Call for debate on gene ethics
The imminent completion of a first draft of the human genome heralds benefits for only a minority of the world, a newly formed scientific watchdog has warned. The Campaign Against Human Genetic...
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Fees free-for-all
Protagonists for top-up fees will lock heads with representatives of lecturers and students at the University of Nottingham today. Vice-chancellor Sir Colin Campbell and pro vice-chancellor David...
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Fairweather friend
Rain will not stop play at this year's Olympic Games, thanks to scientists from Salford University who will be working with meteorologists from around the world to track the weather during the...
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Durham students get billed 5p a page
Some 500 students at the University of Durham protested this week against increases in course costs that will continue to hit those from poorer families hardest. Whereas tuition fees are means-tested...
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Scots get Pounds 2 million social inclusion fund
More than 1,000 additional Scots from under-represented groups will win higher education places in the coming academic year, thanks to a Pounds 2 million investment package from the Scottish Higher...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland has committed Pounds 100,000 to the Lothian Equal Access Programme for Schools (Leaps) summer school, which supports senior pupils who are unlikely to enter higher...
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Excited exchequer
I read through the story accompanying your front-page headline "Labour MPs turn on the chancellor" (THES, June 9), but was unable to discover precisely which of his colleagues Gordon Brown finds so...
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Gordon Marsden
Gordon Marsden, a member of the House of Commons' select committee on education, was incorrectly elevated to the chair in last week's THES. Apologies to him and to the chairman, Barry Sheerman.
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Teaching first is lesson from US
The paying public sees teaching as the main job of university faculty in the United States, with research second, "and it wants to see results", according to Peg Miller, president of the American...
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50 compete for share of UfI millions
Thirty-six universities are among 50 higher education providers bidding for a share of up to Pounds 10 million from the University for Industry, it emerged this week. The group includes 12 "old"...
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NI employers 'must contribute'
Queen's University, Belfast, has called on Northern Ireland to seek a contribution from employers towards higher education. In its response to the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training...
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'Duping' claim in UCE row
Lecturers' union leaders have accused managers at the University of Central England of "duping" staff into signing new contracts that bypass employment protection rights, writes Tony Tysome. About 50...
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Validation wrangle over new degrees
Further education colleges' hopes for a national validating system for foundation degrees are likely to be dashed. The government-appointed group considering responses to the foundation degree...
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Foundation degree
The foundation degree is unlikely to widen participation in higher education, according to the University Vocational Awards Council. In its response to the proposals, UVAC, which represents 36...
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Brussels seeks state targets for research staff and output
European Union countries could face new benchmarks on staff numbers, spending and achievements in research, under proposals discussed in Brussels this week. Research ministers, meeting as The THES...