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Paid work takes toll on class of degree
All students who undertake any paid employment during term time are putting their degree outcome at risk, according to the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of students' attitudes to debt. The...
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Privy Council overturns ruling by complaints ombudsman
The head of the Privy Council has overruled a judgment by the student complaints ombudsman, dealing a blow to the authority of the flagship body less than one year after it was given the powers to...
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Grant delays leave student nurses battling to stay on course
At least a thousand nursing and other health students are without their bursaries and are struggling to stay on their degree courses as the Department of Health fights to deal with a backlog of cases...
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MPs consider RAE review
MPs are considering launching an inquiry into the future of the research assessment exercise amid concerns that new universities are treated unfairly. Roberta Blackman-Woods, Labour MP for Durham and...
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Restructure that splits teaching and research raises fears for academic freedom at Keele
Academics have voiced concerns about the separation of teaching and research at Keele University as part of a major restructuring exercise to prepare for the next research assessment exercise, writes...
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Degrees deliver jobs
Graduate unemployment has dropped by half a per cent to 6.1 per cent, the latest What Do Graduates Do? report confirmed this week. Architecture, law and civil engineering have the lowest graduate...
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Open-access warning
The push for researchers to make their papers available free online via open-access journals and repositories could be "disastrous", according to a statement released this week by the Royal Society....
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Campus co-operation
The Universities and Colleges' Employers Association, in conjunction with the seven campus trade unions, has produced a report on employment negotiations. It found that three out of five institutions...
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Accommodating code
The student accommodation provider, University Partnerships Programme, has agreed to a national code that it says will improve living conditions. Under the code, students can expect to receive clear...
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Boost to foreign aid
Sheffield University and Kaplan, the exam preparation company, have signed an agreement to develop preparation programmes for foreign students seeking entry to the university. Sheffield International...
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North flexes muscles
Manchester plans to trump London as top city, says Tony Tysome The creation of a 25,000-student megacampus, among the biggest in Europe, is at the heart of plans to turn Manchester Metropolitan...
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V-c loses Natfhe confidence vote
Lecturers at Liverpool John Moores University have overwhelmingly backed a vote of no confidence in the institution's vice-chancellor Michael Brown and its governing body, writes Tony Tysome. Out of...
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Floating questions
Researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University and Udine University, Italy, are collaborating on investigating the loss of strength experienced by astronauts in space. Marco Narici of the...
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A bag full of holes is a real life-saver
Millions of people in developing countries are forced to drink deadly cholera-ridden water every day to quench their thirst. But that could change thanks to an invention by a former academic from...