Sources for research funding
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Elite trumped in access stakes
New universities and further education colleges have won the contest for widening participation cash in next year's funding settlement, although the serious money will stay with the research elite....
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Scotland ups teacher base
Scotland's only Roman Catholic teacher-education college, St Andrews, has increased its student intake by 45 to 174 for the coming year. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is also funding...
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Student pursues MPhil through High Court
Cambridge University will face a High Court challenge to its "old boys" procedures next week. Kamran Beg, a postgraduate student at Trinity College, was granted High Court leave for a judicial review...
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Aberdeen students appoint Fat Lady rector
(Photograph) - Clarissa Dickson-Wright (pictured below), half of television's Two Fat Ladies, was this week installed as the student-elected rector of Aberdeen University. The first woman to be...
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League-table blueprint for HE performance
Higher education league tables will move a step closer next week as institutions receive copies of a report on performance indicators. The report of the Performance Indicators Steering Group sets out...
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Smith voices concern over Keele book sale
The government has expressed concern about the sale of rare mathematics books by Keele University, but ministers have said their hands are tied. Chris Smith, secretary of state for culture, media and...
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Union optimistic over North London contracts
Talks will resume today at the University of North London over new contracts, which reduce holiday time and outlaw strikes. Lecturers union Natfhe was hopeful of reaching an agreement with management...
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SNP presents long-term view of Scotland's HE
The Scottish National Party will today unveil its education policy, which is expected to include a five-year funding programme for higher education institutions to encourage longer-term planning. It...
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Kidderminster wins reprieve from FEFC
Kidderminster College has been given the all-clear by the Training Standards Council just six weeks after a damning inspection report by the Further Education Funding Council. Principal Anthony...
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Pounds 5 million top-up to pull in drop-outs
Ministers have pledged Pounds 5 million to expand the government's New Start scheme to bring young drop-outs back into education. Speaking at a Further Education Development Agency conference in...
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Devolution may bring Scottish pay review
The Scottish Parliament may offer the prospect of a pay-review body for academics north of the border, according to the Association of University Teachers Scotland. The union's council will tomorrow...
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Slavonic school to stay put after UCL merger
The School of Slavonic and East European Studies will stay at its Bloomsbury site and retain its name after merger with University College London. These are two conditions out of 24 approved by SSEES...
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Natfhe calls on MPs in search for salary data
Natfhe has called on the Public Accounts Committee to investigate provision of data on lecturers' pay. In a letter to MP David Davis, chair of the committee, Tom Wilson, head of Natfhe's universities...
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Drinks all round for Coca-Cola graduates
The first students on Coca-Cola's degree in business and management have graduated. Staff from Coca-Cola's sales department studied for the bespoke degrees part-time over four years. The degree,...