Rector: science not up to scratch
The basis of the knowledge economy is threatened by the lack of physics and maths teachers and graduates, the heads of 37 research-intensive universities worldwide agreed this week. Sir Richard Sykes...
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Give dons credit for committee duties, say MPs
Academics are being prevented from giving advice to the government because of the cost to their universities, MPs have warned. The House of Commons science and technology select committee wants the...
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Wage gap gives rise to concern
The government should address the widening salary gap between lecturers and comparable professions, MPs said this week. The Commons education select committee report on student retention welcomes the...
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We have lift-off
We have lift-off: sixth formers became rocket scientists for the day as part of National Science Week. Rocket scientist John Bonsar led them in a workshop at the University of Bradford where they...
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OU medic plan fails checkup
The Open University's bid to run undergraduate medical degrees in partnership with medical schools has been turned down by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Department of...
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Scottish funds target deprived
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is boosting teaching and research funding by 4 per cent in cash terms as part of an overall 8.5 per cent cash increase for universities. Its £672 million...
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Staff may withhold marks in pay row
Students could be prevented from graduating this summer because of industrial action across the new university sector. In advance of a final "make or break" two-day intensive meeting with employers...
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FE lecturers threaten strike action
Further education lecturers were on the brink of a national strike this week as college managers rebuffed their demands for an immediate £3,000 flat-rate rise. Leaders of Natfhe, the lecturers' union...
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If UK pay talks fail, Scotland may go solo
The Association of University Teachers Scotland has stressed the importance of the forthcoming Westminster elections despite the devolution of higher education. But it has also flagged up the...
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NUS president faces tough re-election fight
Owain James, president of the National Union of Students, faces a tough fight to be re-elected at next week's national conference. Mr James will go head-to-head with national treasurer Helen Aspell...
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Job ad demonstrates continued prejudice
A "major financial house" has specified in an advert placed with information technology recruitment consultancy Computer Futures that candidates must be "redbrick graduates". The advert, on their...
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University spin-off companies on the rise
Technology transfer is becoming easier in United Kingdom universities as the number of spin-off companies continues to climb, according to the UK University Companies Association. At a conference in...
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Student loses battle for home status
Student Craig Mitchell faces a £14,000 fees bill after a High Court judge upheld Coventry University's view that he is from "overseas". Mr Mitchell, 21, does not qualify as a home student, having...
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Engineering tops list for degree drop-outs
Engineering had the highest dropout rate of any subject among its 1996-97 intake, with one in eight students leaving in their first year, according to the Engineering Council. Most students who left...
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Clarification
The graph "Changes in composition of students' income", part of the "Is a return to grants really the answer?" Analysis, ( THES page 9, March 9), should have made clear that the figures were for full...