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Welsh colleges get £4 million boost The Welsh Assembly has announced a £4 million boost for further education colleges in Wales. An extra £3.17 million will be provided this year to help colleges...
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President Clinton to open Oxford institute
Former United States president Bill Clinton is to open Oxford University's Rothermere American Institute in May, raising speculation that he may take a more prominent role at the university. Rumours...
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Creepy-crawly species go in for a recount
Good news for those afraid of creepy crawlies - there may be fewer species than previously thought. Frode Øregaard, a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Trondheim, has...
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Clarification
Stranmillis University College was inadvertently omitted from last week's employment league table. Some 124 full-time home degree students graduated from the college last summer, 98 per cent of whom...
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Chaos on cards as battle for pay rages
A summer of industrial action that could prevent university students from graduating is looming as unions this week rejected a 3.3 per cent pay rise. Lecturers' union Natfhe, which already has a...
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Confused v-cs given free hand over £330m fund
Vice-chancellors appear to have been given the green light to channel an extra £330 million into lecturers' pay packets over the next three years. Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone told...
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Disease diagnosis tops list as last of JIF riches is dished out
The last £24 million of the Joint Infrastructure Fund has been dealt out from the £750 million pot set up by the Wellcome Trust and the Department for Trade and Industry in 1998. At the same time,...
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High-cost capital is low on attraction
London universities may be jeopardising their application rates because of the high cost of their accommodation. A survey shows that many of the institutions pinpointed as having the most expensive...
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New PhD to attract overseas students
Ten British universities are preparing to launch a broader PhD programme designed to answer growing competition for overseas graduates from the United States. The "new route" PhD, backed by the...
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Social worker degree doubts
Social work academics are concerned that the government's drive towards competences and vocationalism could undermine the academic content of the new three-year degree-level qualification. Last month...
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Money for Merlin will buy Britain best ears on Earth
Astronomers are cautiously optimistic that they will soon raise the money needed to turn the United Kingdom's radio telescope network into one of the most powerful on the planet. Fears for the future...
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Lecturers fear impact of e-learning project on jobs
Academics at Warwick University have warned that plans for a new e-learning system could cost millions of pounds in staff time, writes Tony Tysome. The university is consulting staff and students on...
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Spectre vector
Psychologist Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire attempts to measure ghostly activity in Edinburgh Castle as part of the city's international science festival. Dr Wiseman leads a...
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Ombudsman scheme to focus solely on students
University staff will be excluded from the higher education ombudsman scheme being developed by vice-chancellors and principals, The THES can confirm. A students-only complaints and appeals scheme is...