Torrie collection belongs to public
An art collection, whose works Edinburgh University contemplated selling during its financial crisis, belongs to the public, the Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled. While the university was...
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Row over choice of examiner
A part-time PhD student has challenged a university's absolute right to select its external examiners. Roger Coghill, from Gwent, has asked the Queen as visitor to adjudicate in a row with Surrey...
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Nitrogen fertilizers get laboratory fix
A Pounds 10 million laboratory for research into the mysteries of nitrogen fixation, a fundamental process that helps to ensure the growth of healthy plants, will open next week at the John Innes...
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Libraries spending slashed
University spending on library books has nearly halved during the years of Conservative rule, according to the Publishers Association. In the old university sector, spending on books has plummeted by...
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Researchers at ex-polys worse off
Researchers in the new universities are thousands of pounds worse off than their counterparts in the old universities, according to a survey published this week by lecturers' union Natfhe....
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Party probed on Eurothink
Labour politicians are to be questioned on their attitudes to Europe in a research project at Nottingham Trent University. Political scientists from the university have a Pounds 15,000 grant from the...
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Labour's on-line university
The first leg of Tony Blair's "knowledge race" appeared to be underway this week, with the launch of a development project on Labour's plans for a University for Industry. Almost 18 months after...
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Funding cuts hope
Scottish academics are hoping that Michael Forsyth, Secretary of State for Scotland, will help ease the higher education funding crisis after he gave union leaders a sympathetic hearing last week. Mr...
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Cavalier males court debt
Male students are less concerned about going into debt than female students and more prepared to contribute towards their mainte/nance costs, according to a student finance survey at Leicester...
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Award for best annual report
The University of St Andrews has won this year's THES/KPGM award for the best annual report from a United Kingdom university. The award was presented by Grant Macrae, senior partner in KPMG, in...
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Flu jabs advised
Medical academics are adding their weight to a national campaign urging "high risk" individuals to be vaccinated against flu as soon as possible. John Oxford, professor of virology at the London...
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Shiny new image does the business
How do applicants choose what to put on their UCAS forms? Alison Utley looks at the research and talks to sixth-formers. As sixth-formers around the country pore over higher education prospectuses in...
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More money than job skills
British students are graduating without the right job skills because universities are concentrating too hard on money-spinning recruitment and research priorities, according to a report commissioned...
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Engineering pay boom
The income of professional engineers and technicians has risen substantially over the past three years, according to a survey published this week. The study by the Engineering Council says that...
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Into the limelight
(Photograph) - Gilbert Smith (left), deputy director of research and development at the Department of Health and the National Health Service Executive and professor of social administration at the...