'Tax past students'
A retrospective graduate windfall tax should be imposed on people who completed their degrees as long as 20 years ago, an influential network of academics has proposed. David Halpern, founder of left...
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Bye bye to 'golden hello'
EMPLOYERS will be reluctant to offer "golden hellos" to attract fee-paying graduates, but will increasingly turn to sponsorships and salary differentials to lure high-fliers, according to the...
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Knight rider
Not even a knighthood seems to have spurred Peter North into producing his long-awaited report into the future of Oxford. The report, delayed to avoid a clash with Dearing, was said to be with the...
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Family values
Signs of over-enthusiasm at Strathclyde University, whose principal John Arbuthnott became Sir John in the New Year honours. The university issued a press release stating that he "received a peerage...
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Geographical latitude
Geographers may not be noted for their sense of humour, but the venue for this week's annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers is clearly an in joke. The...
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That's all, Foulkes
Scottish Office records newly released under the 30-year rule reveal George Foulkes, president of the Scottish Union of Students, spearheading the fight against the prospect of loans. Mr Foulkes, now...
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Warm sell
THE world of higher education may have relatively few perks but at least they are timely. The thought may have crossed the minds of education minister Baroness Blackstone and Higher Education Funding...
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Robin's nest
New Year, new and immense pay rise, at least for some. So greetings to all the top people whose appointments you read about in these pages so long ago that you assumed they had done the job and...
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DFEE flies careers kite
Counselling and careers advice must become as much of a priority in universities as teaching and research, according to a Department for Education and Employment briefing paper, writes Phil Baty. The...
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Graduates face small firm snub
Almost 10 per cent of small firms avoid recruiting graduates, according to research published by the Department for Education and Employment. Many employers believe that graduates lack work...
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Cabinet papers reveal cuts talk
Labour considered student loans 30 years ago. The chancellor was pushing for cuts. There was talk of loans replacing grants. And government plans for reviewing university finances were criticised as...
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Housewives' support rebuffed
OPPOSITION to the introduction of loans was widespread in Scotland 30 years ago. Newly released Scottish Office files include a lengthy memo from the Scottish Union of Students, whose president...
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Yiddish row simmers
A LEADING Jewish scholar, who dropped claims of racist abuse from his former employers at an industrial tribunal this week, says he is still considering legal action against them. Dovid Katz...
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Geography out of favour
Recruitment to undergraduate geography degrees has fallen by over 10 per cent with all the signs suggesting it could get worse. The Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British Geographers'...
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Clashes over Serbian rule
Ethnic Albanian students and academics in Kosovo last week resumed demonstrations to "reclaim" education buildings for teaching in their own language. According to Serbia's interior ministry, the...