report into teaching quality at Nottingham University's medical school after admitting it had insufficient evidence to support its findings,...
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Exchange thrives but UK gets more insular
A steady decline in British students' participation in the Socrates Erasmus student exchange programme is causing concern among employers and academics. Just over 10,000 British students took...
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Analysis: Struggle to reverse student immobility
Crossing the Channel is losing its appeal for students. There has been a dramatic drop in EU nationals coming to Britain and we are losing interest in the Erasmus exchange programme. Claire Sanders...
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Don's Diary
Thursday Our red London bus stands ready in Millennium Square, Leeds. Colleagues, Drop the Debt campaigners, a councillor, an MP and a bishop arrive bearing gifts and good wishes. We set off. Will we...
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Glittering prizes
The Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded the following prizes and titles: Adrien Albert lecturership to Chris Moody , professor at the University of Exeter; Bader prize to David Walton , director...
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On the move
The University of London has appointed the following: C. N. Mann , director of the Warburg Institute, dean of the School of Advanced Study from January 1, 2002; Timothy Shaw , professor at Dalhousie...
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Old trouts set the trend
Lovers of leather could find themselves making a new fashion statement thanks to Peruvian engineer Barbara León. Ms León won second prize in a technological innovations competition, run by Lima's...
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Nick goes back to Bac
After years of helping to develop a new system of sixth-form examinations for England, Nick Tate, former chief executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, has found there is no...
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In the news: Tony Hey
Tony Hey has always appreciated the importance of communication. His role as director of the e-Science core programme gives him a way to help to circulate information. But having found inspiration...