Equality is best policy
Postgraduate study should be funded across the board like first degrees The recent announcement of a loans scheme for postgraduates organised by the '94 Group of universities and the Midland Bank has...
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Older grains of sand add to sum of knowledge
After 30 years as a journalist Ann Corbett transforms herself into a research student I spent a lot of time last year wondering if after 30 years as a journalist I could change overnight into a...
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A sea of books and no compass
The first year of a PhD is a daunting journey of discovery, however help is never far away, Richard Ford explains. What is it like being a doctoral research student? Many people who have enjoyed...
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How to avoid reaching beyond your grasp
AN INNOVATIVE graduate training programme at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology is helping to improve PhD submission rates and aid job hunting. The Graduate Support...
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Participation boom
DEPARTMENT for Education statistics show a 160 per cent increase, from 102,000 to 267,000, in full and part-time postgraduate students between 1980/81 and 1994/95. * The numbers of full-time...
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LBS offers scholarships to match US competition
LONDON Business School is to relaunch its PhD programme in September, providing full scholarships for students and more research training. The school, part of the University of London, has diverted...
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Research run down puts patient care under threat
STANDARDS of care in United Kingdom hospitals could slip if the erosion of the clinical medical research base is allowed to continue, according to the British Medical Association. The BMA's Junior...
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Science women aim for the top
EIGHTEEN young female scientists at Edinburgh University met their mentors for the first time last week as part of a new initiative to encourage more women to reach senior academic posts in science,...
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NPC wants more access but opposes top-up fees
THE NATIONAL Postgraduate Committee's submission to the Dearing Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education focuses on seven main points. * The NPC supports broadening of access, subject to quality of...
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Writer's block on enquiry
The research assessment exercise has replaced the art of learning with that of publishing agrues Svava Bjarnason It would be interesting to find out how many research students are aware of the Higher...
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Midland Bank
The Midland Bank and the '94 Group hope that the first grants will be available for postgraduates in the next academic year. Many other banks offer graduate and professional studies loans for...
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Back to Facts
* There were 152,781 more students in higher educationin the UK in 1995/96 than in 1994/95 * Females comprised 51.1 per cent of the student population in 1995/96 compared with 49.7 per cent in 1994/...
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Crime novel is bit fishy
TOO many cooks may spoil the broth, but a German publisher has decided this does not apply to literature. Eichborn Verlag has just published a murder-mystery novel written by 103 literature students...
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Lecturers set for status boost
A new qualification aiming to create a uniform standard of teaching in higher education could soon be held by every university lecturer if radical proposals are accepted by the Dearing inquiry....
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Chairman of the bawd
The photograph of Joe Orton (THES, February 21) shows clearly that he held a personal chair. Let us hope that the University of Leicester is successful in its quest to secure his papers. David Powell...