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  1. Want a tap off is jab?

    Two adverts have appeared for the chief executive of the Ulster-Scots Agency, the Northern Ireland language body that helps fund Ulster University's Institute of Ulster-Scots Studies. One advert is...

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  2. Target practice needed

    Oops - the government's aim for equality in public life is slipping. Three years ago, the Department for Education and Skills pledged to increase the representation of women on quangos from 29 per...

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  3. Old ties bind

    Higher education watchers could have confidently predicted that the new rector of St Andrews University would be Sir Clement Freud. The former Liberal MP won the race with 52.4 per cent of the 1,892...

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  4. Step aside, Bath

    Hot on the heels of the news that the University of Bath is in the FA Cup proper comes reports of further student sporting prowess. Congratulations to the motor sports students at the University of...

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  5. Imperverse suggestion

    Another entry has arrived for The Diary's competition to name the institution created by any merger between Imperial College London and University College London - Imperversity. Meanwhile, the...

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  6. On the job

    A German condom company has asked British students to test its products, rating them for comfort, pleasure and all-round performance. It is paying £100 per academic term for the students to test its...

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  7. Policy board announced

    The Higher Education Policy Institute, launched today, has announced its advisory board members. They are: Lord Dearing; Roger Brown, principal of the Southampton Institute; Sir Graeme Davies,...

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  8. 'V-cs must take lead over disability act'

    The chair of the Disability Rights Commission, Bert Massie, has urged vice-chancellors to "show leadership" to ensure that their universities are ready for new disability rights legislation. Speaking...

  9. Bogged-down council cuts funding round

    The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has announced it will cut one of its funding rounds to reduce its peer-review, research committee and administrative burden. The council...

  10. Social work wins 8 per cent more recruits

    The number of people applying to social work courses has risen by more than 8 per cent in the past year, according to provisional figures from the Social Work Admissions System - the route for 60 per...

  11. Sheffield celebrates research cash success

    Research income at the University of Sheffield was up 61 per cent in 2001-02 compared with the previous year. Vice-chancellor Bob Boucher said: "It's quite an achievement to go from just under £62...

  12. MORI gauges feelings towards Hefce

    A MORI poll is to be conducted to gauge how universities and colleges view the English funding council. The survey will take place from November 2002 to February 2003. Those working in higher and...