Merger details go live in slip-up
Lecturers' union Natfhe inadvertently published confidential papers on merger talks with the Association of University Teachers on its website late last week. The documents have since been withdrawn...
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Consultancy pays the bills
Stefaan Simons, a professor of chemical engineering at University College London, did three weeks' consultancy for a multinational consumer products company. Two years later, the firm provided...
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Radiohead's PhD fan mail revealed
Their music has echoed through student halls of residence for the past 12 years. And now academics have caught on to Radiohead, too. Thirteen scholars from around the world have contributed to a...
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Foreign students put off by visa hike
Controversial visa extension charges have already had a serious impact on the ability of UK universities and colleges to recruit overseas students, it emerged this week. More than half the...
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Unbalanced equation
Failure to act on course cuts will open up subject 'wastelands' across the UK Fears for the future of mathematics courses grew this week as Hull University confirmed the closure of its maths...
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MPs warn underfunding will hit science and technology teaching
Failure to act on course cuts will open up subject 'wastelands' across the UK MPs warned this week that there was "no way" that a university science department could support itself properly under the...
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Students drawn to 'a bit on the side' in language learning
Failure to act on course cuts will open up subject 'wastelands' across the UK More students are taking language courses than ever before, but not at degree level, the latest figures from the...
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Foreign choices
Failure to act on course cuts will open up subject 'wastelands' across the UK Accredited language courses that count towards a degree 2003-04 ,572 2004-05 22,123 Non-accredited...
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Hefce access study 'flawed'
A row over the use of statistics in a major government study on university access erupted this week amid claims that the research was methodologically flawed. The three-year study tracking student...
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Fears over UK's £10m terror plan
A £10 million-a-year Home Office drive to improve the UK's defences against chemical, biological or nuclear attack was branded "a travesty" this week. Academics fear the UK could remain highly...
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Pick a perk, any perk... but read the small print
When fees get a grip, bursaries of up to £10,000 and carrots such as subsidised rent will be used to woo students, but Paul Hill finds elaborate strings attached Students will need a keen eye for...
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"No detailed assessments" of any alternative top-up fee levels
The Department for Education and Skills made "no detailed assessments" of any alternative top-up fee levels before setting the £3,000 limit, according to a senior civil servant, writes Phil Baty....
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Flexibility is key in uncertain climate
As the fees market takes hold, universities and colleges must balance three aims: maximising additional fee income, expenditure on student support packages and investment in the quality of the...
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New Tory HE minister
Charles Hendry this week became the Shadow Minister for Higher Education in a mini reshuffle prior to the general election, expected in May. Mr Hendry, who has been Conservative MP for Wealdon since...