Huddersfield silences modern languages
Students in Huddersfield University's department of modern languages were shocked to discover this week that they would be forced to transfer to another university to complete their degree....
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Scottish unions clash over pay bargaining positions
Scotland's two leading higher education unions have clashed over the future of pay bargaining after devolution. Delegates from the two unions attended a "People's Assembly on Education", called by...
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FE ombudsman plan dismissed
The government has rejected calls by an all-party committee of MPs for a further education ombudsman, Phil Baty writes. The House of Commons' Select Committee for Education said in its report on...
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Action at Cricklade
Industrial action is imminent at Cricklade College as staff protest against the sacking of whistleblower Andrew Murray and two union colleagues. Members of lecturers' union Natfhe last week voted for...
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Halton pays lecturer over sex discrimination
Troubled Halton College, already facing a claw-back of funds after an investigation into the misuse of public money by the Further Education Funding Council, has just paid Pounds 30,000 in...
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Leicester logs up five tribunal cases
Lawyers for Leicester University are very busy. According to the employment tribunal central register, at least five industrial tribunal cases are logged against the university. They include claims...
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Top colleges can seek light inspection regime
The Further Education Funding Council has invited high-performing colleges to apply for a special status that would lessen the burden of regular quality inspections and reward them as role models....
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a novel by a Nobel laureate decorated for bravery in the second world war: "The fretted hands of...
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'Oh little gas giants of Bethlehem...'
The Birth of Christ
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Camera unconscious
Cinematography
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Crucifying a saint
Ramakrishna Revisited
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God's less social side
Providence and the Problem of Evil
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Irresistible images
Ariadne's Clue
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Missions: Africa's biggest industry
African Christianity
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Prophet of the New Age
Prophet