Universities lose out on licensing research
Research deals between universities and companies should better reflect the contributions of academics, according to John Kirkland of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. "A lot of...
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DTI visits aim to put Brit biotech on map
The UK's biotechnology industry is to be focused in four regions - around Edinburgh, Cambridge, Oxford and the Southeast. The regions have been identified as part of a Department of Trade and...
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Scots push business
Scottish business and industry minister Lord Macdonald has unveiled a Pounds 17 million scheme to convert the links between business and universities into economic success. Lord Macdonald has...
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Edinburgh's International Science Festival
A DNA test to detect the presence of cannabis was just one of the innovations unveiled at Edinburgh's International Science Festival, writes Jennifer Currie. Strathclyde University's genetic...
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The loneliness of the car office worker
Recreating an office behind a steering wheel may sound odd, but for the growing number of car-based workers on Britain's roads it is fast becoming part of everyday life. In order to establish common...
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10 further facts
Sir Ron (now Lord) Dearing recommended in his 1997 higher education report, that higher education should be funded directly by the Higher Education Funding Councils wherever it is provided. * From...
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Cinderella steps out
The government wants more higher education students in further education colleges. Alan Thomson reports. FURTHER education colleges, for so long called the Cinderella sector, will be leading the...
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How Fe colleges act as stepping stones to higher education
Running a farm on the Isle of Wight while bringing up five young children, Zoe Chapman (above) would not be studying for a degree if it were not for her local further education college, writes Phil...
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How Fe colleges act as stepping stones to higher education
David McWilliams (above), aged 18, says he would not have had enough confidence in his abilities to apply direct to university from school, writes Olga Wojtas. "If I committed myself to a four-year...
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Halton misused funds
Halton College was this week ordered to repay Pounds 7.3 million of misappropriated public funds, more than four months after Whistleblowers exclusively revealed that a multimillion pound financial...
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Bilston governors implicated in massive debts
Financial management was so bad at Bilston Community College that a funding council enquiry team has said the college could face debts of between Pounds 3 million and Pounds 10 million. Audit...
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Don's Diary
MONDAY. "Progress" meeting for the Unit for Space Sciences and Astrophysics at 9am. This week sees the switch-on of one of our experiments on the Cassini spacecraft, currently en route to Saturn....
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Glittering prizes
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, professor of physics at the Open University, who discovered pulsars - stars which send out pulses of radio waves that sweep across the sky in identifiable patterns - has...
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Famous last words?
One hopes the University of East Anglia is dedicated enough "to the advancement of learning and the increase of knowledge" to look kindly on an article by Peter Womack, senior lecturer in English...
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On the move
Ray Dowd, principal and chief executive of Hopwood Hall College, Rochale has been appointed principal and chief executive of Wirral Metropolitan College. He will succeed Jenny Shackleton, who is...