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THE SCOTLAND bill to establish a Scottish parliament, published last week, made only a passing reference to tertiary education in a curt mention of research councils. The bill concentrates on the...
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Internet
THESIS, The THES Internet Service, now has a new service for subscribers. A complete and fully searchable archive of The THES from October 1994 is available to all subscribers to the newspaper, who...
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Lords query loan law plans
PEERS have questioned apparent contradictions between the government's proposed legislation for selling off existing student loan debt and that ushering in income-contingent loans and tuition fees....
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Liverpool University tea dance
(Photograph) - A dance to the music of time: Liverpool University student Nicola James dances with John Bird to celebrate the 20th anniversary of tea dances in the students' guildhall. The dances are...
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Scots demand grants pledge
SCOTTISH universities and colleges are demanding government assurances that the Students Awards Agency for Scotland will be able to cope with the new student support regime in the wake of this year's...
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Sheffield warned about quality control
SHEFFIELD University has been criticised by quality watchdogs for relying too heavily on outside assessors. Auditors have told the university that although they approve of its internal independent...
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Steel city plans the full monty for Britain's sports
CELEBRATIONS were at full tilt in Sheffield last week with the announcement that the UK Sports Institute is to be based there. The two-year long bid was strongly supported by the city's two...
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Going modular means more work
THE MOVE to modular courses is helping to clarify academic standards, but the price is a heavier workload for students, staff and external examiners, warns a report published this week. A study...
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University chiefs call for agency subscription cut
VICE CHANCELLORS are urging the Quality Assurance Agency to set its subscription levels as low as possible. The agency has been holding talks with partner organisations to thrash out the details of a...
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Scots fight for political traditions
THE SCOTS may have voted for their own parliament, but many are unhappy with the plan for elected representatives to be called members of the Scottish parliament. Alan McDonald of St Andrews...
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Medics fear narrow clinical assessment
MEDICAL academics are concerned that hospital- and community-based clinical teaching will not be fully assessed in the subject reviews due to start in England next autumn. A meeting of the...
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Folding chairs
The many teachers who are not fortunate enough to be full-time, permanent members of institutions' academic staff should think themselves lucky they do not live in The Netherlands. The oh so witty...
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Nobel accountancy
Glasgow University's staff newsletter has uncovered what is possibly the earliest recorded example of a university moving funds from one budget to another. Alan Cooper, in an article celebrating 250...
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Nice one Cyril
Admirable political scientist though David Lane of Emmanuel College, Cambridge is, one suspects he will receive few, if any, Christmas cards from librarians, archivists or anyone who classifies names...
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Age concern
So much for new blood schemes. The image of universities dominated by an increasingly ageing workforce still remains, if the latest Royal Commission is anything to go by. Health secretary Frank...