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Two-thirds of almost 1 million students who passed Turkey's university entrance examination will not get a place because of a lack of space. The record number of disappointed students are being...
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Sherlock to lead Adult Learning Inspectorate
(Photograph) - David Sherlock (pictured) was this week appointed chief executive of the new Adult Learning Inspectorate. The inspectorate, which will start operation on April 1 2001, will bring...
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Wye College moves into Imperial ranks
Wye College in Kent, which is known for its research-led teaching in the biological, environmental and agricultural sciences, merged with Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine in London...
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Ethics at risk in new economy, dean warns
Unbridled pursuit of the knowledge economy can clash with the values of scholarship that should underpin universities, Bart McGettrick, dean of the University of Glasgow's faculty of education, has...
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Graduate teacher plan starts with 400 places
The Teacher Training Agency has announced the allocation of the first 400 places on the new-style graduate teacher programme, in which teachers are trained in schools. The scheme provides a salary of...
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British Academy fears humanities exodus
The British Academy is to review graduate studies in the humanities and social sciences in light of evidence that many good students are going elsewhere. Addressing the annual general meeting of the...
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Long-term study into postgrad population
A graduate studies review committee of ten people, chaired by Robert Bennett, professor of geography at Cambridge University, will gather statistical data over ten years on the composition of the...
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Sponsors pay for study breaks in engineering
Postgraduate engineering students at De Montfort University will be eligible for sponsorship packages worth Pounds 16,000 as part of an attempt to tackle the worldwide shortage of engineers. Some...
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From Lizard King lover to professor of pop
Former flower-power devotee Sheila Whitely joined Salford University in 1991 as a music lecturer and has stayed on to fill its first chair in popular music. Britain's first professor of pop, who is...
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Nicol Stephen
In The THES of July 21 and July 28, we implied that Nicol Stephen, Scotland's deputy minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, said Westminster had set a Pounds 10,000 earnings threshold for...
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Boom in degrees heralds job shift
More graduates will find themselves in non-traditional occupations over the next decade as the supply of highly qualified people looks set to outstrip demand, according to a survey of projected...
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Clock watchers
(Photograph) - Little Ben, baby brother of Big Ben and the landmark clock at City University, is having a Pounds 10,000 facelift after nearly 100 years. Estates manager Amanda Caspari, pictured with...
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Business link ideas attract over Pounds 6m
Six projects to link universities with business and the community each received more than Pounds 1 million this week. The money comes from the second round of the third leg of public funding - the...
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Students may scupper merger
New moves to merge Birmingham and Aston universities to create one of Britain's biggest institutions could founder on student opposition at Aston. The two universities have set up a joint strategy...
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Union ballots on redundancies
Lecturers' union leaders threatened possible legal action against the University of Central England this week as UCE managers turned down four appeals against compulsory redundancy, writes Tony...