Give quality respect it deserves
The media treatment of the Quality Assurance Agency's activity is becoming part of the story itself. It portrays an agency at war with the sector in an often personalised way, with pictures of John...
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It's not too early to show hand in admissions game
Universities may not have considered entry criteria for 2002, but schools need guidance now to prepare pupils, says John Dunford Schoolteachers have universally welcomed the greater opportunity for...
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Advice unheeded is no use at all
In the aftermath of the Paddington tragedy, Stephen Regel asks what role, if any, academics can play In the aftermath of the Paddington rail disaster, opinions and views are already being sought from...
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Innovate or atrophy
Charles Leadbeater warns academics that ministers view them as insular and irrelevant A gulf of distrust and mutual misapprehension has opened up between the government and intellectuals in recent...
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Why I...
Lecturer in psychology, University of Newcastle, and visiting professor at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London The Teaching Quality Assessment is not what it seems. It has nothing to do with improving...
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Cambridge faces cyberfuture
Cambridge dons fear that their university's reputation is under threat with the emergence of questions about its mission and the future of minority subjects. Cutting undergraduate numbers, narrowing...
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Student entry to HE up, mature students down
The number of students entering full-time higher education this year is up 1 per cent on 1998, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Universities and colleges...
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Jowell moves from health to education
(Photograph) - This week's government reshuffle propelled public health minister Tessa Jowell (pictured below) into the Department for Education and Employment. Ms Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood),...
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Teacher training to stop at Liverpool
Liverpool University is to pull out of teacher training next year, claiming it is uneconomical to continue to provide high-quality courses. Liverpool has informed the Teacher Training Agency that it...
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Art college to merge with Heriot-Watt
Edinburgh College of Art looks set to merge with Heriot-Watt University in around 18 months' time. College governors voted 13 to 10 on Monday in favour of talks aimed at full merger by summer 2001....
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DFEE is 'neglecting lifelong learning'
The Department for Education and Employment has been criticised for neglecting lifelong learning in its proposed research strategy. "We wish to register our strong surprise that the (DFEE's research...
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Survey reveals lack of museum research
Research and scholarship in museums is under threat, with 80 per cent of museums reporting that they are not as active in research as they should be, according to a survey by the Museums and...
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Fender gets inflation-busting wage rise
Sir Brian Fender, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, landed a 5.6 per cent pay rise this year, taking his salary and benefits to Pounds 133,000, more than than all...
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NVQ provider loses Pounds 3.2 million claim
A leading private training provider has lost a claim for Pounds 3.2 million against North Derbyshire Tertiary College. Link Training, part of the Spring Group of Companies, alleged the college failed...
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Tongue-tied birds could help stutterers
The discovery of stuttering song birds by a team of scientists has raised the prospect of new drugs and therapies to tackle the speech affliction in humans. David Rosenfield, a researcher at the...