European space chief eyes Mars
THE EUROPEAN Space Agency's new director, Antonio Rodota, has promised cheaper, faster European space missions will soon follow Nasa's Mars mission success. In the week when Nasa's search for life on...
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Nolan extends sleaze detection to colleges
NEW measures to root out sleaze and corruption in universities and colleges are being considered by the Nolan committee on standards in public life. If approved, all those associated with...
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Royal opening for Surrey's new Pounds 6.6m centre
HRH The Duke of Kent this week opened the University of Surrey's new Pounds 6.6 million high-tech teaching and resources building. The Austin Pearce centre will house the school of language and...
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Management consultant takes over as v-c at UEA
The UNIVERSITY of East Anglia has appointed a management consultant as its new vice chancellor. In October, Vincent Watts, 56, senior partner at the $3.5-billion turnover Andersen Consulting, will...
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Gunnell to chair backbench education group
Former academic John Gunnell has been elected as chair of Labour's backbench education and employment committee. Mr Gunnell, 63, MP for Morley and Rothwell, lectured at the centre for studies in...
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Humanities graduates do well in job stakes
ARTS and humanities graduates do just as well in the jobs market as graduates of more vocational courses, researchers have found. Humanities Graduates and the World of Work, a survey of employers, by...
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Mine's a double
No prizes for undermining national stereotypes to United States researcher Elizabeth Dulk, who found that Scottish students drink twice as much alcohol as their American counterparts. But we are...
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Fashion points
(Photograph) - Fashion points: A design by student Soreta Riley at the first show for students on the BA fashion course offered jointly by the University of Huddersfield and Dewsbury College's Batley...
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Gene testing in insurance comes under scrutiny
The INSURANCE industry's use of genetic tests is the subject of a consultation document published this week by the Human Genetics Advisory Commission. The commission, which is chaired by Sir Colin...
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Natfhe boycott fails to stop Hera pilots
EMPLOYERS are to push ahead with pilot schemes for a new role-analysis system for higher education staff despite a boycott by lecturers' union Natfhe. A consortium of more than 100 higher education...
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Advisory group aims to overhaul adult learning
The GOVERNMENT's Advisory Group for Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning met for the first time last week. The group, which is chaired by Bob Fryer, principal of Northern College, will be "...
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Sacked history lecturer wins £27,000 payout
SACKED lecturer Pat Walsh has won Pounds ,000 from a further education college after claiming unfair dismissal. Mr Walsh, a senior history lecturer at Accrington and Rossendale College, Lancashire,...
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Higher education boosts economy
HIGHER education had a Pounds 1.3 billion balance of trade surplus in 1995/96, according to a new report that confirms universities' status as vital players in the economy, writes Chris Johnston. The...
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Derby on verge of empire...Bath's ambition stagnates
PLANS to create a regional university through the merger of Derby University with two neighbouring further education colleges looked set to take off this week. Following meetings with the Further...
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Teaching institute on cards
THE CREATION of a teaching and learning institute is likely to form a key recommendation of the Dearing inquiry to be published within the next fortnight, writes Alison Utley. The institute will be...