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Nottingham Trent University DMus: Daniele Gatti, music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, former conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the...
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Dunstable, Herts merger axed
A PLANNED merger between the University of Hertfordshire and Dunstable College has collapsed at one of its final hurdles. The merger, which would have been the first between a university and a...
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Lecturers, AoC seek pay peace
A FIVE-YEAR dispute between further education employers and lecturers could near an end after commitments from both sides to try for a national framework on pay, conditions and employment policies,...
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Grand illusions
(Photograph) - Leeds University fine art students created a media frenzy around an elaborate deception this week. The students' claim that they used university money to go on holiday to Malaga as...
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Kiwi funding shifts towards vouchers
New Zealand has opened a free market in higher education with the announcement of a demand-driven student funding system that some have denounced as a "voucher" system. The universal tertiary tuition...
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MPs want Pounds 350m for FE
Further education needs Pounds 350 million a year to fund growth, but the extra money should not come from the current education budget, an all-party committee of MPs will recommend early next month...
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Child benefit traps report
Ministers have "softened" and delayed publishing proposals to cut child benefit in order to fund a unified national student-support system so as to avoid alienating voters in this month's local...
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Lords hear call for clinical trials of cannabis
The House of Lords committee considering the case for legalising cannabis for medical use heard of its positive benefits last week. Roger Pertwee, president of the International Cannabinoid Research...
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Budget cuts fear wanes
Australian universities have escaped further cuts in spending next financial year. The federal government's annual budget, announced last week, was designed to appease some of its strongest critics,...
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Forced to quit after shopping the boss
A bill to protect whistleblowers should soon be law, but few institutions are ready. Phil Baty reports The plight of Bonnie Tall was the catalyst for Richard Shepherd's Public Interest Disclosure...
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Whistleblowers to call the tune
A bill to protect whistleblowers should soon be law, but few institutions are ready. Phil Baty reports Universities and colleges have been reluctant to introduce effective procedures for dealing with...
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Aberdeen staff clear to run
Aberdeen University is encouraging its staff to play a part in the new Scottish parliament by reassuring them that their jobs will be held open for them if they become MSPs. Duncan Rice, Aberdeen's...
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Assessments 'destroy' HE
An Edinburgh University professor has condemned current teaching and research assessment methods as part of higher education's slide in "a Dutch auction towards disaster". Ged Martin, giving his...
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Dutch feel business grip tighten
The Dutch education ministry has announced plans for modernising universities to help smooth graduates' transition to working life. Education minister Jo Ritzen is harnessing businesses in a...
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Boro FC invests in sports science
While champions Arsenal, whose scientific approach to training and nutrition has been credited for much of their success this year, won only the eighth league and cup double in English football...