Hefce harbinger of fees change?
The College of Law charges what the market can stand for its courses. Its head has just been appointed to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's board. A straw in the wind? Claire Sanders...
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Whistleblowers: Luton report on job bias claim branded 'a fudge'
An investigation into claims by former Luton University professor Nick Tiratsoo that he was unfairly rejected for a redeployment post in a biased selection process was "a fudge", according to...
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After John and Paul, picture this alliance
The recently discovered cache of previously unpublished photographs of The Beatles at Dundee University is also a treasure trove for its sister university across the Tay, St Andrews. Two years ago,...
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Accreditation vital as business schools keep up with the Joneses
Persuading students to invest in postgraduate business study is no easy job, especially with so many providers. Institutions are increasingly investing the huge sums of money and meeting the exacting...
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Advanced video link unveiled in Wales
Europe's largest and most advanced internet-based video-conferencing network for further and higher education was launched in Wales this week. All 37 Welsh universities and colleges will be able to...
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Call to arms over Gats changes
Opponents of the potential liberalisation of higher education are mobilising following the launch of a Department of Trade and Industry consultation paper on the General Agreement on Trade in...
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Body scandals put off medics
Medical students are being deterred from choosing a career in forensic pathology by the scandals arising from the illicit retention of children's organs in Bristol and Alder Hey and the closure of...
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Findings: Henry VI: parts one and two
The ill-fated monarch of England, Henry VI, exhibited all the symptoms of schizophrenia, according to a psychiatric researcher, writes Steve Farrar. The nature of the affliction that blighted the...
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Findings: Rumble in the jungle
It is a battle that never ends, a constant conflict that pits two of Africa's most feared predators against each other on an almost daily basis. Yet although a team of zoologists has found groups of...
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Swiss overhaul sets pace for neighbours
Swiss university rectors are drawing up a framework for a national quality-assurance system that is likely to inform similar moves in neighbouring Austria and Germany. The Conference of University...
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EU aims for a credit currency
European universities are to shun so-called "cafeteria courses" as they devise a credit transfer and accumulation system that will drive ministers' dream of vastly increased student mobility across a...
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Apology for Holocaust denial
Waikato University is to apologise to the Jewish community for the anguish caused by its handling of the case of a researcher accused of Holocaust denial. An independent inquiry by Bill Renwick,...
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Canada's young get campus bug early
Thirteen-year-old Maddie Gordon first thought of going to university when she was ten. She is not the only one. The fingers flipping through university ranking magazines are getting smaller as...
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EU entry could aid title bid
The Cypriot government is to reconsider a decision to prevent private colleges from becoming universities due to the expected impact that joining the European Union will have on student numbers....
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Morocco phases out international programmes
Morocco's private higher education institutions have been given until December 2003 to phase out programmes run in collaboration with overseas universities. The higher education ministry is caught...