TV & radio guide - Weekend
SATURDAY 20 January Private Passions (12 noon R3). University of North London architecture Prof. Robert Harbison chooses music. Inauguration of the President (4.30 BBC2, also Sky News and elsewhere...
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'Fame school' hit by crisis of management
A management crisis at the "fame school" set up by Sir Paul McCartney has raised questions about its fitness to receive public funds. Criticisms of the accountability, governance and financial...
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More opt for collaboration
Numbers of overseas students studying on collaborative programmes rose by almost 50 per cent in 1999, according to figures from the Council of Validating Universities. But overall numbers on such...
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Lecturer resigns from board over halls sale
A lecturer has resigned from Manchester Metropolitan University's board of governors following its decision to sell two halls of residence. Governors have voted to sell Needham and Greystoke halls,...
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UK leads way in search for next generation net
British physicists will play a leading role in a £6.2 million project to develop the next generation internet. The UK's Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council is part of a consortium of 17...
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Hard-up Huntingdon wins Blair's support
Home secretary Jack Straw announced a minimum £1 million special grant to Cambridgeshire Police to deal with animal rights professors targeting drug research laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences. The...
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SQA markers get pay rise after exam fiasco
Markers for the Scottish Qualifications Authority will see their average hourly pay rates rise from £6 to £9 following the intervention of Scottish education minister Jack McConnell. Mr McConnell...
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Director helps set up conflict resolution base
Mari Fitzduff, director of Incore, a United Nations University institution based at the University of Ulster, is to help the British Council set up a resource centre for conflict resolution in...
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London students to get £4,700 loanfrom DFEE
Students attending university in London this September will be entitled to loans of up to £4,700, the Department for Education and Employment has announced.
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IBM tries to revive interest in mainframes
IBM has donated a £2 million S/390 mainframe computer to Warwick University's computer science department in a bid to reawaken students' interest in the technology. Many students have shunned...
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ICS will receive a £200,000 lifeline
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is to receive £200,000 from the University of London to help safeguard its future. The cash will support restructuring plans proposed in a recent review panel...
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Dexter: industry must play part in genetic data
Industry must be closely involved with the United Kingdom's genetic database - if not, there is no point building it, according to Mike Dexter, director of the Wellcome Trust. But, giving evidence to...
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Scots launch their University for Industry
Henry McLeish, Scotland's first minister, and Wendy Alexander, minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, this week officially launched the Scottish University for Industry, backed by almost...
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Activists fined after failing to spot enemy
Four environmental activists were this week convicted and fined at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for damaging Scottish Agricultural College crops worth £1.50. As part of a protest against a trial of...
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Student welfare tracked at Leeds
Students living at home are far happier than their friends in university halls, while students living in flats are the most dissatisfied of all, according to a pilot survey of almost 2,000 Leeds...