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Agriculture row
Members of lecturers' union Natfhe have voted for industrial action at Merrist Wood agricultural college, Surrey, over plans to make 12 lecturers redundant and appoint lower-paid practical...
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Rural recordings
Essex University is supporting an oral history project aimed at recording rural life in the county. Steve Hussey, Essex County Council Research Fellow in Local History at the university, is seeking...
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TEC success
Training and Enterprise Councils in England and Wales have made progress in securing jobs for trainees, according to Department of Education and Employment figures to be published this week. The...
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Bristol twosome
Governors of South Bristol College and Brunel College of Arts and Technology are considering a merger of the two institutions, it was announced this week. Union leaders do not expect a merger would...
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HIV link confirmed
A 15-year study of haemophiliacs by the Medical Research Council has proved conclusively that HIV is the cause of AIDS. MRC researchers believe the findings will silence critics who have argued that...
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Ulster fears FE jobs strife
The decision to remove the funding of further education colleges in Northern Ireland from local authorities has led to fears of job losses. The 17 colleges will in future be financed directly from...
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Merger talks hitch
The Colleges Employers Forum conceded the first round in merger talks last week with the rival Association for Colleges. A joint committee set up to agree terms for the proposed merger was without a...
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Call for Royal Commission
The TUC voted this week for a Royal Commission on the future of higher education but not without reservations being expressed by Unison, the white collar union. David Triesman, general secretary of...
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Minister sells science to young ... But insecurity puts them off
Half of all academics employed in science are on casual contracts, which university unions say is deterring students from choosing careers in science, writes David Charter. Four unions called for...
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Minister sells science to young
Science minister Ian Taylor this week launched a project to find out how 17 to 25-year-olds think science and technology will affect their future over the next two decades. Kicking off the initiative...
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Trimble in Queen's furore
A bitter row has erupted between David Trimble, new leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, and the pro vice chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast. Mr Trimble said the appointment of Mary McAleese...
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GNVQ 'degrees' mooted in paper
New higher level vocational qualifications which could "define the content and standards professional bodies seek in degrees" are proposed in a consultation paper launched this week. General National...
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Spiritual policeman is fellow
A veteran clergyman who helped achieve the terrorist cease-fires in Northern Ireland has been appointed as a research fellow of the Centre for the Study of Conflict. The Reverend Roy Magee is to...
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Assemblies minus instruction manuals
David Walker argues that the unwritten British constitution is in dire need of some academic corrections, while Vernon Bogdanor (right) laments the sorry state of local government. Well, it works...