From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Universities will face a staff shortage crisis within four years unless pay improves, Sir Michael Bett, author of the authoritative report on academic salaries, has warned MPs. The...
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TV & radio guide - Thursday
Melvyn Bragg – In Our Time (9.00 am R4). Richard Drayton and Simon Schaffer on science and Victorian imperialism. A Revolution in Five Acts (11.00 am R4, repeated 9.30). Ian Hislop plus historians on...
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Latest international news
Bolivian students begin hunger strike Seven Bolivian law students suspended from the Universidad Mayor de San Simón in Cochabamba because they lacked the required qualifications...
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Latest UK news
Recruitment crisis looms “Sticking plaster” increases in higher education funding will not halt a looming recruitment crisis, MPs were told today. Sir Michael Bett told the education select committee...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Employers are to be given a central role in university careers services, the government will announce. Health officials are seeking parliamentary time for a bill reinforcing existing...
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TV & radio guide - Wednesday
Meridian Music: Verdi (9.05 am, repeated Thursday 1.05am). First of two programmes with Michael Oliver. (Next Saturday is a Verdi Day on R3.) A Revolution in Five Acts (11.00 am R4, repeated 9.30)....
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From today's UK papers
THE GUARDIAN Marking at Liverpool John Moores University was a "shambles" according to a former external examiner's confidential report. Unison, the UK's biggest trade union, is...
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Latest UK news
Homeless missing out on study As many as 100,000 young homeless people are being denied education because they cannot study and claim benefit at the same time, according to the Foyer...
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Latest international news
Namibia's student organisations split Namibia’s national student organisation has told the Southern African Student Union to close its offices and leave the country by the end of January. Union...
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TV & radio guide - Tuesday
Taking a Stand (9.00 R4). UN humanitarian aid specialist Charles Petrie talks to Fergal Keane. A Revolution in Five Acts (11.00 am R4, repeated 9.30). Ian Hislop plus historians on the repeal of the...
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Latest international news
Nigeria puts squeeze on universities Nigeria's government has given universities 60 days from today to shut down satellite campuses and outreach centres in line with a directive issued last November...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES For the first time, Harvard Business School, widely regarded as the most prestigious business school in the world, has been knocked from the number one spot, by Wharton, according to...
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Warnock supports select committee on cloning Baroness Warnock, the peer who chaired the original inquiry into human fertilisation, would support a select committee inquiry into therapeutic cloning....
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