Albanian axe hangs over a degree of error
Albanians whose degrees include dissertations on "socialist" subjects under Communist rule may have them cancelled under a review by the State Academic Qualifications Commission. Subjects at risk are...
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Boot goes in to car boot sales
A million people enjoy haggling and finding curious, useful and sometimes valuable items at car boot sales every weekend. But if local authority officials have their way, such sales could be severely...
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Welsh heads breathe fire
Welsh higher education college heads are demanding an explanation for funding cuts of up to 5 per cent in real terms. They want to know why most former public sector institutions fared worse in...
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Institutions risk bankruptcy
Some Scottish higher education institutions will be bankrupt by the end of the century unless funding cuts are reversed, the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals has warned. This follows...
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Quality ambition limits FE growth
Expansion in Welsh further education is to be reined back to protect quality. FE colleges in Wales have already achieved planned growth in funded student numbers for next year, and there is a danger...
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Jewish studies
(Photograph) - Modern identities: Two centres for Jewish studies are being launched in the North of England, bringing together scholars with interests in Jewish literature, music, art, religion,...
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Say CHEESE
The latest edition of the Acronyms and Initialisms in Education handbook reveals a lot about modern linguistic practice. The 74-page sixth edition, published by the Librarians of Institutes and...
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Foot in mouth
Alumni to be proud of numbers 37 to 42 are the successive ministers for agriculture, fisheries and food who have served the causes of open government and rigorous support for public over vested...
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Power in partnerships
Alison Utley reports on the British Educational Management and Administration Society's conference in Cambridge this week. While the thrust of Government education policy over recent years has been...
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Business skills missing
Alison Utley reports on the British Educational Management and Administration Society's conference in Cambridge this week. Anne Punter was amazed to discover last year that the business community was...
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UCAS proposes new points system
Sir Ron Dearing proposed a new framework of national awards this week. Alison Utley spells out the implications for higher education. A new system for recording university candidates' academic and...
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A level playing field?
Sir Ron Dearing proposed a new framework of national awards this week. Alison Utley spells out the implications for higher education. Sir Ron Dearing proposed a new framework of national awards this...
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Dearing preaches to unconverted
Sir Ron Dearing proposed a new framework of national awards this week. Alison Utley spells out the implications for higher education. Sir Ron's intention, to "recognise explicitly" the equivalence of...
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Political football
At last the real explanation for fierce transfer market activity in political science. Nothing to do with research assessment, but a more traditional provoker of big-money transfers - football. The...
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Spin doctor
David Robinson, the new English vice chancellor of Australia's Monash University, is a keen sports fan. He has told journalists the best place to find him for an off-the-record interview at any time...