Scots reject QAA review
Scottish universities are to reject all quality inspection in the next academic year and are calling for a United Kingdom-wide suspension of external quality assurance until late 2003. The move...
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BSE blunder leaves consumers in doubt Scientists at the Institute of Animal Health in Edinburgh, who have been trying to find out if BSE has infected sheep, have mistakenly been testing the brains of...
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Latest international news
Oz IT is 'paying price for fund cuts' Australia is performing "abysmally" in information technology because of university funding cuts, heads of engineering at the country's eight leading research...
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From today's UK papers
Scientists in key BSE tests used wrong animal brains An inquiry has been launched into how a crucial experiment into whether BSE has infected sheep fell apart in disarray after an astonishing mix-up...
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Netgazette
• University of Melbourne The following awards have been made: The Chemeca Medal , jointly awarded by the Institution of Engineers Australia Chemical College, the Institution of Chemical Engineers in...
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THES quiz
The first three correct sets of answers to the questions below win a magnum of champagne 1. Who was the lowest-paid vice-chancellor in 1993-94 but said: "I think I am very well paid for what I do"? 2...
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Debt-averse poor force U-turn
Student support is being reviewed because debt aversion among the poor is jeopardising the government's 50 per cent expansion target, education secretary Estelle Morris admitted this week. Ms Morris...
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NEWS Patents and ethics - who owns stem-cell research? FEATURES Fay Weldon and Elaine Showalter go head to head on gender politics BOOKS How has email changed the English language? John Naughton...
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For the record
Postgrad supervisor training extended A scheme to provide improved training, recognition and support for supervisors of postgraduate students is being extended to universities and institutes...
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Cash shortage may put squeeze on e-university
The e-university could fall victim to the funding squeeze. An agreement due to be signed today with Sun Microsystems has no cash attached to it and there is doubt over whether the e-university...
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Fraud inquiry fails to deliver
A wide-ranging investigation into academic fraud in science, engineering and the humanities has ground to a halt. The probe by the National Academies Policy Analysis Group, which incorporates the...
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Morris invites industry to advise on education
Employers should have more of a say in the education and training provided by universities and colleges, education secretary Estelle Morris said this week. Their influence could help strengthen...
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Numbers up though some still face cuts
Some civic universities are reviewing their course provision as they unexpectedly struggle to meet recruitment targets, despite the buoyant outlook across the sector. Leeds University said it was...
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Arsenic 'lapse' leads to lawsuit
The British Geological Survey is facing a lawsuit for overlooking arsenic in tests on Bangladeshi groundwater. The suit could cost the BGS £30 million - almost its entire annual budget. Papers to...
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Assembly calls for more cash
A radical overhaul of further education and more cash for university research were demanded by the Northern Ireland Assembly as it faced political oblivion. In what could be the last big debate at...