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Cambridge denies plan to charge top-up fees The vice-chancellor of Cambridge University yesterday sought to stop speculation that Britain's top colleges were all secretly preparing detailed plans to...
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Bush asked to lobby for professor's release
Human Rights Watch has called on US president George W. Bush to use this week's summit with Chinese president Jiang Zemin to press for the release of historian Xu Zerong. He was jailed earlier this...
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Lecturer to teach new tricks to help old dogs
The world's first lecturer in veterinary physiotherapy has been appointed by the Royal Veterinary College. Tracy Crook, 40, who has been a practitioner in physiotherapy for dogs and horses for the...
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Priceless texts lent to US
Edinburgh University library is lending two priceless Islamic art manuscripts to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for an exhibition on "The Legacy of Genghis Khan". Rashid al-Din's History of...
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Oxford's tutorials cut to aid research
The Oxford one-to-one tutorial is being eroded to allow academics more time to do research. Group seminars of up to ten students have already replaced some tutorials in economics and are being...
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Bristol awarded top AA credit rating
Bristol University has been given an AA credit rating by Standard & Poor's, the international ratings agency. It is the highest rating yet among UK universities. Institutions seek ratings to...
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King's in power bid after talk of merger
The future of the University of London is in doubt after King's College London announced it plans to seek its own degree-awarding powers. The move came after King's learnt of the proposed merger...
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MPs and celebrities unite in stand against fees
Imperial's plans for fees and merger with UCL spur protest and strategy talks A campaign against top-up fees gathered momentum this week, with MPs, trade unions and even the odd celebrity raising...
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Union: 'promise was broken'
A row over job contracts is rocking London Metropolitan University, formed from the merger of London Guildhall University and the University of North London two months ago, writes Alison Goddard....
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Yorkshire partnership is on cards
Huddersfield University could be dissolved within two years to make way for a new university serving West and South Yorkshire. Huddersfield announced on Wednesday that it was entering detailed merger...
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Academics called on to foster unity
Despite the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive, academics throughout Ireland are under great pressure to make cross-border cooperation a reality. Malcolm Skilbeck, former deputy director for...
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Peaceline project stalls
Ulster University has pulled out of the Springvale project to build a "peaceline campus" in north and west Belfast because the private-finance initiative faces a multimillion-pound shortfall. But a...
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Don's diary: Sarajevo summer school
Friday It would be hard to imagine a more idyllic location: a garden in Montparnasse on a late summer's day. I am drinking coffee, reading Le Monde and waiting for a friend. I talk to two of the...
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Time to raise collateral to halt the slide in value
Malcolm Brynin suggests some ways for the government to address the declining value of a degree We all believe in higher education, particularly those of us who are engaged in it professionally....
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Why I...believe full fees and bursaries are the only way forward
We all agree that universities are under-funded. Successive governments for 30 or more years have neglected their responsibilities to higher education. Our buildings are in a state of disrepair and...