Booming subject outstrips funding
Biological sciences are booming in UK universities, but the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council warned this week that research funding might be unable to keep up. According to...
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US may lure UK bioscientists
Britain's burgeoning bioscience sector will ship out to the US unless there is urgent action to improve funding and coordination, a government and industry report warns today, writes Anna Fazackerley...
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Solo saboteurs take the rap for torpedoing language drive
The government's national languages strategy is being undermined by a "free for all" in higher education that ignores national and regional needs, the government's languages advisory body warned this...
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V-c blames foundations plan for scuttling honours
The government policy of expanding foundation degree places needs to be re-examined, as it is stifling the growth of honours degrees, says the vice-chancellor of Newcastle University. Christopher...
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Theory, practice and Justice at last
When Terry Cape enrolled to study the unique law degree at Northumbria University, he was attracted by the savings. "I knew I would save about £6,000 on the cost of a legal practice course," he said...
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Law courses set for radical shake-up
The traditional three-year law degree could be phased out under radical plans from the Law Society to restructure legal education. The society's new training framework, currently out for consultation...
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Business told not to whinge
British business should stop "whingeing" about the perceived shortcomings of universities and address the damaging decline in their own research and development activities, according to Richard...
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Working group to resolve email overload
The discovery that staff at Newcastle University sent and received more than 100 million emails in the past year - double the number for 2000 - has prompted moves to resolve the mounting information...
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Wearable computers to liberate academia
Welcome to the campus without walls. The advent of wearable, mobile computing has the potential to liberate students, researchers and academics from the physical confines of lecture theatres,...
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Poor hit by rocketing debt
Student debt has escalated in the past four years, hitting poor students hardest, according to a government survey published this week. Between 1998-99 and 2002-03, anticipated average debt on...
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Students opt for OU to cut costs
The rising cost of studying for a degree has been good news for the Open University, which has recruited a record number of students aged under 25 this year. No longer the refuge of middle-aged...
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'Don't seek cash, use imagination'
Scottish education minister Jim Wallace has told universities to make better use of their existing funds rather than looking for more government cash, writes Olga Wojtas. Universities Scotland called...
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English top-up fees may boost the budget north of the border
Scottish ministers believe England's proposals for top-up fees will lead to extra funds north of the border. It had been thought that top-up fees would have no bearing on Scottish funding since it...
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College fails quality test again
A Reading college has been forced to scrap its computing degrees after becoming the first institution to fail a reinspection by higher education quality watchdogs under the current subject review...
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Non-cheats fall into net
Muddled thinking by academics has exposed "conscientious, hard-working and law-abiding" students to accusations of cheating, according to a plagiarism expert. Educational developer Peter Levin says...