Scots crow over results
THES reporters look at how RAE results have improved and put Hefce on the spot. Scotland is hailing a rate of improvement that outstrips other parts of the United Kingdom. Half of Scottish...
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APPOINTMENTS University of Bristol Richard Fortey , currently merit researcher in the department of palaeontology in the Natural History Museum, has been appointed to the Collier chair in the public...
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Upstaging itself
We visited six departments before today's results were announced to find out how they were preparing for the RAE. Warwick: Theatre studies 1996: 5, 2001: 5* Staff: 9 (full-time equivalent) Imagine...
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Star puts shine on downcast department
We visited six departments before today's results were announced to find out how they were preparing for the RAE. Cambridge University: Pathology 1996:5, 2001: 5* Staff: 84 (full-time equivalent)...
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How you were judged
The research assessment exercise operates through a process of peer review. Some 60 panels comprised of about a dozen academics and representatives from industry and organisations such as the...
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The key: 2001 research assessment exercise
Academic prestige and the prospect of more money are the rewards for a good performance in this year's research assessment exercise. The results are used to fund the best research selectively....
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Vets win prizes with ingenuity
We visited six departments before today's results were announced to find out how they were preparing for the RAE. Glasgow University: Veterinary medicine 1996: 4, 2001: 5 Staff: 64 (full-time...
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42 jobs lost to get UK into European observatory
Some 42 full-time posts will be lost when the United Kingdom joins the European Southern Observatory consortium. Jobs will be lost at the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hawaii, home to the James Clerk...
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Ministers sidestep poor to hit target
The government will recruit more middle-class students and reclassify qualifications in its drive to fulfil its 50 per cent participation target, it was confirmed this week. Higher education minister...
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Sixth Framework scheme delayed
The debate establishing the priorities for the forthcoming Sixth Framework Programme on research is set to stretch past New Year's Day, the date on which the €17.5 billion (£11 billion) scheme is due...
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Birmingham braced for job cuts
Birmingham University's new vice-chancellor, Michael Stirling, has told academics and support staff that up to 100 jobs may be axed as part of a restructuring programme. The university's council this...
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Engineers try to stop the rot
There is no case for further mergers or closures in London universities' engineering departments, despite a recruitment crisis in traditional engineering subjects, according to deans of engineering....
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London to go ahead with 'bold' merger
The University of North London and London Guildhall University have finalised plans for a merger. They will merge with effect from August 1 2002, forming the city's largest university in student...
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'Access target will cost £1bn'
Funding chiefs estimate that universities will have to recruit at least 300,000 more students costing well over £1 billion to reach the government's 50 per cent participation target by 2010. Sir...
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Allies aim to create a 'new sector'
An interest group that straddles the further and higher education divide is aiming to reap rewards by matching key government targets for widening participation. The University Vocational Awards...