Student loan collection could be revolutionised
Student loans could be managed and collected by a single agency dealing with everything from income tax and benefits to home improvement loans, according to a report from the Cabinet Office's...
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Artist designs homes for sub-Arctic nomads
Gavin Renwick, a Dundee University research associate in fine art, has won £54,000 from the Arts and Humanities Research Board to help design and build housing for the Dogrib Dene, a traditionally...
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LSC: let's blur boundaries
Further education and the post-16 sector will be expected to seek closer partnerships with higher education institutions over the next five years, Bryan Sanderson, chairman of the Learning and Skills...
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'Donkey leaders to blame' for RAE failure
The research assessment exercise must be overhauled, a parliamentary report will say next week. Ian Gibson, who chairs the House of Commons select committee on science and technology, began his...
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International threat to light-touch quality regime
Legions of international quality inspectors could soon be unleashed on UK universities, potentially undoing years of work to deliver a "light touch" quality assurance regime in England, the Quality...
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Labour plans to beef up research rely on academic aid
Academics will be consulted widely under Labour Party plans to launch its own research centre. David Triesman, party general secretary, this week confirmed the creation of Forethought, a centre...
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Buenos Aires
The Universidad de Buenos Aires has elected a new rector at the second attempt. Medical professor Jaim Etcheverry will replace Oscar Shuberoff. Last week's election was abandoned after a student...
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College life praised as 'hub of civic activity'
Further education improves students' self-esteem and skills and creates social networks, according to a report from the Institute of Education. "Interactions between students were thought to be...
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Hasty Labour plans are 'flops'
A government education adviser has warned that Labour's lifelong learning policy is destined to hit the buffers as almost every initiative has flopped. John Field, a professor of education who helped...
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Scots reap £33m from training
More than 6,000 companies bought £33 million of training from Scottish higher education institutions last year, says Universities Scotland in a brochure showcasing the sector's contribution to...
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Shake-up for health profession regulation
Two new regulatory councils for the health professions came into being on Monday, writes Claire Sanders. Jonathan Asbridge, deputy chief executive at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital,...
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Euratom research and training actions
Brussels, 04 April 2002 The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for indirect RT (research and training) actions under the specific programme for research and training (Euratom) in the...
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Researchers call for more international support for clinical research in Africa
Brussels, 04 April 2002 Africa needs more international support in conducting clinical trials as the number carried out currently is insufficient in considering the prevalence of disease in the...
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Net shows how green we are
A project to explore how the internet can influence the public's impact on the earth's resources has been launched at University College London. Researchers aim to track the behaviour of 40,000...
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Privatisation gets public study centre
The first British research centre committed to the study of the privatisation of higher education has opened at Newcastle University. The founders of the E. G. West Centre say that the fact that they...