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FE college debt level on rise
Debt levels in the further education sector are expected to peak this year, according to an analysis published by the Further Education Funding Council. But the borrowing is set against an expected...
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Strike threat over as pay talks resume
Trade unions formally called off industrial action in the new university sector this week as talks on pay and conditions resumed. The unions have given employers until the end of March to improve on...
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Blunkett's right hand man leaves early
Education department chief Sir Michael Bichard is quitting his job six years before retirement, fuelling speculation that education secretary David Blunkett will be moved to a different ministry...
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Science draws up its wish-list for the future
Science and engineering organisations have produced a charter of ten areas the next government will need to address. The charter was launched at a meeting of MPs from all parties. It calls for...
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Relief at new EU laws on copyright
Universities and libraries heaved a sigh of relief this week as the European Parliament passed legislation to harmonise copyright law across Europe. MEPs rejected all but a few amendments to the...
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NI takes more steps to educate youth for jobs
Queen's University, Belfast, and the University of Ulster are working with further education colleges to provide foundation degree pilots from September. Higher and further education minister Sean...
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Manchester library gets £6 million boost
Manchester University was celebrating a windfall yesterday as its John Rylands Library received a grant of £6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Victorian neo-Gothic library and its...
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UfI chief leaves for post-16 e-learning job
Anne Wright, chief executive of the University for Industry, announced this week that she is to leave her post in September to become an adviser on post-16 e-learning to the Department for Education...
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Oxford research grant income up 10 per cent
Oxford University's income from research grants and contracts rose by 10 per cent last year (1999-2000) to £130 million. For the first time the value of research grants from United Kingdom charities...
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Cartman loves Tinky Winky
Characters from children's television programmes are the favourite pet names used between lovers, researchers have found. This year, Homer and Marge from the The Simpsons, Cartman from South Park and...
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Correction: Diana Green's article on student finance
Due to an error in editing, Diana Green's article on student finance incorrectly referred to Unite Student Living Report as the MORI Student Living Report. We apologise for this error.
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How far can tolerance extend?
Rethinking Multiculturalism
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Take the cult out of Nippon culture
Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Nobel prize-winning novelist who once commanded a rocket ship: " There was an area east of the Isle...