CVCP backs off college takeover
Plans to transform the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals into a nationwide body representing all higher education institutions have been shelved, writes Tony Tysome. A working groupset up...
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FE leapfrogs wannabe unis
Further education colleges could apply for degree-awarding powers under new regulations being considered by the government. The Quality Assurance Agency, which has drafted the proposed regulations...
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Don's Diary
Monday The Kosovo tragedy is a stark reminder of the human cost of civil war in the Balkans, so it is a privilege to play a small role in the Bosnian reconstruction. Since 1995 the Organisation for...
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Agony aunt
Q:I have just had my first textbook published and want to recommend it on my students' reading list. Is there any ethical difficulty with that? Penny Holloway. Librarian, Ulster University "Unless...
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Economists criticise free tuition
Dublin The Irish government has come under pressure to re-introduce university tuition fees three years after their abolition. According to a team of economists, who were asked to establish...
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Pounds 3 million for arts and humanities
The new arts and humanities research board is to win almost Pounds 3 million in the coming year from the Scottish and Welsh higher education funding councils. Both funding councils have now confirmed...
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Oxford institute named after press baron
Oxford University's planned new American Institute has been re-named as the Rothermere American Institute, in recognition of support for the project from the late Lord Rothermere (pictured below),...
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Imperial tops Oxbridge in income league
Imperial College London has underlined its senior position among the United Kingdom's university elite by becoming the highest-earning institution last year. Noble's Higher Education Financial...
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Academia takes stand against Asylum Bill
Lecturers' union Natfhe and the National Union of Students will be joining the National Assembly Against Racism in a demonstration against the government's clampdown on illegal immigrants this...
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Staff back Keele maths books sale inquiry
Keele University academics were voting this week on whether to back calls for an inquiry into the controversial sale of rare mathematics books. Members of Keele's senate met on Wednesday after around...
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Hard-up students miss meals, survey finds
More than 45 per cent of students claim cash problems have affected their studies in a survey on student hardship by the National Union of Students. It found around a quarter of students were in deep...
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Project will support women scientists
A new scheme will invite universities and colleges to apply for pump-priming grants to support women in science, engineering and technology. The Athena project, launched this week, will also organise...
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Sainsbury announces tight monitoring of CSR
The government this week pledged to keep an eye on both arms of the new Joint Infrastructure Fund, the Pounds 600 million Wellcome Trust/government pot to which universities can bid for new buildings...
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St Andrews to merge with teaching college
Scotland's sole Roman Catholic teacher education college, St Andrew's, is due to merge with Glasgow University on April 1. Scottish secretary Donald Dewar has approved the merger proposal, saying it...
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Government to support older disabled students
The government has backed down on proposals to remove financial support for older disabled students. Disability support groups and the National Union of Students this week welcomed the government's...