Whitehall accused of quality hijack
The Government is preparing to take control of academic quality and standards through the new single quality agency, it was claimed this week, writes Tony Tysome. The proposed constitution of the...
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Waging war
The minimum pay debate divides economists, John Davies reports The minimum wage in the United States has been $4.25 (Pounds 2.85) an hour for the past five years. President Bill Clinton wants to...
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Atlantic crossing scheme sets off
The European Commission is set to launch a radical student exchange scheme designed to strengthen relations between the European Union and North America. The five-year scheme is a key part of the...
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LGU shaves off Pounds 5m
London Guildhall University governors have accepted the recovery plan aimed at saving the financially threatened institution Pounds 5 million over the next three years. Following the decision last...
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Early retirement package for teaching staff at University of Westminster
An early retirement package is being offered this week to 54 teaching staff at the University of Westminster, writes Stuart Livingstone. The move comes a month after the university senior management...
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Britain lags behind in language teaching
Foreign language teaching in the United Kingdom has improved little in more than 30 years and is far inferior to that offered by many of our European competitors, a leading linguistics expert has...
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Heavenly metal: Rachel Price
(Photograph) - Heavenly metal: Rachel Price with "fluid vessel", created after master craftsmen Erich Simmerman and Michel Pfister from Germany ran a workshop for students from Sheffield Hallam...
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The profile of a TV Crewe
"Oh yeah, Ivor Crewe - so he's the vice chancellor as well, is he?" A taxi pulling away from Essex University may not be the fairest sample, but most vice chancellors are lucky to be recognised in...
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Going for gold now more of a gamble
A leaked draft of the Bannister report on sports scholarships has confirmed that universities will have to compete for National Lottery money for students. Members of the committee, which is headed...
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Colleges plan to enrol children
School pupils as young as 14 could be enrolled on to the first stage of degree programmes if a radical scheme under discussion in Yorkshire gets the go-ahead. Talks are beginning between further and...
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Training for the last amateur boat race?
(Photograph) - Training for the last amateur boat race? Oxford prepare for the annual boat race against Cambridge tomorrow. This year's race has attracted criticism because of the bursaries offered...
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Physicists gain stronger voice
A deal thrashed out between the Institute of Physics and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council means that physicists should have a greater say in the way the council funds research,...
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Fact famine fuels food panic
The whiff of government secrecy, divisions between departments and hints of a cover-up have been major factors in the creation of food panics in recent years, according to researchers at Glasgow...
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Greenwich nets navy rig
The Government has confirmed that the University of Greenwich will be taking over the Royal Naval College, ending months of specultation over the future of one of Britain's most historic sites. Last...
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Call to bolster industry links
A more formal relationship between industry, public sector research establishments and universities may be necessary if Government attempts to boost interaction between them are to succeed, according...