Finance trio go as deficit revealed
THE University of Luton has been rocked by the shock revelation of serious deficits. Three top finance officers had their contracts terminated when the university discovered that an expected Pounds 1...
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Quality job decision imminent
The new single quality agency for higher education is expected to announce its chief executive this week after months of speculation over who would apply for the Pounds 60,000-a-year job. On the...
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An udder success
(Photograph) - An udder success: scientists at Liverpool University's veterinary school have joined with a local business in a bid to eradicate a parasite responsible for abortions in cows. One in...
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Discretionary grants tumble by 39 per cent
The number of higher education discretionary grants awarded by local authorities dropped to 9,000 in 1995/96 - a fall of 39 per cent on the previous year. Government figures show spending on these...
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Westminster set to privatise student housing
WESTMINSTER University has released details of plans to privatise its Pounds 28 million student housing estate. The university hopes to sell off its estate in return for an 80 per cent increase in...
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Brains topple brawn as Newcastle's top employer
Higher Education has overtaken heavy industry as one of Newcastle's top employers, according to research from Northumbria University. Local Impact of the University of Northumbria, from the...
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Cambridge computer to unlock secrets of cosmos
A Pounds 2 million supercomputer has been installed at Cambridge University to help scientists researching the history of the universe. Cambridge-based Stephen Hawking, the leading physicist and...
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Cern collider mock-up goes on show in Glasgow
A model of Cern's Large Electron Positron Collider has gone on show as part of a major new exhibition at Glasgow University. At Cern's Geneva base, electrons are accelerated around the km-long tunnel...
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Applied psychology department for Heriot-Watt
Heriot-Watt University has opened a department that aims to bring science and management closer together. The department of applied psychology is the first new department Heriot-Watt has set up since...
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Bath opens new pharmacology laboratories
The Pounds 650,000 Glaxo Wellcome laboratories at Bath University's School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology were officially opened this week. The laboratories are funded jointly by the pharmaceutical...
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UWIC stumps up for cricketing scholar
international cricketer Dean Cosker has become the first person to gain a sports scholarship from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. Mr Cosker, who played for England's under-19 team and...
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Scots body mirrors its cousin
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is set to launch a revamped quality assessment method that brings it closer to the English system. But it is steadfastly maintaining its distance from...
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Pounds 30m lab cash after v-cs' plea
TOP SCIENCE institutions are to benefit from an extra Pounds 30 million a year to modernise laboratories and boost research in biomedical sciences and chemistry, the Higher Education Funding Council...
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Blue hue
(Photograph) - Blue hue: When the north wind blows, Reading University's new Pounds 5 million meteorology building should be shrouded in blue. But a southerly wind will leave the building with a...
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Crumbling building backlog tackled
Crumbling new universities are to benefit from money set aside by funding council chiefs. Under the proposals about Pounds 30 million per year would go to new universities and colleges of higher...