Dismay greets PQA decision
Students and new universities find reforms to the admissions system too tame, writes Claire Sanders. New universities and students were disappointed this week after the Government failed to commit to...
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Cash fillip for gifted pupils
Talented schoolchildren who might drop out are to be paid to attend a further education college under a pilot scheme at Exeter University. The university has joined forces with Exeter College to fund...
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'Fee cuts will skew intake'
The director of the admissions watchdog body has admitted that he is worried that universities will offer students cut-price places in September. Sir Martin Harris, head of the Office for Fair Access...
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Unions may face legal action over running of no-confidence poll in v-c
Organisers of a vote of no confidence in the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, Brian Roper, could face criminal and civil proceedings over how the ballot was conducted, the...
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Sleuth on the trail of deadly droves
JOE BROWNLIE PROFESSOR OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES Joe Brownlie is the Sherlock Holmes of animal disease. "The fun of science is like detective work - trying to find out the truth...
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Stake in spin-offs brings capital gains
Pumping state cash into new ventures pays well, reports Jessica Shepherd. University spin-offs have generated at least £1.3 billion for UK plc in the past three years, more than twice the sum that...
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Single out an August presence
Lifetime Achievement Award There was no one more delighted and surprised at London's Dorchester Hotel on November 23 last year than Lewis Elton when it was announced that he had won the inaugural...
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Leeds Met activists: 'condemn bullying'
Phil Baty provides an exclusive preview of this weekend's Natfhe conference. Vice-chancellor's e-mail on 'professionalism' has 'intimidated' staff, says union Natfhe activists are set to condemn "...
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Kline promises to open up his personal expenses to online scrutiny
Roger Kline launched his year-long election campaign to lead the 120,000-strong University and College Union this week with a commitment to be "transparent and accountable". The head of higher...
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Boycott plea to individuals
A campaign to prevent lecturers' union Natfhe agreeing a fresh academic boycott of Israel was under way this week as a senior British professor came under fire for refusing to work with an Israeli...
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Ucea insults those who have dedicated lives to welfare of students, says Mackney
Paul Mackney, the general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe, will this week launch an impassioned attack against those who have questioned the morality of the union's boycott of student assessment...
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Rome
Within hours of the announcement that Fabio Mussi, a former Communist, is to be University and Research Minister in the new Italian Government of Romano Prodi, the Italian Rectors' Conference finally...
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Paris
The French Education Ministry has launched a website for lycee pupils, school-leavers and students seeking guidance on more than 20,000 higher education courses offered in France, and which...
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Melbourne
RMIT University has denied claims that radiation from mobile phone towers on the roof of its business school has caused brain tumours in seven of the staff. Margaret Gardner, the vice-chancellor,...
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Brussels
As the number of UK students in the Erasmus programme continues to decline, J n Figel, the European Education Commissioner, is to discuss future European student mobility at a conference organised in...