Bad food and books
A report on students on the Scottish Wider Access Programme, an alternative route to higher education for adults without traditional qualifications, includes first-hand accounts of students'...
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Green, or just dirty?
"Socks would be sniffed, underpants would be turned inside out to get another few days out of them," is one student's response to a survey by Proctor and Gamble of student washing habits. The survey...
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A Deal on the quiet
Andrew Smith, the employment minister, has finally granted his first interview to The THES, after numerous requests that he answer colleges' fears about their role in the New Deal programme (page 8...
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RGO a-go-go
Resolution of the saga of the Royal Greenwich Observatory could be just around the corner. All the signs point to the RGO's name returning to the meridian in time for the millennium. Last year, the...
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High student profile
Alumna to be proud of No 156 is proof of the efficacy of the US college intern system. Monica Lewinsky, who is alleged to have had an affair with President Bill Clinton, has accounted for more than...
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Wage review for lecturers splits unions
LECTURERS unions have failed to agree on a pay claim for staff in new universities, writes Harriet Swain. Natfhe and the Association for University Teachers will meet next week to try to settle...
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Educational Institute of Scotland calls for a Scottish sub-committee of the IRC
The Educational Institute of Scotland is calling for a Scottish sub-committee of the IRC and is seeking one of the IRC's five union seats, writes Olga Wojtas. Only the eight pre-1992 Scottish...
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AUT call to action over pay
The Association of University Teachers has agreed to prepare for industrial action, including one-day strikes, if its pay demands are not met, writes Harriet Swain. Members at the winter council...
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Fair pay
(Photograph) - Unison, which has long campaigned to raise wages, has called for further education staff to get a pay rise of Pounds 500 or 5 per cent, whichever is greater. Its claim is linked to the...
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IRC to get Hera data
RESULTS of a study into a controversial job evaluation scheme for universities are to be fed into a major review of academic pay. Details of a six-month pilot study into Higher Education Role...
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MRC cashes in on basic research success
The Medical Research Council this week became the first of the UK research councils to launch a venture capital fund to help commercialise basic research. The UK Medical Ventures Fund, which has so...
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Call for comments on plan for more doctors
Universities are being asked to comment on the recommendation that the UK needs to train an extra 1,000 doctors a year. The Medical Workforce Standing Advisory Committee, chaired by Nottingham...
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He or she who hesitates performs badly
Students who procrastinate suffer more ill health and do significantly worse academically than their non-procrastinating colleagues. Research from the Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, United...
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Women economists discuss scarcity
Women are "seriously under-represented" in economics, research by the Royal Economics Society has found. Women make up 30 per cent of students training for economics doctorates but only 15 per cent...
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Imperial team scoops Pounds 1,000 biotech prize
A team of undergraduates from Imperial College, London last week won a competition aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship among young biotechnology researchers. Imperial's team produced a business...