'Nuisance' union activist was unfairly dismissed
Doncaster College unfairly dismissed whistleblower and union activist John Giddins, an industrial tribunal has ruled. But the college did not victimise him for his union activity and his vociferous...
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Call to double work experience places
Vice-chancellors are to launch a campaign to double the number of work experience places available for students. The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals wants to increase places for full-...
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Principal defends threatened governors
The threatened mass sacking of governors at Wirral Metropolitan College is not part of a "rational" recovery process, beleaguered principal Jenny Shackleton said this week. Her board was due to...
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College manager training mooted
New qualifications for college managers and governors may be introduced as part of far-reaching proposals to professionalise further education. The fledgling Further Education National Training...
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Swan's swift rise
Resentment over appointments and promotions at the Quality Assurance Agency is high. Disaffected sources close to the QAA were so sure that Julie Swan would beat rivals to become the QAA's director...
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Have a merry Christmas, or else
"Failure to follow university procedures, without proper authority, may in future lead to disciplinary action being taken against you. If a breach is serious enough, this could be considered as gross...
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MPs' wish-list for '99 agenda
Alan Thomson asks key members of the education sub-committee what they would like to achieve this year The House of Commons education sub-committee has three inquiries planned so far for this year....
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Spin fails to deter young voters
The antics of the government's spin doctors have not put Britain's youth off politics or the ballot box, according to research. In a study by researchers from Loughborough and Nottingham Trent...
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Foreign travellers ill-prepared for malaria
Travellers should be encouraged to take precautions against malaria, particularly drug-resistant varieties, said a leading specialist from Newcastle University, writes Olga Wojtas. Edmund Ong, head...
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On the move
Former United States senator George Mitchell, who chaired the multi-party talks leading to the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, is tipped to become the new chancellor of Queen's University...
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Don's diary
Wednesday First day back after the break. I check my email only to discover that a message I sent before Christmas was not delivered. The Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher...
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Eye witness
Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community was the target of brutal victimisation after the fall of President Suharto at the hands of last summer's student inspired democracy movement. An estimated 1,000...
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Rome
A state prosecutor has demanded prison sentences of between two and three-and a-half years for eight university professors on trial for allegedly favouring candidates in competitive exams for...
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Santos
A new library will open in the Port of Santos, Brazil, on January 28, thanks to the efforts of the University of Sao Paulo and the Catholic University of Santos. Staff and students have been given...
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Niger
Lecturers and students at the National University of Niamey in the Republic of Niger are on indefinite strike over unpaid salaries and student bursaries. Niger students overseas have warned that if...