LSE plan to break rank piles on pressure
The London School of Economics has applied for degree-awarding powers, putting further strain on the University of London, which currently awards its degrees, writes Alison Goddard. Imperial College...
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Hertfordshire bids for medical school
The University of Hertfordshire hopes to have a medical school by 2010. A meeting between the university and key National Health Service partners last week agreed to establish a working group to take...
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Daresbury sees light
The business case to build a fourth-generation light source facility at Daresbury Laboratory has been given the green light by the government. The £120 million project would create a new light source...
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Bank funds Art for All
The Clydesdale Bank is funding a £100,000 programme of Glasgow School of Art workshops to encourage schoolchildren to explore their creativity. The three-year Art for All programme, to be launched in...
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GMC set to reform
Legislation for the reform of the General Medical Council was placed before Parliament last week. The reform will streamline the GMC, boost lay representation and introduce revalidation for all...
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Perks pull in teacher training recruits
The number of trainee teachers has reached a 12-year peak, according to figures out this week. But despite more than 35,000 people embarking on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, shortages of...
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End short contract outrage, MPs insist
MPs have blamed "callous and short-sighted" management in UK universities for landing higher education with a proportion of fixed-term contract staff which is second only to the catering industry....
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Private Bucks asks for public QAA scrutiny
While most universities have spent the best part of a decade trying to wriggle out of it, Britain's only private university has volunteered to subject itself to the scrutiny of the quality inspectors...
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UK 'neglecting Malay market'
Lax academic standards and complacency risk undermining Britain's position in the lucrative Malaysian higher education market, quality watchdogs have warned, writes Phil Baty. In its third audit of...
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Research model looks to the future
Researchers could get funding council cash for future plans rather than being rewarded for work they have completed under proposals to reform the research assessment exercise. Sir Gareth Roberts,...
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QCA mulls over scripts
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority is to review whether the English exam boards should destroy this summer's A-level exam scripts next month. Ken Boston, chief executive of the QCA, said: "...
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Languages seek inquiry
Modern language specialists are calling on Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, to launch an inquiry into funding for their subject. Gordon Millan, chair of...
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Organ code mooted
The Retained Organs Commission, set up by the government to establish a regulatory framework on human organ and tissue retention, has issued a consultation paper on the legal status of tissue blocks...
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Dobson chairs HIV talk
Former Labour cabinet minister Frank Dobson is to chair this year's Canon Collins Memorial Lecture on HIV/Aids in Southern Africa. It is to be given by University of Natal vice-chancellor Malegapuru...
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Call for push on access
Efforts to get more young people into university should be coordinated across Europe and involve accession states such as Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, according to Katherine Hewlett. She...