Numbers up
The Age of Open Government No 3: One day Scottish office minister Brian Wilson openly declared a fall in English applications to Scottish universities, from 34,5 in 1997 to 33,081 this year. A day...
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Placard waiving
There is absolutely no truth in the rumour that the Association of University Teachers is secretly thrilled by the government's refusal to waive fourth-year tuition fees for non-Scots who opt to do a...
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Party's over
And a time check for the AUT from Tory peer and former Scottish education minister Lord MacKay of Ardbrecknish during the House of Lords revolt on the Scottish anomaly. According to Lord MacKay, "...
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Not n-ice
Chris Smith was duffed up quite badly in the House of Commons culture committee report on his department. The minutes of his grilling give a flavour of how seriously the committee took the probe. Mr...
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Traveller's tale
Son of a Conservative MP, son-in-law of the chamberlain to the former Shah of Iran, Peter Temple-Morris, who recently completed his journey across the House of Commons by joining the Labour Party is...
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ULU lottery grant to be paid back
THE University of London will have to repay nearly Pounds 200,000 of National Lottery grant and possibly part of any profits made in the Pounds 2.5 million sale of a student sports ground to Fulham...
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Art union
(Photograph) - Chelsea College of Art and Design may move to the Royal Army Medical College at Millbank (above), next to the Tate Gallery, London. The multi-million pound move would enable the...
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MPs vote to retain Scots anomaly
Peers are on a possible collision course with the government after MPs overturned their amendment on fourth-year tuition fees in Scotland. Following a boisterous three-hour debate, MPs voted on two...
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LibDems offer extra cash for poor
UNIVERSITIES should be set recruitment targets for students from under-privileged backgrounds and face penalties if they fail to meet them, say the Liberal Democrats. The proposal comes in a policy...
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Royal Institution gets first female leader
Susan Greenfield will become the first woman to head the Royal Institution when she takes over as director on October 1. Professor Greenfield, who leads a multidisciplinary group on neuro-...
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Busy libraries receive Pounds 20 million in support
The funding councils have launched a Pounds 20 million programme to support heavily used university libraries. The programme is based on proposals made in the 1995 Anderson report into library and...
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More Scots pursue higher education in FE
The proportion of full-time higher education students in Scotland at further education colleges has risen from 9 per cent in 1986-87, about 7,440 students, to 18 per cent in 1996-97, up to 30,000...
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'New dawn' brings Irish business centre
The creation of a new international business centre for Londonderry, based at Ulster's Magee College campus, was announced by Northern Ireland MP and MEP John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic...
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North London colleges form partnership
MIDDLESEX University today launches a Higher Education and Training Partnership with Barnet, Harlow, North East London and Waltham Forest colleges to improve access and build links with business....
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Science student of year wins with SFX project
Manish Jethwa, a computing undergraduate at Oxford University, was named science student of the year this week. His project work on special visual effects has immediate potential in industry and...