Oxford beats rival in cash dash
Oxford University is beating its ancient rival Cambridge in the battle for private research cash, figures reveal. Total income from research grants and contracts was Pounds 120.9 million in 1998-99,...
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Clamour to scrap system
Student leaders, education lawyers and politicians have stepped up calls to abolish the ancient visitor system for resolving staff and student complaints in the old universities. The redoubled...
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Humanities training should be tailormade
The Arts and Humanities Research Board should refrain from setting up a fixed research training programme for postgraduate students similar to those run by the research councils. That is the...
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Liberation in merger
The 18th-century Palladian mansion and 260 acres of surrounding parkland and lakes would form an attractive asset to any portfolio. Add to that the internationally acclaimed Yorkshire Sculpture Park...
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Rabbie's inspiration marked by poetry in motion
As Burns Night approaches, commemorating Scotland's fav-ourite poet, St Andrews University is to honour Burns's own favourite Scottish poet with a year-long celebration. The St Andrews Scottish...
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Pets score points rather than kids
Students wanting to take veterinary courses need A-level point scores nearly twice as high as those wanting to be teachers, latest statistics show. Analysis for the Higher Education Statistics Agency...
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Genetics to force NHS link
The genetics revolution will drive universities into closer collaboration with the National Health Service as professionals strive to keep up to date with the new technology, according to a...
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Assembly urges NEWI scrutiny
The Welsh Assembly has bolstered its tough stance on university mismanagement by ordering an inquiry into complaints against the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham. The...
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Women still tapping on glass ceiling
A pressure group for senior women in higher education celebrates its tenth anniversary next week. Through the Glass Ceiling, a networking and lobbying group, was set up by Christine King, now vice-...
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Practice makes perfect?
This week's announcement of better pay for experienced nurses complements the efforts to improve training. Claire Sanders reports Nurses studying in English universities could soon have their courses...
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Don's diary
Sunday I am awakened at 9am by a telephone call from my friend Basil in the Innu community of Sheshatshiu, Labrador. He tells me that the 15-year-old son of Napes Ashini has just shot himself. Napes...
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A flying start
It was just one of those days for Howard Newby, president of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, whose plane was grounded on a visit to the United States last week. Professor Newby was...
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Early learning
New videoconferencing resources have brought the joys - and some of the problems - of globalisation to De Montfort University. A series of lectures by young scientists, as part of the distance-...
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Mayoville address
A sterling performance at the National Union of Students' first further education student governors conference earned admiration all round for David Melville, chief executive of the Further Education...
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Get active
Worried that your hunt saboteuring skills may be a bit rusty? Why not brush up on them with a course in animal activism? London Animal Action recently provided "animal rights skills day" at the...