Take account of trade
If Christian Twigg-Flesner checks the law reports (Letters, THES , August 23), he will find that in the early 1980s an Iranian student successfully pursued a polytechnic that had advertised a "state-...
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Laurie Taylor column
The Departmental Secretary Department of Mediaand Cultural Studies University of Poppleton Poppleton PP12 6HP Dear Maureen I do hope that you are enjoying your holiday in Scarborough (or was it Filey...
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Leader: Degrees retain market value, but for how long?
The financial benefits conferred by a degree will loom large this autumn as arguments rage about whether higher tuition fees can be justified. Ministers have lost no opportunity to quote the lifetime...
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Leader: Why not every town should have its gowns
Every town in Britain that has not got a university seems to want one. The latest initiative would involve creating the University of Chester from colleges in Chester and Warrington. The idea might...
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London Institute gets research degree-awarding powers The London Institute has been granted research degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council. Previously, the five art and design colleges...
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Today's news
Stem cells grown for first time Researchers at King’s College London claimed last night to have made stem cells from human embryos in the laboratory, the first group of scientists in the country to...
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Suicide warning after Cambridge student’s death Roche, the company that makes the malaria drug Larium, has added the risk of suicide to warnings to travellers prescribed the pills. Cambridge...
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Cambridge faces £20m yearly deficit Cambridge University is facing an expected annual deficit of £20 million within three years but has failed to bring in controls and planning of its budget...
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Latest research news
End seas of poverty, says Mbeki The time has come to overturn a world order based on the “savage principle of the survival of the fittest”, Thabo Mbeki, the South African president, said at the...
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Update: 12:55
Student grants for young people in care Cumbria County Council is to give grants to young people in care who want to go to university or college. Four new and four existing higher education students...
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Don's diary: Clearing at Greenwich
Thursday, August 15: A-level results day 8am Bathway, London's largest students' union venue, is our clearing helpline base for the next few weeks. Brightly coloured banners hang from the roof of the...
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Poaching rises as grades soar
Universities are poaching candidates from rival institutions as record A-level grades tempt students to trade up from less prestigious courses. Some institutions are offering places on full-degree...
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Witch university?
An English couple hopes to open a witchcraft college in a tiny cottage in a forest clearing in Ireland. Bev and Del Richardson already host regular festivals for witches at Castle Pook in County Cork...
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Update 12:40
Euan Blair wins place at Bristol Tony Blair’s elder son Euan has won a place at Bristol University, Downing Street confirmed today. “Euan will study ancient history after gaining two ‘A’s and a ‘C’...
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Focus on the facts not fantasy
We should concentrate on offering good degrees, not on hyping bad ones, argues Roy Newson What do the following have in common: a student successfully suing his university over misleading claims;...