East European studies under review
Specialist provision in East European and former Soviet Union studies is to be the subject of an inquiry by the higher education funding councils. The Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Negotiator resigns in internal Natfhe split
The chairman of the college lecturers' national negotiating team resigned this week after his union, Natfhe, refused to agree to conciliation with employers. Peter Latham, like Natfhe general...
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Brunel happens
So much for Forrest Gump, move over Four Weddings and a Funeral. At last a real blockbuster appears set to hit our cinema screens. Spotted last week in the film section at Dillon's London University...
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Re-employment rules warning
Regulations governing the re-employment of university staff who have already received severance payments should be tightened, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee was told this week. Graeme...
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Adult education
The dilemmas facing the film censors over what certificate to give films such as Natural Born Killers and Reservoir Dogs seem to have reached science education. The Royal Society of Edinburgh is...
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Found out
Message on door lesson No. 2. Spotted at Liverpool John Moores University: the injunction "Do not disturb", complete with rejoinder: "No need. Disturbed already."
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Wait and sea
(Photograph) - Wait and sea:the tiny island of Alderney, where a Pounds 10 million marine biology and archaeology centre is to be built. The developers are on the look-out for a consortium of...
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New marine centre fishes for interest
An international consortium of universities is being sought to control and run a new Pounds 10 million marine studies institute on the tiny Channel Island of Alderney. The institute, which will be a...
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Tribunal to reassess plagiarism allegations
Allegations of plagiarism against former University College of Wales, Aberystwyth education lecturer Janem Jones are to be formally investigated by the University of Wales. The allegations first came...
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Newton ponders suicide inquiry
Tony Newton, Lord President of the Privy Council, is considering whether he has the power to launch an inquiry into David Regan's suicide and "related matters" at Nottingham University. Mr Newton, as...
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Quality assurance union will take time
The Valentine's Day meeting that was to begin the delicate process of wedding the two quality assurance bodies for English universities has led to forecasts of an extremely long engagement. Graeme...
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Guaranteed loans hitch
Proposals for a national student aid scheme in South Africa - targeting at least 70,000 students and costing between R600 million and R700 million (Pounds 165-Pounds 192 million) in its first year -...
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British PhDs runners up in cost league
Fees charged by United Kingdom universities for foreign students undertaking postgraduate courses tend to be higher than those of the UK's main competitors in Asia, according to an international...
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Research Summer
As teaching ends, the THES will, as in previous years, be giving special attention to the research community during the summer. As part of this programme, the heads of the research councils will each...
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Fees paid for family perk set for chop
One of the great perks of being a professor in the United States is that your offspring are able to receive cut-rate or sometimes free tuition not only at the institution where you are teaching but...