Analytical science gets new professorships
Three new research professorships in analytical science have been announced by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Three universities will share...
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Clarification
The item "Two stand down from RAE panel discussions" (THES, February 23) may have given the impression that two research assessment exercise panel members are standing down because they took part in...
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Correction
The Cardionetics Institute of Bioinformatics is based at Aston University, not at Birmingham University as we said (THES, February 23). The institute, funded by Cardionetics Ltd, was opened by Aston'...
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More resources are needed to train NHS staff
The government must invest more in teaching staff and accommodation at universities if it is to meet its targets for nursing, midwifery and health professional students, says a National Audit Office...
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Poor colleges spoil targets
National auditors warned this week that low student achievement and retention rates in further education colleges are jeopardising learning targets set by the government. Only half of further...
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Scots unis demand dialogue on reforms
Universities Scotland has called on the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to back off from its controversial proposals on teaching funding and to work with the university principals on a...
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Union thriller
Michael Jackson has vowed that a broken foot will not prevent him speaking to the Oxford Union next Tuesday. The singer's address will mark the launch of his Heal the Kids foundation. He will be...
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Britain is urged to adopt US Sats
Top universities are being urged to pilot American-style Scholastic Assessment Tests after evidence that they increase academic opportunities for bright students from poor backgrounds. The Sutton...
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College libraries snub pricey online journal
University libraries are spurning the electronic version of the prestigious scientific journal Nature because of the cost and its delayed news content. At least 14 United Kingdom universities have...
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Students' anger over grant rules
Angry trainee teachers have claimed that government funding promises are not all that they appear to be. A recent campaign advertised grants of up to £7,500 for those training to teach secondary...
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V-cs look at reforming links
Vice-chancellors are to look at ways to revolutionise collaboration and how it could affect the governance of universities and colleges, at today's Universities UK meeting in Newcastle. UUK's longer-...
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Lecturers threaten to strike over cuts
Luton University is facing strike action and a national academic boycott as the full extent of its restructuring plans emerge, writes Phil Baty. Natfhe, the lecturers union, has warned that Luton has...
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TQA devalued by grade rises
The teaching quality assessment exercise has been rendered all but meaningless by grade inflation, gamesmanship and the rise of inspectors' "cartels", experts have claimed. Analysis of 665 teaching...
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Exeter takes the TTA to task
The University of Exeter has started court proceedings against the Teacher Training Agency after it threatened to withdraw its accreditation of the university. Exeter is applying to the High Court...
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Market force will better us, says don
Higher education would be more efficient if universities were freed from state control to adapt course supply to the demands of fee-paying students, a leading economist has claimed. Nick Barr, of the...