Debt not the only barrier to access
The poor reputation of some universities is combining with a fear of debt to deter non-traditional students from going to university, according to the preliminary findings of a study released today....
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How NUS plunged into red
A confidential report from the National Union of Students' short-term savings committee and three-year budget group, seen by The THES , reveals how its financial crisis has arisen, despite a turnover...
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Churchill's sterling cure for Tories
The Tory Party under Winston Churchill missed a golden opportunity to make the pound Europe's dominant currency, Warwick University researchers have found. A 1950s plan to create a sterling area - a...
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Partners won't rule out merger
Brunel University and Royal Holloway are to collaborate in research, teaching and some administration. They have made joint research bids and are discussing working together on e-learning as well as...
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Split over subject review secrecy
Teaching quality assessments could be kept secret under the new quality assurance regime, according to a draft blueprint obtained by The THES . Student leaders have condemned the move. A debate about...
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Degrees do not pay off for all
The gap between well-paid and less well-off graduates is growing, according to a report due to be published next week. A separate study shows that less than half of British graduates regard their...
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Scots have eye on law as they lend ear to victims
Researchers at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen are to help the Scottish Executive in its commitment to review legal protection for victims of stalking and harassment. Sue Morris and Sam...
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ILT rival is set to bow out of battle
The Association of University Teachers may be ready to drop plans to set up its own professional accreditation scheme to rival the Institute for Learning and Teaching. On the eve of the ILT's over-...
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Staff lose out in wily bids for RAE cash
Young researchers and women are being excluded from the research assessment exercise to the detriment of their careers, according to trade unions. Unions also fear the exercise could also polarise...
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Third-world debt activists will roll up to G8 in a bus
Mathematician and artist Joanna Brown is to enlist a red double-decker bus bound for the G8 summit in Genoa on July 21 in her fight against third-world debt. Dr Brown, a lecturer at Leeds University...
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Experts on access lay blame on campuses
Colleges and universities are the biggest barrier to wider access, because they fail to put the learner at the heart of their work. This is the view of two experts from the Open University in...
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Scholars say big picture is lost in big numbers
Higher education research that shuns big statistical surveys in favour of small anthropological studies will be championed at Lancaster University this month. Paul Trowler, organiser of the Higher...
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College role puts SFEFC in spotlight
The auditor-general has urged Scottish ministers to review the Scottish Further Education Funding Council's power to intervene in college affairs, writes Olga Wojtas. Robert Black has highlighted his...
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MP seeks check on executive's power
MP Barry Sheerman is backing a radical overhaul of Parliament that would give the education select committee more power to hold the government to account over policy. Mr Sheerman, chairman of the...
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Young campus revives ailing Lincoln economy
Lincoln's university campus has transformed the region's ailing economy, according to a report this week. Five years after opening, the university has raised Lincolnshire's GDP by £24 million a year...