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WHAT. In the first of a four-part series on Key Skills, Cordelia Bryan, director of the Speak-Write project at Anglia Polytechnic University, offers advice on oral and writing skills for...
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LibDems act on 'dumbed down' entry
Minimum university entry requirements must be imposed to halt "dumbing down" in higher education, Liberal Democrat education leaders will argue at their annual conference next week. No one with less...
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Paying is pleasant at 16 institutions
* A survey by the National Union of Students has listed 16 institutions as employing good practice in collecting fees. Ranking institutions by quality of information and advice available, lack of...
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Increase in number of stay-at-home students
* More than one in five new students plans to live at home when they begin higher education this autumn, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. This is slightly...
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Mandelson says UK must lead digital world
* University researchers who work with the country's computer industries received a boost last week when Peter Mandelson declared that the United Kingdom must lead the way in the world's digital...
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Cash for doing the business with industry
* Modest cash awards totalling Pounds 150,000 are being offered to university departments that collaborate with industry. The Department of Trade and Industry scheme aims to build on an earlier...
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Aberdeen withdraws offer to man on appeal
* The University of Aberdeen has withdrawn an offer of a place studying law to a student following the discovery that he had a conviction for assault. In a statement, the university said it had...
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Universities ready to get super nurses flying
* Universities are already preparing courses to train "super nurses" - the new consultant nurse status announced last week by the prime minister. "As the nursing profession moves towards graduate...
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Jarvis clinches funds for student housing
* Jarvis plc, a construction, property and facilities management group, has secured funding of up to Pounds 500 million for its University Partnerships scheme. The money, from Abbey National Treasury...
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Locals get free tuition for Suffolk degrees
* University College Suffolk is offering free tuition on the first module of all its part-time modular degree programmes to encourage local people to sign up for courses, in spite of this year's fee...
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Scottish Office sets out spending priorities
* The Scottish Office this week launched a paper on lifelong learning, Opportunity Scotland. It sets out a ten-point plan covering priority areas for spending. More than Pounds 100 million will be...
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Cern's collider strikes ancient Roman villa
* The remains of a Roman villa and what could be tile and nail factories have been unearthed at the Cern particle physics laboratory near Geneva. The remains were discovered after land was cleared to...
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Equality has its boundaries
Manchester University, which has already had to make a record pay-out to race discrimination victim Asif Qureshi faces three more formal complaints of discrimination, all of which are going to...
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Lasers brought to bear on faster computers
* Researchers at a new research centre at Heriot-Watt University plan to harness the power of lasers to produce computers that work 1,000 times faster than conventional systems. Work at the Centre...
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Open horizons expand in UK, US
The Open University is strengthening its global position in higher education. Alison Utley reports on moves to run British teaching programmes; Kam Patel on initial American successes Within a few...