College staff set to strike over pay
A November 5 strike in further education colleges looks certain after employers refused to reopen pay negotiations with unions this week. The Association of Colleges said its latest offer of a 2.3...
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PPP doubts as halls plan flops
The collapse of a flagship public-private partnership that would have helped Sheffield University to raise more than £50 million by selling its student accommodation has sent shockwaves through...
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A-level surge swells campuses
This year's record A-level results have boosted enrolments at many old universities, leaving some students struggling to find places in hall. Home student numbers at the University of Kent at...
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UK news in brief
Bradford appeal fails to quash poor QAA score Bradford College has had its appeal against the worst-ever score for a subject review turned down by quality watchdogs. The Quality Assurance Agency is...
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Guarded welcome for Scottish science boost
Scotland's universities have welcomed a boost to science and research in spending plans that will see the sector's resources rise from £700 million this year to £804 million in 2005-06. But despite...
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Engineers crave a bit of art and creativity
Engineering degrees in the UK should place more emphasis on creativity, design and the arts to produce the graduates needed by industry and to encourage people to study engineering. A survey to be...
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Universities revive further maths
Universities are being asked to teach further mathematics A level to local sixth-formers to boost their outreach activities while improving the skills of students entering mathematics, science and...
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Whistleblowers: Abertay takes critic to court for withheld fees
A postgraduate student who withheld his tuition fees in protest against the poor quality of his MBA course is being taken to court by the University of Abertay, Dundee. Abertay has hired debt...
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Externals plan knocked back
Funding chiefs have been set back in their plans to introduce a compulsory national accreditation scheme for external examiners. Instead of the compulsory system backed by ministers and the funding...
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NHS free to pursue 'wealth for health'
Universities are set to establish joint companies with hospital trusts, after a move to allow the National Health Service to exploit its intellectual property rights. Announcing the new powers,...
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Poor suffer under patent regime
The developed world's increasing obsession with protecting intellectual property rights is crippling development in poor countries, says a report published this week. The intellectual property rights...
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Analysis: Colleges bid to become the new polys
Tony Tysome reports on how higher education boundaries are being redrawn. Ministers opened a Pandora's box when they set their 50 per cent participation target for higher education. They have...
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Partnerships produce a progeny of participation
Pupils from the highest socioeconomic groups are seven times more likely to go on to higher education as those from the lowest. Partnerships for Progression (P4P), a joint funding initiative between...
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Findings: Blue? Inhale a happy scent
Aromatherapy could be used to tackle a range of psychological illnesses, scientists have claimed. Research by Christine Broughan, a psychologist at Coventry University, has found that personal...
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Findings: UK's coast with the most
It was one of the world's largest submarine slides, and the waves it produced reached a height of 25m-30m above sea level in one inlet in the Shetland Islands. The Storegga Slide, and the tsunami it...