Oxford urged to snub extra fees
Oxford University should not charge any of the £1,900 top-up fee to avoid the rigours of the access regulator, some academics have argued. An article in Oxford Magazine , a debating forum, says: "The...
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Missing millions How virtual university lost European cash Campus violence The students who terrorise their lecturers Plus : Daniel Dennett tells Laurie Taylor how evolution sets you free Textbook...
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Clarke 'confused' on grants
The government has been accused of failing to do its sums and causing "utter confusion" over the new student grant after education secretary Charles Clarke confirmed that its plans would need to be...
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Hefce is urged to retune music
Music conservatoire heads have called on the Higher Education Funding Council for England to coordinate efforts to widen access to their courses. The plea comes in response to a report published last...
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Edinburgh tries to drop elite tag
Edinburgh University is to combat its elitist image with an institution-wide admissions policy that will take into account more than just examination results. Edinburgh has pledged to make its...
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Adoption of 'university' title by teaching-only
Awarding the prestigious "university" title to teaching-only institutions would be disastrous to Britain's position in the international market, vice-chancellors and lecturers' leaders have warned,...
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NUS warns of pitfalls of commission-based job schemes
Student leaders have urged students to make sure they read the small print before signing up to the many jobs and schemes that promise to alleviate debt. The warning came as students were invited to...
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English scupper Scots merger
Uncertainty over the English white paper's impact on Scotland has contributed to scuppering moves towards the merger of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon universities. Last June, the two embarked on a 12-...
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Council refusals spur legal threat
An Oxford University professor is to seek a judicial review of a decision not to fund his pioneering work in atomic physics by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. He believes his...
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Further education reforms get £1.2m boost
The Learning and Skills Council is gearing up to support more higher education in further education colleges. It is preparing to invest some of the extra £1.2 billion earmarked for the sector from...
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'I've gone places others haven't'
Olga Wojtas talks to the Scots academic recently freed from an Indonesian jail. Lesley McCulloch, the Scots-born academic released from an Indonesian jail earlier this month, could have been free in...
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Hodge rejects plea to boost postgrad aid
The government is so obsessed with its science policy agenda that it is ignoring the issue of access at postgraduate level, the UK Council for Graduate Education has claimed. The council called for...
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Science career is endless and 'thankless grind'
Protracted apprenticeships, meagre pay and a surfeit of postdoctorates vying for scant full-time openings are degrading the quality of US academic science careers, delegates at the annual Association...
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Whistleblowers: Secret tape admissible in personal injury case
One of Britain's most senior judges has ruled that Warwick University can use a secretly recorded videotape of a former employee to defend itself against her £135,000 claim for personal injury, even...
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Whistleblowers: Cambridge accused of gender report cover-up
Cambridge student leaders have accused the university of a cover-up over its investigation into why male students are almost twice as likely to gain a first-class degree as their female peers. Their...