Scottish colleges catch merger fever
A SHAKE-UP of Scottish colleges is under way, with three institutions negotiating mergers or forming closer links with universities. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has put aside Pounds...
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Mature students to get 5 per cent boost
PART-TIME and full-time students over 25 will attract additional funding of just 5 per cent under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's funding method for 1998/99. Cliff Allen, HEFCE's...
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Blunkett ban
Plans to release copies of the Dearing committee's report to a select few organisations days before publication have been scuppered by David Blunkett, the Education Secretary, who wants to get his...
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The grave Victorians
Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, the post of the...
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Game show
If at first you don't succeed ... good to see Birkbeck College ignoring press coverage which suggested that 170 years of distinguished service to the people of London was less significant than a bad...
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Wrong-footed
With the latest UCAS figures showing a slump in applications to teacher training courses of 11 per cent, improving teacher morale has leapt to the top of the Government's agenda. White paper...
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Money in the bank
Surely no one would try to cash in on student fears that decisions arising from the Dearing report will mean them borrowing more money? Perish the thought. Nevertheless, NatWest bank feels it is...
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Just good friends
Any fears on the part of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals that its cohabitees-to-be, the Council of Medical Deans, might be less than neighbourly when it moves in next month? So keen...
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Glossy account
Accountants are taking determined steps to shake off their dull and boring image. The Association of Accounting Technicians has launched a glossy magazine to prove the profession can be as exciting...
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Yorkshire terrier
John Major will have some fellow feeling for Alumnus to be Proud of No. 116, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon, currently president of Mexico and with the prospect of leading a sclerotic ancien regime...
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Lawyers warn archbishop on visiting rights
HIGH-profile university visitors, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor, may expose institutions to legal challenges from students by delegating their powers, lawyers have...
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Moans monitor reduces disputes
New technology could help higher education institutions avoid acrimonious student complaints by enabling them to monitor how quickly the complaint is being dealt with. Dennis Farrington, editor of...
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British Council probes Israeli franchises
THE BRITISH Council has ordered a probe into the franchising activities of British universities in Israel to quell concerns over the quality of courses. The Israeli government is threatening to...
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Big city life beats Oxford punting
Claire Gardner, 17, from Blessed Robert Johnson College, Telford, hopes to study history, her best subject, at university, but did not know what to expect from the summer school. "I was really...
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Oxford courts state schools
MOre than 60 students from state-maintained inner-city schools spent this week at Oxford University's first fully-funded summer school. All the students' travel and accommodation has been paid for by...