A case of pricking the nation's conscience
Academics need a forum in which to debate the social responsibility aspect of post-Dearing reform, writes James Armstrong. The Dearing report identified one of the purposes of education as enabling...
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WHY I... agreed to go back to university - this time at Luton
Lembit Opik: Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire and a graduate of Bristol University. At the Sharp End airs at 7.30pm, 19 January on BBC2. Few people even know Luton has a university, never mind...
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All talk and no pay increases
Nick Coleman explains why very few lecturers will be willing to go on strike again. Readers do not need reminding that academic salaries have fallen, relative to comparable professions, by 2 per cent...
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Vc-s battle for campus autonomy
Vice-chancellors were preparing to battle for university autonomy this week as more complained of being "stampeded" into a deal with quality watchdogs. An agreement struck last week by the Quality...
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The QAA has asked institutions to comment on plans for a revision of subscription levels
* The QAA has asked institutions to comment on plans for a revision of subscription levels. The agency wants to switch from a system with a banded structure based on full-time equivalent student...
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Specialist subject network launched
* A network of 24 specialist subject centres is to be launched by the Institute for Learning and Teaching at a cost of Pounds 30 million over the next five years. English is the only subject area...
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The Big Apple picks base in Bloomsbury
* London's latest academic institution is an affiliate of the private New York University. NYU in London has taken a long lease on a property in Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, and is applying for...
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PAC report slams Gwent's cash scandal
* Parliament's financial watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, this week condemned a financial scandal at Gwent Tertiary College. Its report, Financial Management and Governance at Gwent Tertiary...
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Stirling starts a late fast-track entry
* Stirling University will next month introduce an annual entry point for students. The February entrants will be able to fast-track their way to an honours degree in three-and-a-half years rather...
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Five-term year for school proposed
* A move from a three to five-term year for schools is being considered by a Local Government Association commission launched this week. The proposal would reduce the summer break to four weeks and...
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New Deal colleges double their money
* Colleges will get double the money for educating people on the New Deal from this week, the government has announced. Further education colleges will receive 20 per cent of the cost of every New...
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Projects win grants for equipment
* Details of nearly Pounds 70 million funding for research were announced this week. Under the 1999 round of the Joint Research Equipment Initiative, 230 awards have been made to projects in 53...
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Four quit at Glasgow education faculty
* Sir Graeme Davies, principal of Glasgow University, has given four senior education staff until Monday to reconsider their resignations. The four tendered their resignations following growing...
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Plea for thief to return yellow plastic banner
* No longer content with the timeless but passe student pastime of stealing traffic cones and road signs, mischievous undergraduates at Liverpool John Moores University have gone a step too far. "In...
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Loan numbers double
The percentage of eligible sutdents who took a student loan has more than doubled since their introduction. In 1990-91, some 28 per cent of those eligible took a loan. By 1997-98, the figure had...