When the kids leave, we'll get plastered
Parents, it seems, are delighted when their children head off to university because they can get their hands on some additional living space. According to a survey commissioned by the Staples office-...
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Sectarian tension prompts second review
* Glasgow University's education faculty has bowed to a demand for a second review by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council after a confidential first review revealed it was beset by...
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Thinker helps website to win PR award
Rodin's Thinker, an apple and a lightbulb have proved a winning combination for Oxford Brookes University. The library used the images in a freshers' week "inspiration campaign" to promote its...
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Christmas present is not such a turkey
* Staff at the University of Newcastle are being offered a Christmas present of an extra day's holiday this year as a thank you for boosting income to a record £200 million. The university said its...
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Call for the 'superb colleges' to speak up
* Too much of the higher education agenda is driven by a "highly vocal minority" of institutions, higher education college leaders said this week. John Cater, chairman of the Standing Conference of...
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Chemical leak leads to evacuation of 500 staff
* A chemical leak at Wolverhampton University led to the evacuation of 500 staff and students from its school of computing and information technology on Monday. Eight people working in the school's...
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East Anglia to benefit from £4 million fund
* Universities and research institutes in East Anglia stand to benefit from a £4 million fund for enterprise. The Iceni fund comprises £1 million from the Department of Trade and Industry's...
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Biomedical ethics scheme set up
* The Wellcome Trust has set up a £4 million programme on biomedical research ethics for developing countries. The scheme was launched this week at the World Congress of the International Association...
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Brits trade ideas with their US counterparts
* British subject centres are forging links with their transatlantic cousins to exchange ideas on widening participation in higher education and its implications for teaching. Representatives from 12...
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Scots go interactive to counter skills shortage
* Scotland's colleges and universities have access to an interactive national website to keep them informed about skills shortages. Iain Gray, Scotland's enterprise, transport and lifelong learning...
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Cumbria forges £100K strategic alliance
* A new strategic alliance and participation task force has been set up to develop higher education in Cumbria. The alliance has been forged by the University of Central Lancashire, St Martin's...
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Authors offer their textbook free online
* Two academic engineers have published their textbook on the internet after it went out of print. Bruce Batchelor of Cardiff University and Paul Whelan of Dublin City University said their...
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SNP MP takes up visiting professorship
* Alex Salmond, former leader of the Scottish National Party, has been appointed visiting professor of economics at Strathclyde University. Mr Salmond began his career in the government economic...
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Tiny image wins a big prize
* Small is beautiful, according to the international Nikon microscopy competition. It has awarded a prize to Dundee University researcher Paul Andrews for his image of a tiny cancer cell dividing, in...
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Exeter v-c: we must not duck our research duty
Complacency is endangering Exeter University's status as one of Britain's most popular universities, its new new vice-chancellor believes. Steve Smith told The THES that he was demanding a "step...