Blair idea benefits big-wigs' children
Allegations of cronyism are dogging government plans to raise the number of prestigious scholarships for overseas students to study in Britain. The Foreign Office was quick this week to scotch...
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Stress buster
(Photograph) - Students at Coventry University had lessons in tai chi chuan to coincide with World Mental Health Day. University mental health coordinator Diane Cunningham organised workshops on tai...
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GM hot potato is a burning issue
The Lancet's publication of Arpad Pusztai's genetically modified potato research today has drawn heavy criticism from leading scientists, including two of the experts called in to peer-review the...
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Job body blow to coastal studies
A budget crisis at the Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences has led to the loss of 51 mostly scientific posts at laboratories in Plymouth and Merseyside. Staff were told of the redundancies last...
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Loans delay irks student union
Student leaders are demanding a review of the new loans system as the latest figures show that one in seven undergraduates is still awaiting payment. The National Union of Students is to ask the...
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United front on salaries holds
Lecturers' unions and employers met this week to hammer out a joint submission to the government's comprehensive spending review, despite being at loggerheads over pay. Both sides have agreed to push...
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Starring role
(Photograph) - Powell, one of Britain's greatest film directors, is having the building housing Canterbury Christ Church University College's department of radio, film and television studies named...
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Charity accused of X-ray site bias
The row over the siting of Britain's Pounds 200 million X-ray source for researchers deepened this week with unions at Daresbury saying they "strongly suspect" the Wellcome Trust of vetoing the...
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Cubie lists options to widen Scottish debate on fees
The Cubie inquiry into Scottish student finance is setting out the options that emerged from its gruelling round of public inquiries. Written and oral evidence from contributors will form the basis...
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There should be means-tested maintenance awards
There should be means-tested maintenance awards for part-time students, according to the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals. In a supplementary submission to Cubie, Coshep says that...
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Assembly tightens checks on probity
The advent of the Welsh Assembly has ushered in a sweeping clampdown on lax accounting in higher and further education. Colleges and universities face a twice-yearly progress review by the funding...
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Scotland lures the students
Stirling University has an-nounced an all-time high in undergraduate admissions - 7 per cent up on last year. There had been fears that recruitment would be hit by tuition fees and dwindling student...
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'Rangers' rector in battle of honour
St Andrews University students are considering awarding their own honour to outgoing rector Donald Findlay QC after the university academic council vetoed the traditional award of an honorary degree...
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Requests flood in to teaching institute
Less than one month after the Institute for Learning and Teaching started to accept applications for membership, demand is far outstripping even the most optimistic forecasts. About 200 people per...
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German bio plan is 'not a threat'
Fears that the massive state-backed expansion of the biotechnology sector in Germany threatens Britain's leadership in the field in Europe are unfounded, according to a study. Over the past year...