Plan for town planning
Universities should have more freedom to develop town-planning courses and restrictions on entry requirements should be removed, according to a review by the Royal Town Planning Institute. The...
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Sounding on science
The Office of Science and Technology is to undertake a national survey on public attitudes to science. The survey, which would be carried out every two years, would also assess the level of interest...
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MPs: use new system
Universities should accept the new Curriculum 2000 A-levels system when considering applications, MPs said this week. The education and skills select committee's report into A-level standards says...
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Study beat benefits officers and forces
The Fulbright Commission, which promotes educational exchange between the UK and the US, this week launched its annual report with a focus on its police studies fellowships. Alan Thomson talks to two...
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Hodge promises check on red tape
Ministers have promised a "gatekeeper" to prevent additional bureaucratic burdens on universities following the white paper on the future of higher education. Responding to a Cabinet Office report on...
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Job cuts feared as Liverpool closes education department
The University of Liverpool's education department will close next summer because of financial difficulties. Liverpool's academic committee has decided that the department, which provides continuing...
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Whistleblowers: Queen's discriminated against NI applicants
Queen's University Belfast racially discriminated against two Northern Irish academics when it gave a job to an English applicant who should never have made the shortlist, an employment tribunal has...
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Whistleblowers: Cambridge professor ends ten-year dispute
Veteran academic-freedom campaigner Gillian Evans has called off a bitter ten-year dispute with Cambridge University, which has seen three High Court judicial review cases, an Appeal-Court hearing, a...
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Anger at patent 'gold rush' claims
The UK Patent Office has reacted angrily to Royal Society claims that pressure from cash-hungry universities is leading to inappropriate patents being granted, writes Anna Fazackerley. A report on...
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Human shield set for Palestine
A PhD student from Queen Mary, University of London, was travelling to Palestine yesterday to become a human shield. Lina Jamoul, a student in human geography, has volunteered to take part in non-...
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National laws hinder scholar mobility in Europe
The Bologna Declaration's aim of increased student and academic mobility across Europe is being impeded by differences in labour and social laws as well as by working conditions, European academic...
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Doubting Thomases turn eyes to new age
Easter Sunday might prick the conscience of lapsed churchgoers, but as congregations continue to shrink, alternative spiritualities have never been more popular. The spreading influence of new-age...
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Classes divide over fees issues
The size of the task that faced the government as it grappled with the reform of student funding has been revealed in a research document that exposes stark differences between different income...
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Expensive research 'is wasted'
The gulf between academics and policy-makers means that much of the £1.4 billion that the government spends on research each year is wasted, Parliament's spending watchdog has warned. The National...
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UK group to train Egyptians
A British-led consortium has won a £9 million contract to train managers embarking on an ambitious programme to reform Egypt's education system. The Educational Leadership Consortium, headed by...