North Brum 'brush-off' claim
An attempt by lifelong learning minister Malcolm Wicks to draw a line under the controversy over appointments at North Birmingham College has been dismissed as an unacceptable "brush-off" by the...
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Universities go for a spin
Marketing techniques have finally hit higher education. Claire Sanders reports on how the hard sell is boosting student numbers In the heady days of clearing between August 10 and September 17...
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New Labour, new year, new degree
Two-year vocationally oriented associate degrees are to be introduced in colleges and universities, the government confirmed this week. The Department for Education and Employment ended months of...
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North caters better for poor
Universities and colleges in the north of England are better than those in the south at attracting students from under-represented groups, according to the performance indicators published by the...
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Review to focus on pay in further education
Further education employers and unions have launched a joint review of pay following the government's promise of extra money in its comprehensive spending review. The review will focus on issues of...
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Keele inquiry deems rare book sale proper
Keele University has cleared itself of improper behaviour in its sale of rare mathematics books to a private dealer for Pounds 1 million. An investigation by Keele's audit committee has concluded...
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University laws stifle academic dissent
Gillian Sandford reports from Belgrade on the suppression of democracy A series of repressive Serbian university laws has shifted the balance of administrative power from academics to government...
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Sources of research funding
This section lists funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk WEIZMANN WOMEN & SCIENCE AWARD www.weizmann-usa.org/wis01.htm Established in...
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Don's diary
Monday Perhaps this should be dogs' diary. It is midnight with a full moon shining through the canopy of a large forest tree on ranch land in Zimbabwe. Rhythmically, the signal from the collar of a...
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Research needs cash, says Triesman
Lecturers' leader David Triesman wants government to plough more into research amid fears that quality is being forgotten in the drive to widen university participation. Mr Triesman (above), general...
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Study launched on effect of devolution
The British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh are launching a joint study on the implications of devolution for the arts, humanities and social sciences in Scotland and the United Kingdom as...
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Over 50s to benefit in funding shake-up
Apprenticeships for the over-50s will be available as part of the post-16 planning and funding shake-up, the government announced this week. They will come under the remit of the new learning and...
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Disabled part-timers win allowances
Ministers have agreed to extend disabled students' allowances to include part-time students. From next autumn, disabled part-time university students will be entitled to the Disabled Students...
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Higher fees needed to stop UK brain drain
Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, the chancellor of Oxford University, has warned that differentiated undergraduate tuition fees are inevitable in the absence of increased government funding for universities...
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LSE sets up centre to examine life's risks
The London School of Economics launched an interdisciplinary centre for the analysis of risk and regulation yesterday. Carr, which will investigate issues of risk in all aspects of everyday life from...