NI equality law prevents abolition of tuition fees
Axeing tuition fees would be "politically unacceptable" in Northern Ireland because of equality legislation, according to Sean Farren, the province's minister for higher and further education. Dr...
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Bid to transfer two schools
About 300 staff and 1,700 students at De Montfort University could transfer to the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside next year as De Montfort steps up its repositioning strategy. Negotiations...
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Whistleblowers: Early exit and no appeal
Lecturers are campaigning to save the career of a Nottingham Trent University lecturer who was disciplined despite concerns raised by the university's equal opportunities chief. After several...
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UK recruiters work rich seam in Mexico
Mexico has emerged as the most promising Latin American student recruitment market for UK universities. UK institutions are running almost neck-and-neck with rivals from the United States by...
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BMA tells doctors to do more to halt abuse
The British Medical Association has launched a handbook on human rights that says doctors cannot merely document abuse but must challenge it. It says medical education must change in response to...
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Fund for poor children 'better spent on grants'
The government's proposal for a £500 Child Trust Fund to help children from poor families get a better start in life has been condemned by a Warwick University economist as "a waste of money". The...
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Milk buying tops student rows
Students argue most about who used the milk and did not buy any more, according to a University of Abertay Dundee survey marking the launch of its hospitality management suite. The survey, to explore...
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Asian society attacks Oxford
Oxford University's Asian society is "deeply worried" about the university's attitude to race issues. Its view could be a blow for those trying to attract applicants from ethnic minorities. The...
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Bicycle made for two
Cambridge University vice-chancellor Sir Alex Broers (right) and university proctor Frank King inspect the lockers available at the university's new park-and-cycle scheme. Staff can park their cars...
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No insult when teed off
The evidence of Charles Jones, an English language specialist at the University of Edinburgh, secured justice last week for Glaswegian Kenneth Kinnaird. Mr Kinnaird was convicted of resisting arrest...
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Charts of darkness
Risky business, these statistics. Ten years ago, the Royal Society was riven by a row between scientists and social scientists over whether risk could be assessed objectively by statistical methods....
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Breaking the QAA code
The mission of the Quality Assurance Agency has always been clear: to promote public confidence in higher education. However, the agency has just realised that this means its reports need to be...
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People's peer Lord Loon
Aberdeenshire paper The Press and Journal is always keen to find the local angle, and allegedly reported the Titanic disaster under the headline "Northeast man drowns at sea". Its story on the people...
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Glittering prizes
The Institute of Biology , in London, has elected the following honorary fellows: Sir James Armour , formerly of the University of Glasgow; Derek Burke , former vice-chancellor of the University of...
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On the move
Hugh Begg , an independent consultant, has been appointed visiting professor in local economic development in the University of Abertay Dundee 's school of social and health sciences. The Kent...