Business calls for fewer graduates
THE INSTITUTE of Directors has opposed Dearing's key recommendation of raising the number of graduates in favour of fewer graduates of higher quality. The IoD, a non-political organisation...
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The rise of the ents officers
THE THOUSANDS of university students attending freshers' events in the next few weeks will get into the swing of campus life with some first-rate bands, such as indie popsters Teenage Fanclub at...
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Manchester unions move to their sound of music
The 60,000 students at the four universities in Manchester can choose between their own student union venues and the many around town for live music and entertainment. Sean Morgan, Manchester...
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Rival claim for Treasury cash
Further education: colleges are fighting funding cuts by expanding links with local business and rural communities FUNDING tensions between further and higher education grew this week as principals...
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FEFC have published guide to good management practice for colleges
Further education: colleges are fighting funding cuts by expanding links with local business and rural communities The FEFC has published a guide to good management practice for colleges in a bid to...
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Durham dodges deficit
Further education: colleges are fighting funding cuts by expanding links with local business and rural communities East Durham Community College has succeeded in its own mission impossible. With...
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Found: Abbey's towering strength
The new treasure act came into force last week but archaeologists are already making great finds without digging Archaeologists from South-ampton University have found the precise location of one of...
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Bomb reveals Saxon ditch
The new treasure act came into force last week but archaeologists are already making great finds without digging FALLOUT from the IRA bomb attack on Manchester in 1996 has led archaeologists to a...
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Frontier spirit led to Manchester successes
CITIES seeking to boost their economies should look to education rather than the retail trade for success, say researchers. A three-year project, supported by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council,...
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Researchers tune in to disabled children
Researchers at Dundee University are investigating how non-speaking children can tell their stories. The department of applied computing has won Pounds 137,000 from the Engineering and Physical...
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Investigation of inventions that fail to take off
Edinburgh University researchers are to investigate the perceived failure of British industry to turn inventions into innovations over the past 50 years. The project, backed by Pounds 194,000 from...
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Hidden treasure for researchers in legal changes
The new treasure act came into force last week but archaeologists are already making great finds without digging Law changes under the 1996 Treasure Act, which came into effect last week, will have a...
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More jobs in French budget
JOB creation in universities and public research institutes is one of the main features of the French budget unveiled last week. The 1998 budget for higher education creates 3,000 academic posts in...
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Call for extra school year for professions
AUSTRALIA selects its students too young for university courses such as medicine, law, accounting, engineering and teaching, a federal government advisory body has warned. The Higher Education...
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Malaysian expansion
PERAK will be the first of Malaysia's northern states to establish bilateral education links with Indonesia's Northern Sumatera when Premier Yayasan Perak College sets up a branch in Medan this year...