Library consortia produce big savings
University libraries are saving more than Pounds 3 million a year by clubbing together regionally to coordinate spending on books and periodicals, according to a Bournemouth University report....
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Unions back reshaping of public sector
(Photograph) - Trade unions are set to throw their weight behind the government's lifelong learning agenda in the drive to redefine the public services for the next century. John Monks (above),...
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Trainee teachers lack lessons in PE
Some primary trainee teachers are given under eight hours training in how to teach physical education, according to the Office for Standards in Education. On average, postgraduate trainees do 23...
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Managers drafted in to Thames Valley
Two senior higher education managers have been appointed to help run troubled Thames Valley University. Geoff Crispin, former deputy vice-chancellor at Teesside University, and Steve Chicken, former...
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Welsh student numbers up
Enrolments in Welsh higher education have risen by more than 45 per cent since 1993, according to the Welsh funding councils. Part-time numbers have more than doubled. More than 100,000 students were...
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Diplomat pressure brings bonus for Chinese lobby
Chinese studies will get an extra Pounds 5 million over the next five years to aid teaching and research. The Higher Education Funding Council for England set the cash aside after the Foreign and...
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Casualisation of university profession
Is the casualisation of the university profession a good thing? Email us on soapbox@thes.co.uk
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A case of unfair dismissal
Marie Denley is concerned that women have failed to make their mark on the past millennium Here's sport indeed: a mini-quiz. Question: what do the following six names have in common - William Caxton...
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Should women have made the shortlist?
Should women have made the shortlist for the Today programme's Person/Personality of the Millennium competition and, if so, which ones? Email us on soapbox@thes.co.uk.
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National value
Subjects with national value but few students will continue to receive financial support for at least the next five years, writes Harriet Swain. Minority courses in, for example, West African studies...
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Geographers plug exam bank
Thousands of hours spent marking student essays could be saved at the touch of a button if universities agree to create a national "bank" of computer-assessed exam questions. The idea was unveiled...
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Principal dogged by second sacking
An industrial tribunal has brought forward the deadline for Glasgow Caledonian University to reinstate former principal, Stan Mason, because of his 65th birthday on January 30. But the Glasgow...
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Miser institutions 'must spend more on students'
Colleges are squirrelling away money unnecessarily instead of spending it on improving their service to students, the Further Education Funding Council has warned. Publishing full and aggregated 1997...
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Embattled dean to go
'Mr Watts, who had been subject to hate mail inviting him to "settle in the farthest reaches of hell", was suspended as a result of allegations made by the Jenkinses' The dean at the centre of...
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Whistleblowers now protected by the law
Whistleblowers now have statutory protection against persecution and victimisation by employers. Legal protection for those who blow the whistle on fraud, malpractice and crime in the workplace came...