League tables reform 'too narrow'
COLLEGES are "very concerned" about the government's proposals to improve performance league tables in further education. The Association of Colleges, which demanded reform of the annual A level and...
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Colleges let their IT slip
COLLEGES are failing to embrace information technology, according to a report published this week by the Further Education Funding Council. The report, which is being seen as a warning to ministers...
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Lecturer cuts her cloth to help heal scars
The Scottish College of Textiles in Galashiels has a long tradition of knitting expertise, appropriately for an institution in the heart of Borders sheep farming country. But the research of Lisa...
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Good kids watch TV
Watching television does not make children more aggressive or more likely to adopt anti-social behaviour, research from Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education has found. A team spent...
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How workers work well
EMPLOYEE participation in shaping work can boost a company's performance, according to a survey of European firms. Peter Totterdill, who heads Nottingham Trent University's Centre for Work and...
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Killer bacteria study
Research at Southampton University should shine light on meningococcal meningitis - the bacteria that killed three Southampton University freshers earlier this academic year. It will examine the...
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Is nylon as green as cotton?
A challenge to the commonly held view that natural fibres are more environmentally friendly than synthetics is being mounted by researchers at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Project coordinator...
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Student charged with agitation
A 26-year-old PhD student at Umea University in Sweden faces prosecution for complicity in inciting violent agitation towards an ethnic group after a Nazi lecture. Karolina Matti arranged the lecture...
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Gay slams church obstinacy
A homosexual was first denied enrolment in Milan's Catholic University because he could not produce a certificate of baptism, and then for years was refused baptism by his parish priest because he is...
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Reykjavik project brings Icelandic sagas out of Norse code
A five-year project to translate the entire canon of ancient Icelandic sagas from Old Norse into a foreign language, English, for the first time has been completed by translators and international...
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Irish plan to limit enrolment
The Irish department of finance is planning to cap full-time student numbers in universities, institutes of technology and other higher education colleges. At present, 49 per cent of the relevant age...
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Chancellors seek Slovak reforms
Chancellors of six Slovak universities and colleges have joined Catholic bishops in a call for political reforms and the defence of civil liberties in the run-up to this autumn's elections. The...
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Rectors face beards crisis
Turkish academics face being forced into the centre of deepening controversy over religious dress in universities. YOK, the ruling authority for universities, and the joint rectors' committee have...
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Triple X marks exam success
China is introducing a college entrance examination next year that will make student enrolments more flexible and beef up middle-school teaching quality. The new "three-plus" system is aimed at...