Wage admittance
A psychologist at Leeds University wonders whether any significance should be attached to the fact that the university's pay slips now advertise loans. Perhaps, he muses in the University Reporter,...
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Hancock's half minute
Is London Guildhall University never going to be able to forget the financial troubles that nearly capsized it? Take this week's gathering in Victoria Tower Gardens, next to the Houses of Parliament...
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Expenses joke
David Bleiman, the Edinburgh-based assistant general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, has had an arduous time filling in complex new expenses claim forms, which have separate...
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Science blab
Any lingering hopes scientists may have had that the Office of Science and Technology would make a hasty move from the Department of Trade and Industry to a more central role under Labour were...
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Dome thirst
Almost as an afterthought, it seems, the New Millennium Experience has announced that British beer is to have a place at both the Dome and the "Baby Dome" located next to the real thing. In keeping...
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Out on Africa
"Nobody has really noticed his existence." While politicians operate on the oxygen of publicity our Alumnus to be proud of No 173, foreign office Africa minister Tony Lloyd, could be forgiven for...
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FO fear sparks Sino inquiry
Foreign Office pressure has led to the setting-up of a funding council inquiry into the state of Chinese studies in United Kingdom universities. The review, headed by Bahram Bekhradnia, head of...
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Thumbs-down from top 30
Universities are breaking ranks as they face threats to their autonomy in theshape of new quality and teaching regimes. Alison Utley and Tony Tysome report. REPRESENTATIVES of Britain's top research...
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Hype misses out the oldies
Adults Leaners' Week starts tomorrow amid doubts about the government's lifelong learning project. THE SEVENTH national Adult Learners' Week starts tomorrow, but the mood is markedly more downbeat...
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Don's Diary
Wednesday I set off on my first trip to the United States and my first international conference, where I will be presenting a poster. Arriving at Newark airport, I go to immigration control, where I...
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Universities take back teaching
Universities are breaking ranks as they face threats to their autonomy in theshape of new quality and teaching regimes. Alison Utley and Tony Tysome report. THE launch of the Institute for Learning...
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Cradle-to-grave investigation
A Pounds 10 million research programme into teaching and learning at all levels from pre-school to higher education is announced today by the Economic and Social Research Council. The programme,...
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Open learning gets tough ride
Australia's "Open University" is in serious trouble. Its top executives have quit and a third of its students have disappeared. Last year, enrolments in Open Learning Australia were down to a mere 13...
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Joint venture
(Photograph) - The University of Teesside's centre for health and medical research and South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have opened a new centre for learning and research. Here student Catherine...
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CVCP yes to cash for quality
THE COMMITTEE of Vice-Chancellors and Principals has signalled for the first time its support for a direct link between judgements of quality and funding. In a "statement of intent" on standards and...