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Building burns at disused Edinburgh campus A former office block owned by Edinburgh University was last night destroyed in a fire eventually brought under control by almost 60 firefighters. The block...
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Exeter given £15m to rehouse Xfi centre
An anonymous £15 million donation has enabled the University of Exeter to rehouse its centre for finance and investment, the Xfi. The £3.1 million building is due to open to students in 2004 and will...
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TUC fears £1.25 billion funding will be wasted
The government's spending review pledge to pour £1.25 billion into science and technology will be wasted unless an effective mechanism is developed for technology transfer between universities and...
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Thames Valley to merge with Reading College
Thames Valley University plans to merge with Reading College from autumn 2003. Formal plans will be submitted to the Berkshire Learning and Skills Council and the Higher Education Funding Council for...
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FE heads claim 25 per cent fall in funding
Further education heads claim to have suffered cuts averaging £65,000 per college, despite government assertions that their funding has improved. The Association of Colleges said a survey of its...
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NHS framework a 'burden' on charities
The Association of Medical Research Charities has warned that the new National Health Service Research Governance Framework places too many burdens on charities. The framework expects funders to...
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Universities seek applicants on 'salacious' teen website
Universities are advertising on an internet site that contains topless images of under 18-year-olds, writes Phil Baty. Several universities, including Hertfordshire, Thames Valley and City, have...
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Admissions staff race to avoid delays
Admissions officers are facing a weekend scramble to avoid delays in clearing as they grapple with new complexities in the compilation of results. Tony Higgins, chief executive of the Universities...
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Postgraduates call for better social life
* Universities must consider nurturing their "cash cow" of postgraduate students by helping to improve their social life and giving them their own accommodation. The National Postgraduate Committee...
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Niamey
Two student leaders at the University of Niger, held for allegedly killing a police officer during student protests in February 2001, have gone on indefinite hunger strike to secure either their...
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Nsukka
The University of Nigeria Nsukka is to reopen on September 3 after closing in mid-June when at least 20 people died in warring between rival cults on campus. Student cult members will be expelled.
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Hong Kong
The British Council's IELTS English testing system has been officially adopted by the University Grants Committee as the standard English proficiency test for graduating students.
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British Library staff hold strike over pay
British Library staff are staging a second strike this week, with 100 staff taking action at the Boston Spa Document Supply Centre. The 48-hour walkout by Public and Commercial Services Union staff...
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Rare beetles relocated on campus site
Three rare species of invertebrate have been discovered on the site of a new building at the University of Lincoln's Brayford Pool campus. The insects, which include rare beetles Bruchela rufipes ,...
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Essex to capitalise on success of Silicon Fen
Essex University is to create a 16-hectare high-tech research park at its Colchester headquarters in a bid to make more out of its intellectual property. The university has signed a ten-year deal...