Committee of Vice Chancellors &
The vice chancellors' organisation has submitted evidence in four parts to the Dearing inquiry, writes Martin Ince. A "vision statement" and summary makes the case for universities as a central part...
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The Dearing Inquiry into Higher Education
The Standing Conference of Principals, the body for higher education colleges, calls for the Robbins principle to be rewritten to cope with the diverse patterns of work expected in the 21st century.
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What, in your view, should an in-coming government do as soon as possible?
Albert Weale Professor of government, University of Essex Review pensions and think whether to shift from a pay-as-you-go system to a more funded one. Restore local government and move towards...
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RSE - Scotland
Selectivity is vital in order to maintain research excellence at an international level, according to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, but funding should be awarded by competition which should not be...
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Baby size link to health
STRONG evidence of a link between small size at birth and the risk of heart disease and stroke in later life has been uncovered by British scientists. In one study aimed at exploring this link,...
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Junior civil service can damage health
LOW-RANKING civil servants are much more likely to die before their professional and executive level counterparts, a long-term study has found. The research shows that work itself, not just...
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Boring teaching leads to unrest
DISAFFECTED school children such as those at the Ridings School in Halifax are not just a British phenomenon, according to European Union researchers. A group of educational academics including...
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Irish reforms face dilution
IRISH minister for education Niamh Bhreathnach has run into new political difficulties over her controversial universities' bill. The Government-appointed Higher Education Authority has advised her...
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A foundation of sand eels
THE NATIONAL Environment Research Council's sea mammal research unit, which recently moved from Cambridge to St Andrews University, is to be a key player in a study of the impact of a nearby sand-eel...
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Water chestnut adds crunch to vegetables
LIMP, soggy vegetables and over-soft fruit could soon be a thing of the past following a breakthrough study of plant-based food texture by the Institute of Food Research. For the first time,...
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Striptease tickles feminists' fancy
ROWDY female pre-marital outings known as hen or bachelorette parties, which seem to glorify the bride-to-be as a sex object, can lead to "women's empowerment", say two Canadian professors. For the...
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Cheating racket used time zones
SEVERAL hundred students in the United States who paid to join an elaborate cheating scheme will have their graduate exam results revoked and are almost sure to lose their university places - some at...
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Academic accused of forgery
A PROFESSOR of the Albanophone University of Pristina is facing charges of forgery for signing the degree diploma conferred on an ethnic Albanian from Montenegro. The Montenegrin authorities do not...
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Afghans fight to keep peace
Balkh University in Mazar-e-Sharif is an oasis of peace in war-torn Afghanistan, solid on the outside but ramshackle on the inside. When the extremist Muslim Taliban forces seized Kabul in September...
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Pope's pal pips priests to post
For the first time ever a woman and a layperson has been named head of a faculty of Rome's Lateran University. Angela Ales-Bello, 57, takes over the faculty of philosophy: a role of supreme...