Contract lecturer campaign hots up
Lecturers are to step up their campaign against casualisation in universities after new figures revealed that more than two out of five academics are on fixed-term contracts. The Association of...
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Supply of degrees bigger than demand
Many job applicants need better qualifications than their predecessors, but a third of graduates remain in jobs where a degree is not required, according to research. Francis Green of Kent University...
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Hard facts on hardship
(Photograph) - Hard facts on hardship: Helen McNeill, 25, with her daughter Abigail, two, joined the National Union of Students anti-tuition fees demonstration in Glasgow last week. Ms McNeill, a...
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Ofsted regime 'weighted towards failure' says AUT
Teacher training is being "inspected to death" by schools' inspector Ofsted, higher education providers have told an all-party MPs' inquiry. Critical assessments of Ofsted's role in teacher training...
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Bucharest
Students in Romania last week staged "non-political" protests over delay in payments of their grants and low government funding.
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Lviv
Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma sent a message congratulating the Schevchenko Scientific Society on its 125th anniversary (THES, November 13) but did not attend celebrations.
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IT shapes the librarians to come
The Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists are proposing to merge to reflect the rapid developments taking place in information and communications technologies. The merger...
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AUT moves to reveal freemasons
Freemasons working in universities must declare their affiliation in the interest of openness and equal opportunities, the Association of University Teachers is expected to demand soon. The AUT's...
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Scots expect shift to independence
The Scottish electorate is not making clear-cut distinctions between devolution and independence, according to political experts at Edinburgh University. Alice Brown and David McCrone of the...
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TECs see a role in techno transfer
A sharper focus on technology transfer and innovation is expected in the government's forthcoming Competitiveness white paper, according to Training and Enterprise Council chiefs. The government is...
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Peter Mandelson
In a speech earlier this month Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for trade and industry, said that the promotion of enterprise must be at the heart of the government's approach to science, "turning...
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Promotions put on hold
Cambridge University has frozen its entire annual round of personal promotions to readerships and chairs next year because of objections to its proposed procedural reform. At a discussion in the...
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Does Korea hold the key to FE in the UK?
"Is this a proper use of public funds?" a college principal asked in an anonymous circular this week, referring to a Further Education Funding Council report on Korea's education system. Coming hot...
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Union men cut from Cricklade
Industrial negotiations broke down last week after managers at Cricklade College sacked three lecturers, including whistleblower and national Natfhe negotiator Andrew Murray. The sackings, the...
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Brought low by high ambitions
Under Mike Fitzgerald, staff relations and quality at Thames Valley University deteriorated. Phil Baty and Alan Thomson look at how his laudable goals led to a damning QAA report and his resignation...