Latecomers put paid to tuition fees scare
More people have applied to higher education after getting their A-level results than last year, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Despite tuition fees, 9,069 new...
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Belt and shades for computer bods
Prototype cuddly toys that "recognise" people and wearable computers in the form of belts and sunglasses are among products that could find their way on to the market soon, according to the...
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Drugs research guru claims unfair job loss
Controversial drugs researcher Martin Plant aims to take Edinburgh's Queen Margaret College to an industrial tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal. A preliminary hearing to determine whether a case...
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Preparing students for work 'takes money'
Universities need long-term money if they are to prepare students for work, according to industry and higher education leaders. While short-term projects, such as Enterprise in Higher Education, can...
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A-level stay-ons mark colleges' success
The best further education colleges retain 86 per cent of their students at A level and the rest need to catch up, the Further Education Funding Council warned. At level three (A-level standard), the...
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Brussels looks for lambs with BSE
Sheep could be infected with BSE, according to an expert advising the government on mad cow disease. The warning from Jeffrey Almond, professor of microbiology at Reading University, has led to...
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NUS protest stops fee instalment charge
All universities and colleges considering charging students who pay fees in instalments have backtracked. The University of East London and University College Chester, the last institutions to...
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Advertise Woodhead post, Blunkett told
Liberal Democrat education spokesman Don Foster has written to the education secretary David Blunkett urging him not to reappoint Ofsted head Chris Woodhead (above) without proper competition. In the...
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Malaysia crisis may cost UK dear
British universities are predicting multi-million pound drops in fee income as Malaysia's currency crisis takes its toll on overseas student recruitment. International offices in institutions across...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES ... John Griffith argued that universities have been tardy in setting right abuses of power - bullying, corruption, nepotism and cheating. The answer, he suggests, is an...
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Students insure against expense of dropping out
More than 500 students had paid for insurance against the cost of dropping out of their degree course just two weeks after A-level results were announced and university places were confirmed. Saxon...
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Man awaiting appeal on law course
Aberdeen University has begun an urgent inquiry into its acceptance of a law student revealed to have an assault conviction. A weekend press report stated that Michael Anthony, due to start studies...
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Besieged Bill finds oasis of peace in Belfast
Bill Clinton came bearing gifts to Belfast's Springvale campus last week. Suddenly the long talked-about and much-hyped "peaceline" campus in Belfast is just Pounds 6 million short of its Pounds 70...
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SNP goes to war on Scottish anomaly
The Scottish National Party has pledged to fight for the removal of tuition fees under a Scottish parliament. Its document, Towards the Scottish Parliament: Policy Intentions for the 99 Elections,...
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New Scottish parliament must "innovate, not automate"
The new Scottish parliament must "innovate, not automate", Lesley Beddie, head of Napier University's computing department, warned this week. Professor Beddie, a member of the Scottish Office expert...