Spending delay is 'ominous' say v-cs
Vice-chancellors voiced fresh concerns over future university funding this week as it emerged that the government may delay announcing money for the third year of its spending review. Some members of...
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The number of students who took up full-time higher education places this year was up 1.9 per cent
* The number of students who took up full-time higher education places this year was up 1.9 per cent to almost 337,000, according to figures released this week by the Universities and Colleges...
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Board's report carpets the suits
Cambridge University has been accused by its board of scrutiny of failings in accountability. The board's annual report says managers have damaged the integrity of the exams process. Other failings...
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Part-timers get work but little support
Part-time lecturers now teach up to half of classes in further education, yet many are poorly supported by colleges and are excluded from quality checks. A national survey by the Further Education...
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Irish call to ease student burden
Northern Ireland may follow Scotland's lead by urging the abolition of upfront tuition fees for full-time undergraduates. But the higher and further education, training and employment committee of...
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Ofsted to go to horse's mouth
The quality of the student experience should be the main focus of inspectors' judgements in the new post-16 sector, the inspection agency Ofsted has proposed. Inspectors should consult students on...
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It's goodbye to Brideshead
Oxford University might have lost its top ranking in the league tables, but it is determined to confirm its 'modern' credentials. Claire Sanders reports on moves to bury Sebastian's teddy. Is Oxford...
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Sources of research funding
Each week we list funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH BOARD www.ahrb.ac.uk Small Grants in the Creative and...
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European research area puts revamp on the cards
The EU wants to use Framework to build common cause, reports Keith Nuthall A European Commission discussion paper envisages transforming the European Union's Framework research programme, using its...
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A mirror at the heart of matter
Cern's new antiproton decelerator will allow Michael Charlton to try to explain the abundance of matter over antimatter For a laboratory famed for its accelerators and large machines, one of which is...
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Wattever next
(Photograph) - Wattever next: a visitor to the Scientific and Medical Portraits exhibition - now at the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia - examines a bust of James Watt. Photograph...
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Iran lost a soldier, but the medical world gained
A draft-dodger from Teheran escaped to Canada and a career at medicine's frontline, reports Philip Fine. You would think there would be little to do if you were hiding out in a factory bathroom for...
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No levity when we levitate our frog
A dubious honour was awardedto Sir Michael Berry for his efforts to suspend an animalin midair, but he is adamant of its scientific value Sir Michael Berry of the physics department at Bristol...
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Cutting edge
Unemployment at the age of 36 led to a degree in computer science and a new career in rehabilitation robotics After more than 20 years' employment in the Staffordshire pottery industry, I was made...
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Lib Dems plan target practice
Universities could be given the names of top-performing 16-year-olds under policies being developed by the Liberal Democrats, writes Phil Baty. The Lib Dems want to give admissions tutors the means...