DOH grabs medicine
HEALTH academics fear millions of pounds worth of grant could transfer from the Higher Education Funding Council for England to National Health Service employers, under government plans. Ministers...
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Medical and dental students' tuition fees
In the same announcement Mr Dobson said medical and dental students would have to pay tuition fees for the first four years of their degrees, but that in the fifth, and where appropriate sixth, years...
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Validator keeps an eye on orthoptics
QUESTIONS were raised this week over the continued validation of a paramedical degree at the troubled Glasgow Caledonian University, while Strathclyde University has issued an ultimatum over a...
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Erosion evasion
(Photograph) - Erosion evasion: William Smyth, St Andrews University MA geography student, hopes to save his local beach from sea erosion with his final-year dissertation project. The 23-year-old...
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Howard demotes Vanstone
PRIME MINISTER John Howard has demoted Amanda Vanstone, the minister responsible for overseeing sweeping changes in Australian higher education since the coalition government came to power 18 months...
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FE welcomes Scots funding council
THE Association of Scottish Colleges has backed Garrick's proposals for a Scottish further education funding council, arguing that this can achieve greater openness than is possible under direct...
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Seamless garb on credit
THE University of the Highlands and Islands Project says a single tertiary funding council seems to be the logical solution to supporting students' progress. It welcomes the proposals for a credit-...
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Social work 'vulnerable'
THE vulnerable position of social work education was neglected in the Dearing higher education report, a pressure group claims. "At a time when the government plans to lay new demands on social...
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TUC pushes part-timer loans
THE TRADES Union Congress has said it is disappointed with the Dearing inquiry's proposals for the introduction of fee paying while ruling out means-tested loans for part-time students. The TUC's...
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Fingered by a single cell
RESEARCH on genetic defects in test tube babies has led to a discovery that could revolutionise forensic science and put an end to the perfect, undetectable crime, all before the end of the century....
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Will we be able to bank on learning accounts?
INDIVIDUAL learning accounts, an idea that took up just two pages of the main Dearing higher education report, now appears to have moved to the top of the student support agenda. Policy advisors,...
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Armageddon arrives
THE University of Armageddon opens its doors today. Its mission? To compile a catalogue of the innermost secrets of university life, the catastrophes and cock-ups which have shaken the foundations of...
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Sizer warns 'inactive' governors
John Sizer, chief executive of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, has told governing bodies to be aware of their full responsibilities if they want to escape external constraints....
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Research. holistic approaches
Cath Cotton talks to academics about breaking down barriers in the brave world of interdisciplinarity Transport research at the University of Oxford: interdisciplinary research a cross natural and...
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Gerald Wilson defends Scottish decision to veto the Garrick committee recommendation on rectors' rights
Gerald Wilson, secretary of the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department, has defended the department's decision to veto the Garrick committee's recommendation on rectors' rights as...