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The long-awaited appointment of a chief executive to head the new Teacher Training Agency was announced by the Department for Education this week. The post has been filled by Anthea Millet, director...
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Extra funding
Universities have been invited to bid for extra funds for special library collections and the Computers in Teaching Initiative. The four national funding bodies plan to add two new CTI centres to the...
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Boucher at UMIST
The new principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology will be Bob Boucher, now pro vice chancellor of the University of Sheffield. He is a...
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In the Spink
Another engineer on the up is Robert Spink, newly appointed parliamentary private secretary to Ann Widdecombe, secretary of state for employment. Now MP for Castle Point in Dorset, he has a first in...
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Top microbes
Britain's collection of over 42,000 microbe cultures is a "world-class national collection in embryo" which should be more centrally administrated and better exploited commercially, says a report...
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Hot metal
Rolls Royce is investing more than Pounds 1 million in a new technology centre at the University of Cambridge. The facility will be based at the department of materials science and metallurgy and...
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Islamic group accuses SOAS of `cowardice'
Supporters of an Islamic group barred from promoting its views in the School of Oriental and African Studies responded by accusing the school of "hypocrisy" and "cowardice" this week. "SOAS has...
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Teleworking thrives in Surrey study
Two Surrey-based researchers this week predicted that the rise of teleworking in the county will lead to less traffic congestion, better job prospects for women and the disabled and a revival of the...
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Lang to boost Scots training links
Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland, plans to boost training links between further education colleges and local companies as part of Scotland's strategy following the White Paper on business...
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Quality must note technical advances
John Sizer, chief executive of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, this week warned that quality assessments must soon begin to take greater account of the use of novel teaching and...
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Charities form patent protector
The Wellcome Trust is to join with the Cancer Research Campaign's technology company to form a firm to deal with patenting and intellectual property rights from academic research funded by both...
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Employers' opinion shifts on NVQ
Training and Enterprise Councils have too much control in the delivery of National Vocational Qualifications, according to an Institute of Employment Studies survey of employers' opinions. TECs have...
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NHS funds to be streamlined with `broad strokes'
The streamlining of National Health Service research money into a single funding channel, as recommended in a major report last month, will have to be a "broad brush" exercise because of the...
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Salford academics sicker than rest
Health scientists at University College, Salford have uncovered some alarming facts about the well-being of their colleagues. A survey of mental and physical health on campus has revealed that staff...
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Watchdogs criticise GNVQ standards
As the CBI meets in Birmingham, Simon Targett reports on the latest developments in training. A Government watchdog this week issued a stinging indictment of the progress of the new vocational A...