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* 12 per cent of male, first-degree graduates over the age of 25 were unemployed six months after graduating * 9 per cent of female first-degree graduates over 25 were jobless * Among under 25-year-...
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Foster cuckoos upset nests
THES reporters on the British Psychological Society's annual conference held in Brighton this week FOSTER care placements are in serious jeopardy because of an explosive mismatch of children's ages,...
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Family ties on trial
Phil Baty looks at the thorny problem of employing family members Universities are increasingly employing members of the same family - and running the risk of being accused of nepotism. But there are...
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Women's library plan
An Pounds 8.5 million National Library of Women is being planned with the support of influential women led by Barbara Follett, MP. The new library will house the collection of the Fawcett Library,...
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Writ for troubled professor
THE DEAN at the centre of allegations of nepotism and bullying at Anglia Polytechnic University is facing High Court action over a failed deal to provide accredited courses in Malta. It emerged this...
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True colours: Serbian students opposed to a deal ending the language dispute
(Photograph) - True colours: Serbian students opposed to a deal ending the language dispute which has divided university education in Kosovo for the past seven years parade their opposition to...
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Ready answer for complaints
UNIVERSITIES and colleges could turn to arbitration to deal with student complaints, according to a report to be published soon by vice-chancellors. Institutions with no visitor or other independent...
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Universities race for unlikely student doctors
UNIVERSITIES have joined a frantic bidding exercise for 1,000 extra medical students with no guarantees that the students or funding will ever materialise. They are drawing up detailed proposals in...
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Applications edge towards last year's level
THE gap between applications for higher education places this year compared with last year has narrowed, with overall numbers now down by 2 per cent, and applications from under 21-year-olds up...
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Young Scots flock to higher education
THE percentage of young Scots going into higher education has soared in the past decade from 19 per cent in 1986-87 to 47 per cent in 1996-97, according to Scottish Office statistics. The figures...
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Colleges to bid for share of Pounds 90 million
FURTHER education colleges will net a major share of the extra Pounds 250 million earmarked for education in the budget. Colleges have been invited to bid for a share of the Pounds 90 million set...
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Senate backs v-c's stance on Mapplethorpe
The senate of the University of Central England has backed vice-chancellor Peter Knight's defiance of a police request to destroy a book, seized from the university library that is said to contravene...
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Gay staff face discrimination, says AUT
The employment rights of gay, lesbian and bisexual staff in universities and colleges are often neglected, despite the politically correct environment in which they work, the Association of...
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Students lobby Parliament for gay rights
Student campaigners this week hosted the first national lobby of Parliament for lesbian, gay and bisexual rights since the general election. The National Union of Students Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual...
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Government launches Foresight consultation
THE government this week launched a consultation on the structure and process of the next round of the Foresight programme due to start in April 1999. Foresight, launched in 1994, aims to identify...