RAE rejig skirts cash plight
Plans to replace the research assessment exercise ignore fundamental problems with the current funding model for universities, say academics and business leaders. Responses to Sir Gareth Roberts'...
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Pay for project costs in full, say business leaders in call for an end to dual support
Research assessment exercise funding should be replaced entirely by a system where project costs are paid in full by research councils and external funders, higher education and industry leaders have...
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College breached data act
A college that withheld examiners' comments from a student during a dispute over his tuition has breached the terms of the Data Protection Act, the information commissioner has ruled. The Anglo-...
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£4.8m to kickstart brain research
The Medical Research Council is trying to encourage research into brain disease by offering proof-of-concept grants worth a total of £4.8 million. Researchers gave the news a cautious welcome....
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Bid to train student assessors
Scotland has set up a training system for student representatives to ensure that they can play a full part in its radical new quality assurance scheme that focuses on students' experience. Sparqs,...
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BSc class set to sue Leicester after cuts
Students are threatening to sue Leicester University for breach of contract after their mass communications department was restructured, writes Tony Tysome. About 30 second and third-year students...
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Commonwealth v-cs exhorted to back the bac
Vice-chancellors across the Commonwealth have been urged to support proposals for the creation of a new baccalaureate that could act as a common entrance qualification for all of their institutions....
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Top-up waiver possible at LSE
The London School of Economics is considering whether to waive higher tuition fees for deserving British students. Sir Howard Davies, who became director of the LSE last week, told The THES : "We do...
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Nobel winners back EU focus
Proposals for a European Research Council won influential backing this week with a plea from 43 Nobel prizewinners. A group led by Erwin Neher, winner of the 1991 Nobel prize for medicine, appeared...
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Student law clinic saves day for Strathclyde bride
Strathclyde University law students have saved the day for a bride-to-be who was told her £400 deposit could not be refunded after her wedding dress was made to the wrong measurements. The students,...
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Students beat up anti-violence v-c
Extra police have been drafted in at a Colombo University after a savage attack by students on its vice-chancellor, who has been at the forefront of efforts to control violence in universities. Sri...
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Israeli research counts cost of upped security
Israel's seven research universities this year face a deficit of almost half a billion shekels (Pounds 66 million) because of the deteriorating security situation. Some 800 million shekels have been...
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US service for a song
Some US universities are looking at providing a service under which students can download music from the internet for a fee in response to a music industry crackdown on illegal downloading of...
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Errors swell law intake
First-year law students at Prague's Charles University are having to study in double shifts because nearly 170 additional students who failed the entrance exam were admitted after errors in the...
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Having a job lifts results, says report
An Australian study has found that students who work part time perform better in examinations than students without jobs. The findings counter growing concerns about the rising number of students...