IBM tries to revive interest in mainframes
IBM has donated a £2 million S/390 mainframe computer to Warwick University's computer science department in a bid to reawaken students' interest in the technology. Many students have shunned...
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ICS will receive a £200,000 lifeline
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is to receive £200,000 from the University of London to help safeguard its future. The cash will support restructuring plans proposed in a recent review panel...
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Dexter: industry must play part in genetic data
Industry must be closely involved with the United Kingdom's genetic database - if not, there is no point building it, according to Mike Dexter, director of the Wellcome Trust. But, giving evidence to...
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Scots launch their University for Industry
Henry McLeish, Scotland's first minister, and Wendy Alexander, minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, this week officially launched the Scottish University for Industry, backed by almost...
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Activists fined after failing to spot enemy
Four environmental activists were this week convicted and fined at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for damaging Scottish Agricultural College crops worth £1.50. As part of a protest against a trial of...
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Student welfare tracked at Leeds
Students living at home are far happier than their friends in university halls, while students living in flats are the most dissatisfied of all, according to a pilot survey of almost 2,000 Leeds...
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NUS lobbies for Cubie reforms
Students lobbied Scottish parliamentarians this week, urging them to implement the Cubie inquiry's recommendations in forthcoming legislation on the graduate endowment scheme. The parliament's...
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Hardship worries after loan blunder
Hundreds of students are facing hardship after the second instalment of their loans failed to appear in their bank accounts. The error occurred as many were taking exams. It has caused family anxiety...
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Money worries top list of student concerns
Only a third of students are seriously worried about going into debt, despite most anticipating owing at least £7,000 by the end of their course, according to a major study of student attitudes....
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Social work raises standards toprofessionalise services
New qualifications for social workers should make the service more professional and improve work with children, the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work said this week. Social...
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Pressure grows to turn down BAT grant
Nottingham University came under renewed pressure from cancer research chiefs and academics this week to reconsider its acceptance of £3.8 million from British American Tobacco. The Cancer Research...
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Make access stick, Warwick says
Higher education is still vulnerable to claims of self-perpetuating privilege and elitism, Baroness Warwick, chief executive of Universities UK, has warned. Lady Warwick, giving Strathclyde...
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Fight for pay rise suffers reversal
Lecturers taking part in the national dispute over pay had a double dose of bad news this week as some were told that they would not be paid until "normal working" was resumed and as hitherto solid...
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Durham in the dock over race
Durham University is accused of race discrimination in court actions brought by two Nigerian students. The cases follow the bishop of Durham's finding last May that the university has been...
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Schools seek research sabbaticals for staff
School teachers could take sabbaticals to do research in collaboration with universities under proposals from the General Teaching Council. The GTC met school standards minister Estelle Morris last...