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Innovation centres planned The government is to spend £30 million setting up five innovation centres at universities in Durham and Newcastle, Manchester, Bristol, the West Midlands and Sheffield. The...
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V-cs' boss quits to head education department The executive director of the Australian vice-chancellors’ committee, Stuart Hamilton, has quit to head the department of education, employment and...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Private sector companies would play a big part in running a revamped secondary school system in a second Labour term. Keele University has spun off a company to exploit breakthroughs...
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TV & radio guide - Tuesday
The Secrets of Maps (9.30 am). "Colonial Secrets": Simon Calder on the maps of British colonies that were ordered in 1670. Harsh Realities (9.00 R4). Medical series on NHS priorities and treatment....
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Chancellor Gordon Brown is attempting to safeguard his plan for a US-style tax credit on research, which could fall foul of European Union rules. A white paper on industrial...
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Latest UK news
Cash proposal to recruit teachers Undergraduates would be paid up to £2,000 to train as teachers during their summer holidays under plans unveiled today. Other initiatives outlined in the...
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Latest international news
Mexican undergraduates face expulsion Students who last week held captive more than 30 political science professors by removing their trousers and shoes face expulsion from the National...
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TV & radio guide - Monday
Schumann's Lost Romance (4.30 am C4). Did Clara Schumann distort our view of husband Robert's work by suppressing some of his music after his death in 1856? Cellist Stephen Isserlis investigates,...
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TV & radio guide - weekend
SATURDAY February 10 » Breaking the Seal : Military Records (9.30 am BBC2). Part three of Open University series on archives first shown last year. Pounds, Shillings and New Pence (10.30 am R4). Evan...
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Shortage subjects suffering
Newly qualified teachers in shortage subjects such as maths and science are more likely to teach poor lessons, according to a report by Ofsted. Teaching by 16 per cent of maths NQTs and 15 per cent...
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Next week
News : Costing and pricing: do you charge as much as a plumber? Features : What makes the world go around? Niall Ferguson charts the history of money Research : Which universities will gain from...
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England may fare better than Scots after RAE
English research departments could be better funded than their Scottish counterparts after this year's research assessment exercise. Last week, a board meeting of the Higher Education Funding Council...
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NI provides for two more scholarships
The government is to expand the Mitchell scholarship programme in Northern Ireland, set up in honour of US senator George Mitchell who brokered the Good Friday Agreement. The Northern Ireland...
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Ulster launches £3m Unesco centre
The director general of Unesco, Koichiro Matsuura, this week inaugurated a £3 million Unesco centre at Ulster University. It will house two research fellows, eight research students and director Alan...
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2003 deadline for reform to QAA levels
Universities have until 2003 to reform or abolish all qualifications that do not fall into the Quality Assurance Agency's strict new framework governing the nomenclature and level of higher education...