CVCP ready to take in colleges
A single body representing all higher education institutions could be created out of a wide-ranging review ordered by vice-chancellors. The review of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals...
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OU teams up with WGU for distance learning
The Open University has teamed up with Western Governors University to offer degrees in the United States. Each is putting up $4 million to create the Governors Open University System, which will...
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Women succeed by trying harder
Researchers at the University of Sussex have established why, on average, women get better degrees than men. "Our finding is that they do better because they work harder," Ruth Woodfield said. The...
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Tailor courses to work needs, says Coldstream
Academic courses are too full and degrees should gear learning towards work, said Patrick Coldstream, visiting professor at the Institute of Education. He said undergraduates are expected to master...
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In the news
What can Sir William Taylor offer the beleaguered Thames Valley University? Perhaps a little bit of MBWA. A man who likes initials, Sir William was appointed last week as acting vice-chancellor of...
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Student demos sweep across Europe
Tens of thousands of students took to the streets across Europe this week as part of an international week of action. Students were due to march through London on Wednesday to protest against tuition...
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Tribunal told of 'cabal' at Edinburgh University
A former Edinburgh University professor has told an industrial tribunal that there was a sense in which Edinburgh's social anthropology department was run by an "inner cabal". Judith Okely, now...
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College pays Pounds 100,000 to widow of employee
The widow of a former college employee has won Pounds 100,000 compensation after her husband died of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Margaret Lord was awarded the compensation after...
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Ravensbourne gets rid of finance head
Ravensbourne College of Art and Design has dismissed its head of finance for persistent "communication failures". An external accountant from Deloitte Touche is running the Bromley college's finances...
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Take care in JIF bids, Wellcome warns
Universities have been warned not to rush bids for the Pounds 600 million joint infrastructure fund. In a letter to all vice-chancellors, the Wellcome Trust, which is ploughing Pounds 300 million...
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US eclipsed by UK, ߣߣÊÓƵn franchises
More and more British universities are franchising overseas institutions to offer their degrees and other qualifications. The trade is now worth Pounds 250 million a year, says a report from the...
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Female medical first: kids and career
The first university-educated women to have a career and children were medics, according to study of graduates from Girton College, Cambridge. "Even in the 1920s, medics were much more likely to keep...
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Mona
Rex Nettleford, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies, in Jamaica, has been appointed vice-chancellor in succession to Sir Alister McIntyre, who resigned this summer, Professor...
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Istanbul
The ruling authority for Turkish universities, YOK, has announced that it will recognise higher education qualifications from neighbouring Azerbeijan. This is part of a policy to increase ties with...
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Quality troubles for trainers
Half of work-based training providers have been criticised for "less than satisfactory provision" by the new Training Standards Council. An analysis of the TSC's first 100 inspection reports shows...