Upfront cash replaces quotas
University departments will be able to set the doctoral student stipend rates for some funded research students from October next year. The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has...
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Minister told: too many fail too early
Lifelong learning minister Malcolm Wicks will hear evidence that government policies are failing to remove barriers to learning among 16-year-olds. Academics will use a conference next month to...
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'Refreshed' cabinet promised
Henry McLeish, the Scottish Labour Party's new interim leader, was expected to be elected first minister by the Scottish Parliament yesterday, seeing off a challenge from John Swinney, leader of the...
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US policy inspires UK team
Government ought to provide seedcorn money to universities to help them set up professional student recruitment offices, a senior MP said this week. Barry Sheerman, chairman of the House of Commons...
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College leaders ponder funding reform campaign
College principals are ready to campaign to scrap the current funding system, say their leaders. The Standing Conference of Principals, which represents non-university higher education providers,...
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Blunkett launches learning network
The University for Industry began the official rollout of its £84 million Learndirect network this week. At events across the United Kingdom, television celebrities signed up for courses...
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Warwick offers cash bonus to keep graduates at university
Warwick University is offering research fellowships worth an extra £1,000 on top of the standard national award in a bid to attract more postgraduates into academia. The university's...
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Principal warns of cutbacks ahead
"It's like Daniel in the lion's den," came a stage whisper as Edinburgh University principal Sir Stewart Sutherland rose to address a staff meeting. However, he emerged unscathed...
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Funding cuts caused BSE research delay
BSE research was set back by up to two years when it lost out on funding after the scramble for resources sparked by government cuts in the late 1980s, it was claimed this week. Research into the...
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Possible prototypes
The Warwick model The University of Warwick has teamed up with North Warwickshire and Hinckley College and Tile Hill College to propose a foundation degree in community enterprise and development,...
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Accounts system fury
Staff are demanding an independent inquiry into the "scandalous" introduction of a flawed accounting system at Cambridge University. The THES reported that Capsa, the new online...
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Question mark over Middlesex gagging clause
Did Middlesex University breach funding council regulations when it gagged former business school dean David Kirby? Professor Kirby left Middlesex in January this year, after a year's "...
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'Hang on to your HNDs'
It has been described by ministers as "a new qualification for a new century" that will "strengthen the links between higher education and the world of work"....
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In the news
The key contender to succeed Henry McLeish as Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning is Wendy Alexander, dubbed "the pint-sized policy powerhouse". Noted for her...
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Glittering prizes
University of Leeds academics have won the following prizes: Richard Smithells , emeritus professor of paediatrics, has won the Kennedy Foundation's International Award for Scientific Achievement for...