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The higher Education Statistics Agency's findings for 1996/97 reveal that: 7 per cent of those gaining a first degree obtained a first class honours award, and 41 per cent obtained an upper second -...
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Fashion statement
(Photograph) - Fashion statement: Alice Daley was one of six De Montfort University photography students to work on a publicity campaign organised by Lincolnshire Health Promotion's Smokefree Lincs...
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Place pledge for 12-year-olds
THE University of Abertay Dundee has launched a recruitment drive aimed at 12-year-olds. An agreement signed by the pupil, parent, school and university will guarantee the pupil a university place...
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Teaching institute lays cards on table
A RADICAL shake-up of teaching across higher education gets under way next week as proposals for an Institute for Learning and Teaching are aired. The proposals are in a consultation document from...
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Rise brings academics' pay in line
Clinical academics are to this year receive a 4.2 per cent staged pay rise, compared with a staged 3.8 per cent offered to non-clinical academics. The 4.2 per cent is in line with the rise in pay for...
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AUT joins fight for academic freedom
Lecturers will be asked to pledge their support for University of Central England vice-chancellor Peter Knight, who refuses to destroy a library book said to contravene the Obscene Publications Act....
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Birkbeck rises to quiz challenge
Birkbeck College has laid its University Challenge ghost to rest by beating Northampton to reach the TV quiz final. The Birkbeck team beat Northampton 5 points to 245 in the contest screened on...
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Crop genetics comes under scrutiny
Nuffield Council of Bioethics launched a consultation this week to consider the ethical and social implications of the genetic modification of crops. It wants views on issues ranging from UK...
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Academics seek greater copyright protection
The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society launched its declaration on academic writers and academic rights this week. It includes calls for authors' names always to be associated with their works...
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Goldsmiths names new warden
London's Goldsmiths College has appointed Ben Pimlott as warden. Professor Pimlott, professor of politics and contemporary history at London's Birkbeck College, will take over from Ken Gregory when...
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Unison pursues minimum raise
PUBLIC service union Unison has demanded minimum pay of Pounds 4.61 per hour as part of this year's claim for support staff in FE. The union also wants a renewed commitment by the Association of...
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London University seeks share of Asian fund
London University's School of Oriental and African Studies is seeking up to Pounds 100,000 from the scheme to support students hit by the Asian currency crisis. If successful, the bid would make...
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The 1958 and 1970 longitudinal studies of children born in a single week
THE 1958 and 1970 longitudinal studies of children born in a single week, now at City University in London, will be brought together in the centre for longitudinal studies at the Institute of...
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Broader choice for 16-19s
The government has announced changes to the 16-19 curriculum aimed at increasing breadth and flexibility. But the changes only go part way to establishing the national qualifications framework...
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Electronic CV for students
RADICAL new plans for handling student applications have met a lukewarm response from education administrators and civil liberties campaigners. Details of the scheme, designed to record exam grades,...