Napier defends record on student access
* Napier University invoked its strong record on widening access after being featured in the Scottish Parliament as having the highest non-completion rates in Scotland. Enterprise and lifelong...
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Economists call for R&D investment in NI
The Northern Ireland Economic Council has this week slated the lack of government funding for research and development in the province. Its report says that, while private sector spending has risen,...
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Student held following lecture hall gun siege
A drama student accused of holding fellow students hostage at gunpoint in a university lecture theatre has been remanded in custody by Sunderland magistrates. Christopher David, 23, of Ryhope,...
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Roehampton builds federal tie with Surrey
The University of Surrey and the Roehampton Institute this week launched their federation. The two institutions will collaborate on teaching, research and marketing activities, but will not be...
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Spare a thought in the queue for Body Zone
Researchers at Oxford Brookes University are visiting the Millennium Dome to find out what the public really thinks of it. Members of the Consumer Satisfaction in Tourism research group are handing...
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V-cs set up admissions advice service
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals will launch a consultancy service for widening participation next week. The service will offer confidential and impartial advice on providing access...
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College partners see draft code of practice
Each further education college that runs higher education courses as part of a consortium will be held responsible for the quality of courses despite funding being channelled through a higher...
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Byers hints at Cheshire base for synchrotron
Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers this week gave further indications that his preferred site for the United Kingdom's new X-ray synchrotron source is Daresbury Laboratory. His final decision...
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Stagecoach boss gets student roasting
The National Union of Students Scotland is to consult its members about a possible boycott of the Stagecoach company in protest at its owner's moves in favour of the controversial Section 28 law....
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Washington DC
The United States department of education says the number of American distance-education programmes rose by 72 per cent between 1995 and 1998. A department survey found that in 1998, 1,680...
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Pearson plc teams up with virtual university
Regents College, a United States-based virtual university, has joined forces with FT Knowledge, the business education arm of Pearson plc, bringing a global, distance learning network to the UK. With...
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Meningitis outbreak feared
Two fourth-year nursing students from Liverpool University have been admitted to hospital with suspected meningitis. The incidence of the disease rose 12 per cent in the United Kingdom last year,...
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Cronenberg quoted
The David Cronenberg interview referred to in "UK lags behind in DV revolution" (THES, Enterprise page, January 14) was, in fact, a collaborative venture with Xavier Mendik, a lecturer in popular...
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Visitors belong to a bygone age
I attended a seminar on the visitor ("Outdated visitors need a rational replacement", THES, January 14) held by UCELNET late last year as one of two student representatives. Present at the seminar...
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Visitors belong to a bygone age
Once again the acceptability of the role of the visitor is called into question. Surely it is time to accept some facts. First, that there is no system of visitatorial powers but merely a collection...