Hard-up Huntingdon wins Blair's support
Home secretary Jack Straw announced a minimum £1 million special grant to Cambridgeshire Police to deal with animal rights professors targeting drug research laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences. The...
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SQA markers get pay rise after exam fiasco
Markers for the Scottish Qualifications Authority will see their average hourly pay rates rise from £6 to £9 following the intervention of Scottish education minister Jack McConnell. Mr McConnell...
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Director helps set up conflict resolution base
Mari Fitzduff, director of Incore, a United Nations University institution based at the University of Ulster, is to help the British Council set up a resource centre for conflict resolution in...
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London students to get £4,700 loanfrom DFEE
Students attending university in London this September will be entitled to loans of up to £4,700, the Department for Education and Employment has announced.
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IBM tries to revive interest in mainframes
IBM has donated a £2 million S/390 mainframe computer to Warwick University's computer science department in a bid to reawaken students' interest in the technology. Many students have shunned...
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ICS will receive a £200,000 lifeline
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies is to receive £200,000 from the University of London to help safeguard its future. The cash will support restructuring plans proposed in a recent review panel...
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Dexter: industry must play part in genetic data
Industry must be closely involved with the United Kingdom's genetic database - if not, there is no point building it, according to Mike Dexter, director of the Wellcome Trust. But, giving evidence to...
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Scots launch their University for Industry
Henry McLeish, Scotland's first minister, and Wendy Alexander, minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, this week officially launched the Scottish University for Industry, backed by almost...
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Activists fined after failing to spot enemy
Four environmental activists were this week convicted and fined at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for damaging Scottish Agricultural College crops worth £1.50. As part of a protest against a trial of...
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Student welfare tracked at Leeds
Students living at home are far happier than their friends in university halls, while students living in flats are the most dissatisfied of all, according to a pilot survey of almost 2,000 Leeds...
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NUS lobbies for Cubie reforms
Students lobbied Scottish parliamentarians this week, urging them to implement the Cubie inquiry's recommendations in forthcoming legislation on the graduate endowment scheme. The parliament's...
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Hardship worries after loan blunder
Hundreds of students are facing hardship after the second instalment of their loans failed to appear in their bank accounts. The error occurred as many were taking exams. It has caused family anxiety...
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Money worries top list of student concerns
Only a third of students are seriously worried about going into debt, despite most anticipating owing at least £7,000 by the end of their course, according to a major study of student attitudes....
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Social work raises standards toprofessionalise services
New qualifications for social workers should make the service more professional and improve work with children, the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work said this week. Social...
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Pressure grows to turn down BAT grant
Nottingham University came under renewed pressure from cancer research chiefs and academics this week to reconsider its acceptance of £3.8 million from British American Tobacco. The Cancer Research...