Student unions feel pinch
Jobs are being axed at struggling student unions, pitching members of Unison, the administrative staff union, against students. At Manchester Metropolitan University, the student union has made 14...
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Put e-university on hold, say consultants
The e-university must be delayed until the project is better thought out, funding chiefs acknowledged this week. Consultant Pricewaterhouse-Coopers has been asked to produce a more detailed business...
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60 per cent of lecturers complain of bullying
Six in ten university and college lecturers say that they have been bullied, according to a survey by lecturers' union Natfhe. The main forms of reported bullying are criticism (30 per cent), power...
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Moves to improve the welfare of lab animals
Two initiatives to improve the welfare of laboratory animals have been announced by the Medical Research Council. The MRC, which is committed to the use of animals in tackling health problems such as...
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Academics to embark on Titanic pub crawl
International and local Titanic experts are gathering in Southampton this week to relive the final moments before the great ship left harbour on its maiden and only voyage. As many of the conference...
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Cash now not next year, say lecturers
Five per cent pay rises are on the cards for lecturers in 2001-02 thanks to the extra Pounds 50 million earmarked for pay in the chancellor's Pounds 100 million spending review. But lecturing unions...
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Boost to sector is welcomed
Further education leaders were "delighted" that colleges will get an extra Pounds 50 million in 2001-02 to tackle their staff pay crisis. The Department for Education and Employment said the...
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Scotland Pounds 3.4 billion boost
Scotland has won a Pounds 3.4 billion boost for the next three years, hailed by Scotland's finance minister Jack McConnell as the highest ever level of spending on services north of the border. The...
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Science gets Pounds 500 million recognition
Science is Pounds 500 million richer after chancellor Gordon Brown declared it was central to the economic future of the United Kingdom during his announcement of the government's comprehensive...
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Elite told to scrap interview process
Elite universities should scrap the interview process in favour of A-level results if they want to increase the number of successful applications from state schools, the Commons education select...
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Surprise standing ovation for Cubie
Financial problsm may be contributing to a drop in applications this year Andrew Cubie received a rare accolade this week. No one could remember the last time a guest at a National Union of Students...
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Nicol Stephen at National Union of Students Scotland forum
Meanwhile, Nicol Stephen, Scotland's deputy minister for enterprise and lifelong learning faced the massed ranks of Scottish student officers, writes Olga Wojtas. In a ground-breaking display of...
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Lecturers may ban debtors
Academics could be asked to bar from lectures students who have outstanding tuition fees, to help tackle mounting debts. Universities report that they are owed increasing amounts from students as the...
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Loans Co bungle leads to pursuit of students
Students from low-income families who are exempt from paying tuition fees are being wrongly pursued for the money as the result of a bureaucratic bungle, writes Alison Goddard. The Student Loans...
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Students swap the campus for home
Increasing numbers of students are studying locally or taking a year out to raise the money to support themselves through university, according to figures released today. One in six students starting...