Access fears over Higher Still
The proposals for the "Higher Still" reform of the Scottish post-16 exam system are raising concerns about the provision of access courses for unqualified adult returners in Scotland. The proposed...
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Dearing: lighten the gloom, please
The mood of pessimism in higher education has hardened noticeably in the past three years. Academics interviewed for The THES's latest survey (page 8) are even more concerned at the damage student...
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Students end strike in Brittany
A five-week strike by students aimed at highlighting their harsh financial circumstances has ended at Rennes 2 University in Brittany. The students were demanding the withdrawal of government reform...
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Value test for health studies
DECISIONS on whether to fund research into medical technologies may in the future be made by looking at the long-term cost implications of the possible different outcomes of the research. The Centre...
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BSE on the run
The Wellcome Trust says the BSE epidemic in Britain is in rapid decline and predicts that even if culling does not take place, the epidemic will fade towards extinction by 2001. The trust adds,...
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Questioners apologise for Dunblane letter
BIRMINGHAM and Wolverhampton universities were at loggerheads this week over who was responsible for a controversial questionnaire sent to residents of Dunblane, where 16 children and their teacher...
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World Reputation Rankings 2011
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Eternal struggle for expansion
There were two education ministers in the Conservative Cabinet -- and the senior of them was not prepared to contemplate a higher education policy not endorsed by the University Grants Committee. By...
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Winning wine
Be honest. How many of you even knew that Canada produces wine? There will certainly be no excuse for students at Edinburgh's Centre for Canadian Studies and the city's Queen Margaret College who...
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Never-ending party
Zhores Medvedev looks at the problems facing Boris Yeltsin if he is to unite the ruling party before the crucial Duma elections in December. President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor...
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Choice of freedom or mediocrity
Nineteen ninety-six is going to be the year when the universities either break for freedom or settle for tutelage and mediocrity. Graeme Davies, lately chief executive of the Higher Education Funding...
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Glasgow Caledonian University sign contract with Bimota
(Photograph) - Glasgow Caledonian University has signed a Pounds 500,000 contract with Italian motorcycle manufacturers Bimota to produce a world first in the internal combustion engine market, a...
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Scots unions split on FE package
The future of national bargaining for Scotland's further education lecturers is in the balance, with staff being balloted on a new deal allowing some conditions to be negotiated locally. The Scottish...
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Increasing competitiveness in Scottish further education could lead to some colleges going bankrupt
* Increasing competitiveness in Scottish further education could lead to some colleges going bankrupt, with the loss of opportunities for their local communities, the Educational Institute of...