Literary award
Andrew Robinson, literary editor of The THES, has won the 1994 Outstanding Publication Award of the Association of Earth Science Editors for his book EarthShock, published by Thames and Hudson.
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Jobs safeguard
Lecturers' union Natfhe says a test case has established key safeguards for university staff jobs threatened when courses are franchised. In the case of a University of Humberside lecturer, who lost...
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Discretionary talks
Local authority associations are seeking ministerial approval for national guidelines on issuing discretionary awards to students, as more are threatened by council cuts. Further and higher education...
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Governors retreat
Three governors sacked by education secretary Gillian Shephard from Wilmorton College, Derby, have called off their legal threat to the Further Education Funding Council. They abandoned a plan to...
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Drinkers reach the parts others do not reach
The key part played by alcohol in the lives of first-year students has been highlighted by research showing non-drinkers have the most problems settling into university. A study at Hull and Essex...
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Union asks for room at the top
Natfhe, the lecturers' union, has called for the law to be changed to provide for larger, more representative, and more accountable university governing bodies. It has also proposed a higher...
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Lobby to lower age of consent
Red roses woven into a figure 16 became the mascot of a lobby of parliament this week as students protested that the age of consent for gay and bisexual men was still discriminatory. The lobby,...
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United colours of South Africa
One year after South Africa's first all-race elections, Nelson Mandela's government is urging universities and tecknikons - historically differentiated by race - to transform themselves in their...
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Mentor mugging
The Educational Institute of Scotland has challenged the Government's Pounds 2 million teacher mentor scheme, set for Scottish secondary schools this autumn. The EIS says there is no educational case...
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Ulster boost
Increased joint ventures by universities north and south of the border have been suggested by the London and Dublin governments. The framework document for future political development between the...
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Ill-health delays student loan report
The long-awaited report by the National Audit Office on irregularities in the Student Loans Company has been held up because auditors have been unable to quiz Ron Harrison, chief executive, due to...
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Gypsy professors roam US campuses
An "army of gypsy professors" is wandering the United States, unable to find full-time employment because higher education is too bottom-heavy, the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
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Oxbridge club mum on women
The decision by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to disassociate themselves from the United Oxford and Cambridge University Club, because of what they call its "offensive" and "discriminatory...
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NVQ vision plea for consensus
The Government call for the completion of the national vocational framework has today been answered by the publication by the Employment Department of its long-awaited strategy paper on higher level...
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`Lazy' teachers accused
German students have accused their medical professors of "teaching fraud" after an investigation at Hamburg University showed that 88 per cent do not teach the legal minimum of four hours a week. A...