BSE research boost
The Office of Science and Technology has earmarked Pounds 17 million from the 1997/98 science budget for research into BSE and related diseases, including scrapie in sheep. Science minister Ian...
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Talks held on universities buying loans co.
THE COMMITTEE of Vice Chancellors and Principals is investigating the feasibility of the universities buying the Student Loans Company. The CVCP's director of policy development, Tony Bruce, will be...
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Warning over animal organs
In the week that the Department of Health was expected to publish a report supporting animal to human organ transplantation, a leading scientist warned that such transplants could result in the...
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Bradford street paved with strikers' gold
Wages saved by Bradford University when its staff went on strike may be used to pedestrianise part of the campus, writes Julia Hinde. Members of the Association of University Teachers say they are...
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Deficits and staff problems delay Ulster merger
College incorporation may be delayed in Northern Ireland. The five area boards - under threat of amalgamation - have privately warned the province's Department of Education that it cannot be...
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Increasing competitiveness in Scottish further education could lead to some colleges going bankrupt
* Increasing competitiveness in Scottish further education could lead to some colleges going bankrupt, with the loss of opportunities for their local communities, the Educational Institute of...
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Pensions change attacked
HIGHER education attention was focused on the High Court this week as teachers mounted a challenge to the Government's controversial early retirement plans, writes Alan Thomson. The Association of...
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E.coli plea
A scientific report into Scotland's E.coli outbreak which has claimed 16 lives has called for more research into occurrences of the bacteria in Scottish cattle and to help forecast likely outbreaks....
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PFI pledge
Education minister Robin Squire promised to "identify obstacles and smooth the Private Finance Initiative process" at the PFI in Universities and Colleges conference run by the higher and further...
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Rice strain
The International Rice Research Institute has slashed its staff by about 40 per cent as a result of a funding crisis, it is claimed. Researchers at De Montfort University's Norman Borlaug Institute...
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FEFC warning
The future of some further education colleges could be put at risk by Government plans for grant-maintained schools, says the Further Education Funding Council. A white paper on self-government for...
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Offer could split union allies
CRACKS may appear in the unprecedented unity forged by unions in the campaign over pay following an improved and potentially divisive offer from university employers. Pressure on the eight-union...
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Mandela trap
It seems that the National Union of Students' London headquarters has been possessed by the lift from hell. A group of student innocents had their recent day trip to the Nelson Mandela nerve centre...
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New year, new government?
(Photograph) - New year, new government? Serbian students continued their protests against the Milosevic government this week as more than 500,000 demonstrators celebrated the Orthodox new year in...
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Scots protest at pay with strings
Glasgow Caledonian University was one of 13 Scottish universities and colleges hit by strike action this week as unions protested against a pay offer linking a 2.5 per cent rise to changes in...