Students insure against expense of dropping out
More than 500 students had paid for insurance against the cost of dropping out of their degree course just two weeks after A-level results were announced and university places were confirmed. Saxon...
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Man awaiting appeal on law course
Aberdeen University has begun an urgent inquiry into its acceptance of a law student revealed to have an assault conviction. A weekend press report stated that Michael Anthony, due to start studies...
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Besieged Bill finds oasis of peace in Belfast
Bill Clinton came bearing gifts to Belfast's Springvale campus last week. Suddenly the long talked-about and much-hyped "peaceline" campus in Belfast is just Pounds 6 million short of its Pounds 70...
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SNP goes to war on Scottish anomaly
The Scottish National Party has pledged to fight for the removal of tuition fees under a Scottish parliament. Its document, Towards the Scottish Parliament: Policy Intentions for the 99 Elections,...
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New Scottish parliament must "innovate, not automate"
The new Scottish parliament must "innovate, not automate", Lesley Beddie, head of Napier University's computing department, warned this week. Professor Beddie, a member of the Scottish Office expert...
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Oxford endorses Muslim theologian
An Oxford University inquiry is expected to endorse the controversial appointment of a Muslim theologian who has been accused of being an apologist for religious murder. Jean Michot, who has written...
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Queen's senior staff rally to fight job losses
The big guns at Queen's University came out fighting this week in a war of words after a rebellion by academic staff over a radical restructuring plan. Pro vice-chancellor Malcolm Andrew said Queen's...
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Students in dark about complaining
Universities are rushing to put in place formal procedures for student complaints to conform with new guidelines, but many are not publicising them properly, the National Postgraduate Committee has...
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'Talented' American loses case against Cambridge
Cambridge University has kicked an American postgraduate student off her course despite a tutor's admission that she was not adequately supervised. Her tutors described Kate Price as a student of "...
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Teaching checks streamlined
The Teacher Training Agency has had to re-draft its framework for quality assessment after consultation revealed that universities have been rejecting students with non-traditional qualifications for...
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Lecturers put science on agenda
Lecturers are calling for an "investors in scientific people" award as part of the government's "investors in people" scheme. The Association of University Teachers will put a motion to next week's...
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Union trainees sent on a recruiting drive
Next week's annual meeting of the Trades Union Congress will be a chance to review the TUC's organising academy. Set up in January and funded by the TUC and 17 sponsoring unions, it has sent out 36 "...
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Search for secret of creative engineers
British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce are linking with the universities of Southampton, Sheffield and Cambridge in a Pounds 1.5 million research programme into engineering design processes for the 21st...
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The rise of the mega-competitor
Corporate universities Unipart "U": Established in 1993 by the Unipart Group of companies, based at the group's head office in Oxford. Led by the Deans Group chaired by Dan Jones, professor of motor...
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School science teaching 'should be dumbed down'
Science education, ethical concerns about scientific developments and new areas of research were all highlighted at the British Association's annual science festival in Cardiff this week. More than 4...