Blackstone fudge on college fees
OXFORD and Cambridge face a bleak future if the college fee is withdrawn, Lords said this week. In a debate heavily weighted towards keeping the fees, speakers gave a vision of two once-great...
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Malay millions at risk
BRITISH universities face losing millions of pounds through a sharp decline in students from Malaysia following a shock decision by their government to axe tax concessions for study abroad. The move...
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Sour note over music funding
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has been accused of "suppressing" a study of four music conservatories which suggests they are underfunded. The report by a HEFCE-appointed team led...
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Move to axe geology sparks fury
STUDENTS at the University of Wales Aberystwyth are calling for a review of governance after a decision to axe geology degrees forced through by the vice chancellor. The university senate agreed last...
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Colonel readies Leeds for any disaster
IF AN aircraft crashed into the campus of Leeds University, pro chancellor Colonel Alan Roberts would not be phased. His contingency plan for such an eventuality would swing into action, and business...
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V-cs protest over teacher training inspections
THE COMMITTEE of Vice Chancellors and Principals has met the Office for Standards in Education to express universities' concerns about the inspection of higher education teacher training. The meeting...
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Lord Justice to probe Broers allegations
CAMBRIDGE University chancellor, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is to appoint a retired Lord Justice to investigate allegations made by lecturer Gill Evans under the university's harassment rules...
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Meningitis claims fifth student this year
A first-year information technology student at Portsmouth University has died from meningitis, the fifth student this academic year. Edward Kitchin, 19, died at his lodgings on Monday. Other students...
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Where is research going?
Universities may lose their dominant position as centres for UK research, a research council head has warned. John Krebs, chief executive of the Natural Environmental Research Council, told a meeting...
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Derby merger with colleges under consideration
THE FIRST merger involving general further education colleges and a university has been cleared for consultation by the Further Education Funding Council. The planned merger of High Peak College and...
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Dyslexic solicitor sues over failed exams
A DYSLEXIC trainee solicitor is suing the College of Law in Chester and the Law Society for failing to support his disability. Thomas Hughes, 35, chairman of the Group for Solicitors with...
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Natfhe prepares for general secretary ballot
LECTURERS' union Natfhe is a step closer to choosing a new general secretary after issuing ballot papers to its 66,000 members on Monday. The five candidates are Vicky Seddon, Paul Mackney, Andrea...
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QC to hear Brand's appeal
SCOTTISH QC T. Gordon Coutts has been appointed to hear an appeal against dismissal by Edinburgh University psychology lecturer Chris Brand, who was fired in August after a university tribunal found...
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Pharmacy school granted Pounds 1.1 million
THE SCHOOL of pharmacy at Queen's University, Belfast is to set up a new research group after receiving a Pounds 1.1 million grant, one of the largest ever made to academic pharmacists. The grant is...
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Wales gets cash boost
WIDESPREAD relief has greeted the announcement of an extra Pounds 10 million for Welsh higher education next year, even though the precise distribution of the new cash is still unclear. Peter Hain,...