Midlands braced for strike over research
Academics at Nottingham Trent University are threatening to strike after being told to "focus their efforts on teaching" if they cannot pay their own research bills. In a memo sent to all staff last...
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'Savage' cash cuts put bioscience jobs at risk
The £17 million cut to bioscience teaching funding is disastrous and risks the closure of several departments, academics and science bodies warned this week. Under the Higher Education Funding...
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'Scottish high-fliers will be poached'
Medicine, modern languages and science in Scotland could suffer from the knock-on effects of England's white paper on higher education, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Parliament's enterprise and...
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Night light hinders UK astronomers
MPs this week condemned the government and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council for their lack of action in dealing with light pollution, writes Caroline Davis. They said astronomers...
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RAE rejig skirts cash plight
Plans to replace the research assessment exercise ignore fundamental problems with the current funding model for universities, say academics and business leaders. Responses to Sir Gareth Roberts'...
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Pay for project costs in full, say business leaders in call for an end to dual support
Research assessment exercise funding should be replaced entirely by a system where project costs are paid in full by research councils and external funders, higher education and industry leaders have...
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College breached data act
A college that withheld examiners' comments from a student during a dispute over his tuition has breached the terms of the Data Protection Act, the information commissioner has ruled. The Anglo-...
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£4.8m to kickstart brain research
The Medical Research Council is trying to encourage research into brain disease by offering proof-of-concept grants worth a total of £4.8 million. Researchers gave the news a cautious welcome....
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Bid to train student assessors
Scotland has set up a training system for student representatives to ensure that they can play a full part in its radical new quality assurance scheme that focuses on students' experience. Sparqs,...
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BSc class set to sue Leicester after cuts
Students are threatening to sue Leicester University for breach of contract after their mass communications department was restructured, writes Tony Tysome. About 30 second and third-year students...
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Commonwealth v-cs exhorted to back the bac
Vice-chancellors across the Commonwealth have been urged to support proposals for the creation of a new baccalaureate that could act as a common entrance qualification for all of their institutions....
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Top-up waiver possible at LSE
The London School of Economics is considering whether to waive higher tuition fees for deserving British students. Sir Howard Davies, who became director of the LSE last week, told The THES : "We do...
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Nobel winners back EU focus
Proposals for a European Research Council won influential backing this week with a plea from 43 Nobel prizewinners. A group led by Erwin Neher, winner of the 1991 Nobel prize for medicine, appeared...
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Student law clinic saves day for Strathclyde bride
Strathclyde University law students have saved the day for a bride-to-be who was told her £400 deposit could not be refunded after her wedding dress was made to the wrong measurements. The students,...
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Students beat up anti-violence v-c
Extra police have been drafted in at a Colombo University after a savage attack by students on its vice-chancellor, who has been at the forefront of efforts to control violence in universities. Sri...