Anniversary report from academy
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country CVCP DIANA Warwick, chief executive...
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Unions ballot on pay offer
LECTURERS are being balloted on last week's final pay offer from employers. A joint meeting of all unions involved in higher education agreed to hear reactions from members before making up their...
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Sleepless nights in the academic drive for profit
Ruth Payne has recently started to suffer panic attacks. A former president of the Association of University Teachers at the University of Aberdeen, she was conducting a survey of stress levels at...
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Stress stalks university workers
TOO MANY changes have taken place in higher education, putting pressure on staff and damaging the service to students, according to a report into stress in the sector. A survey of 2,000 members of...
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Education needs re-engineering, report says
A ROYAL Society of Arts study says the education reforms of the 1980s and 1990s have bolted change on to a system that serves the social and cultural norms of the last century. Produced as part of...
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Greenwich strike time nears
A STRIKE is likely at Greenwich University following plans for up to 14 redundancies, which the union said will "decimate" teacher training there. Natfhe, the lecturers' union, has discussed...
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Military boost to civilians
DEFENCE-related technologies will benefit civilian life over the next ten years, but civilian developments will pose military risks, according to the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. Giving...
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Degree study at Yeovil via joint university plan
Students will be able to study for degrees at Yeovil College in a joint project by the universities of Bournemouth and Exeter. The Joint University Centre, which will open in September, will offer...
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AUT debates action at Leeds
The Association of University Teachers' executive committee met yesterday to discuss authorising a local ballot on strike action at Leeds University, where three philosophy lecturers who had been...
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Cambridge relents over review body
Cambridge University's governing council has agreed to a mediator's recommendation to form an independent body to review procedures for promoting academic staff. The council, which met this week, was...
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Oldham gets higher for 1999
Higher education is coming to Oldham, with a Pounds 3.5 million business school due to open in time for the September 1999 academic year. The venture, launched this week by Further Education Funding...
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MPs undo Lords' work
THE government has overturned key Lords' amendments in the Teaching and Higher Education Bill to protect its funding option and centralised powers. The main changes to the bill are: Part I, about the...
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Open sesame across the pond
The Open University is opening its doors for business in the United States with the creation of the "Open University of the United States". Sir John Daniel, vice-chancellor of the OU, said: "The new...
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European waiver plea
University European officers have urged peers to back fee waivers and grants for students on short visits to the Continent. Members of the Association of Higher Education European Officers have...
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De Montfort seals law deal
DE MONTFORT University has clinched a deal to take over Bristol University's legal practice course from September. The move will take the university a step nearer its ambition of rivalling the...