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(Photograph) - Big wig: Sir Bernard Ingham took on the role of the Speaker in a debate staged by the Association of University Administrators at Granada studios' mock House of Commons in Manchester...
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Wales targets post-16 sector
A radical shake-up of post-16 education, welcomed by ministers this week, is to be one of the first proposals the Welsh Assembly considers. The plan could pave the way for reform in England, writes...
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Patronage splits unions
Scotland's two main higher education unions are set to clash over the role of the Scottish Parliament at this month's annual Scottish Trades Union Congress. The Association of University Teachers...
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Manifesto for the Scottish Parliament
* The EIS this week unveiled its manifesto for the Scottish Parliament, calling for a "total review" of funding for further and higher education students. It also calls for an immediate injection of...
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Students who leave home 'get best jobs'
"Rich kid" students who can afford to study away from home have better job prospects than their poorer counterparts, two Newcastle University economists have found. Tuition fees and other financial...
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Ministers' reforms to broaden A levels
* Ministers' reforms to broaden A levels will not help students in the workplace or at university, the conference heard. But a maths A level could add 10 per cent to a graduate salary. Research by...
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Call for health ties
Universities, medical schools and National Health Service trusts should work more closely together, a Nuffield Trust report says. John Wyn Owen, secretary of the Nuffield Trust, said that moves in...
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New medical schools
* A first assessment of the 21 bids from universities keen to expand or start new medical schools is underway. The joint implementation group - which will decide how to distribute the 1,000 extra...
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Newcastle students campaign against semesterisation
A survey of 220 students at Newcastle University has uncovered widespread opposition to the semesterised academic year. The survey organisers, the students' Courier newspaper, argue that students...
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Catholic college moves into Glasgow
Scotland's only Roman Catholic education college merged yesterday with Glasgow University to create a new faculty of education. Mergers are often seen as an attempt by an ailing institution to seek...
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A NICE way to run the NHS
The National Health Service is introducing clinical governance as part of its drive to improve patient care. Julia Hinde reports on what this change will mean for academics This week, some 16 months...
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Department 'in a mess'
Students are suffering from a climate of "chaos" at the University of East London's communications studies department, according to an "unofficial" newsletter. The anonymous author last month set up...
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Tribunal to hear from sacked lecturer
A senior lecturer was unfairly sacked for complaining about inaccuracies in his colleague's books, a tribunal was due to hear this week. As Whistleblowers revealed last November, Rob Slack, a senior...
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Instant readings on river pollution
A cheap, hand-held device that gives almost instant readings for pollution levels in rivers has been designed by scientists at the University of the West of England. Researchers in the university's...
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World watch
Dakar Cheik Anta Diop University has been closed indefinitely on the orders of Senegal education minister Andre Sonko after demonstrations in support of demands for extra refectories, halls of...