Informed waiting
(Photograph) - Nick Bower, a student at Sheffield Hallam University, who during a placement at South Yorkshire Passenger Transport helped develop QUEST, a bus location system. People waiting at bus...
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World Watch
The privately funded Islamic University of Rotterdam will more than double its student intake this autumn. Up to 100 new students are expected to be admitted to study Islam and the Koran. The...
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Which country is tops in tropical medicine?
Citations for the trend spotters Normally, analysis of citations in individual subfields is more useful for policy formation than is an examination of all of biomedicine. Papers in a subfield such as...
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Grants lobby refuses to die
Phil Baty looks at academics' response to a THES poll on how Labour policies are faring Academics have overwhelmingly rejected the government's decision to scrap student grants, warning that hardship...
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Catholic landstop Ulster job
A Catholic has been appointed vice-chancellor of one of Northern Ireland's universities for the first time. Gerry McKenna (above), 45, currently UU's pro vice-chancellor for research, beat off...
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Citations for the trend spotters
The Unesco conference will note the growing strength of Asian biomedical science. Grant Lewison reports The practice of counting the numbers of scientific papers produced by a country has become a...
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Mission to Pristina
The weight of responsibility resting on her shoulders is immense. But at 28, Monica Llamazares is determined and only a little daunted by the task ahead. In less than a fortnight, she will land in...
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Labour's Euro loss sees dons triumph
The Labour Party is reeling after last week's European Parliament elections - but parties started by, run by or starring academics were the big winners. The two parties to have gained most from the...
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Most students ignorant of costs
Students are ill-informed about the costs of higher education, a national survey has found. Most think costs arising from taking an undergraduate course range from Pounds 2,000-Pounds 5,000 a year,...
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PAC attacks Welsh failures
Parliament's spending watchdog has expressed anger over persistent "failures of accountability" in further and higher education. This week in a stormy evidence session on financial collapse at Gwent...
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DTI to scrutinise all spending
Universities will have to account for the use they make of every penny of public and private funds from next year as part of a Treasury-driven exercise. Academics will be forced to reveal how much...
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Scots fee probe:no constraints
There will be "no constraints" on Scotland's prospective committee of inquiry into student funding, Henry McLeish, minister for enterprise and lifelong learning has pledged. But he warned that the...
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UCAS decides on FEeligibility
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service will discuss whether further education colleges providing higher education courses should be eligible for UCAS membership at a board meeting today....
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New prize for African writers
A new $15,000 (Pounds 9,433) writing prize, focusing on the short story and open to writers from anywhere on the African continent, was launched this week. The Caine Prize will be awarded for the...
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Pounds 11m business fundup for grabs
The government launched its Pounds 54 million Reach Out initiative this week in a bid to foster better links between universities and industry and improve graduate employment opportunities....