Medic drop-out rates halved
A new style of teaching at medical schools has halved drop-out rates, according to the General Medical Council. Since December 1993 most British medical schools have introduced new "Tomorrow's Doctor...
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GMC pours cold water on accelerated medical degrees for graduates
The GMC has poured cold water on proposals for three-year accelerated medical degrees for graduates. The council has, however, indicated "a willingness in principle to agree to a four-year course for...
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Bristol tops lab grant list
Britain's crumbling research laboratories were given a Pounds 55 million boost this week with the announcement of 122 separate grants to revitalise labs in 50 universities, writes Julia Hinde. The...
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Quality chiefs dilute proposals
The Quality Assurance Agency has watered down controversial proposals for registered external examiners in a radical bid to achieve consensus over a new quality system. In the wake of strong...
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Scots to regain rights
The Scottish Parliament will establish a new context for restoring national negotiating rights for further education, according to Ian McCalman, president of the Educational Institute of Scotland. Mr...
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Biologists shun practical fieldwork
British biology degrees are being "dumbed down" as fewer field courses mean that practical skills are no longer taught, a conference heard last week. The University Marine Biological Station,...
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Depraved tendency
Never has controversial American photographer Robert Mapple- thorpe had such a wide audience among the academic establishment. News that University of Central England vice-chancellor Peter Knight...
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Give it a whirl
(Photograph) - Students from the London Institute have designed the costumes and set for The Rite of Spring, a dance piece with original music and excerpts from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which...
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Scots get Pounds 2m
Scottish education minister Brian Wilson has reinstated Pounds 2 million in funds for staff restructuring in further education just as two colleges have warned of impending redundancies. Colleges may...
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Goodwill stunting
Excuses for Cambridge University's belligerent decision to reject the independent mediation of QC Sir Brian Neill in its long battle over academic promotions with history lecturer Gill Evans were...
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Sole trade
Dual support for university research - which appeared safe following the thumbs-up from Dearing and the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee - is once again, it is rumoured, up for...
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Machiavellian reason
This week's Manchester conference on Machiavelli (page 8) heard at length from local MP Gerald Kaufman of the enduring power of Machiavelli's name as a byword for ingeniously unobtrusive realpolitik...
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Somethin' not so stupid
Someone else who needs nowhere to put his car but will be remembered for some time is this week's Alumnus to be proud of, No 174 in the series. Ol' Blue Eyes has gone, and a deep gloom has presumably...
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Share cropper
An article on car sharing in Edinburgh University's graduate magazine, Edit, has prompted a letter from reader Andrew Bairden. Now in California, he has found local companies have had little success...
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More pay, no fees, say AUT delegates
CALLS for better pay and criticism of student tuition fee charges dominated the Association of University Teachers annual conference beside the seaside in Worthing last week. The association pledged...