PhDs in demand
The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council is planning a 50 per cent increase in the number of PhD studentships it funds to meet demand from students, em-ployers, universities and industry....
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GNVQs welcomed
Universities and industry have signalled their eagerness to recruit students holding new "vocational A levels". An increasing number of higher education institutions are writing General National...
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College growth probed by FEFC
A college in Cheshire which has achieved growth of more than 266 per cent over the past 11 months is being investigated by the Further Education Funding Council as a result of its prolific...
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Christopher Bigsby
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Presented in style
(Photograph) - Presented in style: Beauty therapy student Gemma James from Oxford College gets her face painted at LASER's garden party for further education colleges held in Bedford Square, London...
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Fraud squad for scientists
The Royal College of Physicians is looking at the practicalities of setting up a fraud squad for British science. An interdisciplinary group is to put ideas into a consultative paper to go out in...
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Genes checked
Mass genetic screening for common diseases, including diabetes, is only years away but the benefits compare poorly with simply encouraging healthy behaviour, Angus Clarke, senior lecturer in clinical...
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Dundee takes cake
Computer studies at Dundee, judged unsatisfactory during the 1993/94 quality assessment round, has now been reassessed as satisfactory by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. Glasgow and...
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Alan Ryan
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CVCP appoints trade unionist
While lending itself to "poacher turned gamekeeper" treatment, the appointment of former Association of University Teachers general secretary Diana Warwick as chief executive of the Committee of Vice...
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Cash crisis squeezes students out
Financial pressures appear to be forcing more students out of higher education, according to the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Reinforcing evidence earlier this year from a Higher...
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Heat seeker
Great lecture titles of our time, from Glasgow University - "If you can't find the heat, get out of the laboratory".
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Red face
Something of a Freudian slip from Lord Younger, former Tory Secretary of State for Scotland, and now chancellor of Napier University, when he launched "Campaign Craighouse", the university's bid to...
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Lang sigh
And disappointment for the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals, due to have current Scottish secretary Ian Lang address their annual dinner last Friday night. Mr Lang, a prominent...
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Word of mouth
The House of Commons gave its blessing recently to the creation of "oral scientific histories", because they enrich the history of science. Haven't dental records been around for decades?