Externals plan knocked back
Funding chiefs have been set back in their plans to introduce a compulsory national accreditation scheme for external examiners. Instead of the compulsory system backed by ministers and the funding...
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NHS free to pursue 'wealth for health'
Universities are set to establish joint companies with hospital trusts, after a move to allow the National Health Service to exploit its intellectual property rights. Announcing the new powers,...
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Poor suffer under patent regime
The developed world's increasing obsession with protecting intellectual property rights is crippling development in poor countries, says a report published this week. The intellectual property rights...
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Analysis: Colleges bid to become the new polys
Tony Tysome reports on how higher education boundaries are being redrawn. Ministers opened a Pandora's box when they set their 50 per cent participation target for higher education. They have...
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Partnerships produce a progeny of participation
Pupils from the highest socioeconomic groups are seven times more likely to go on to higher education as those from the lowest. Partnerships for Progression (P4P), a joint funding initiative between...
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Findings: Blue? Inhale a happy scent
Aromatherapy could be used to tackle a range of psychological illnesses, scientists have claimed. Research by Christine Broughan, a psychologist at Coventry University, has found that personal...
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Findings: UK's coast with the most
It was one of the world's largest submarine slides, and the waves it produced reached a height of 25m-30m above sea level in one inlet in the Shetland Islands. The Storegga Slide, and the tsunami it...
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Troubled head quits
The head of one of Cardiff University's top academic schools has stepped down after admitting that he does not have the confidence of staff for his plans. David Skilton, head of Cardiff's School of...
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Maestros come together for duet
After years of harmonious informal collaboration, the Royal College of Music and Royal Holloway's music department have announced a strategic partnership, writes Tony Tysome. An agreement to be...
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MPs look into 'lost TEC millions'
MPs are to investigate the "lost millions" of pounds in education and training funding that the government is trying to recover from former training and enterprise councils. At least £110 million is...
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Debate is 'suppressed' as Zambia turns down GM food
Zambian scientists will return home tomorrow from an international trip to investigate the safety of genetically modified food to a row over academic freedom. The trip to the US, Britain and Norway...
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Access decision divides Israelis
Israel's council for higher education intends to block an "open access" plan by the Hebrew University to admit up to 400 students from low-income neighbourhoods to its humanities and social sciences...
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V-cs in funds limbo
Nigeria's vice-chancellors have called for talks with president Olusegun Obasanjo to press their case for immediate extra funding for universities amid a dispute over a World Bank loan. The...
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The legs have it for choosy Italy
Italy's universities have increased spending on advertising by more than tenfold over four years, from €2 million to €22 million (£1.25 million to £14 million). With advertising campaigns in...
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Banda Aceh
A human rights activist who until June lectured in Asian studies at the University of Tasmania was this week charged with visa violations by Indonesian authorities. Lesley McCulloch, a travelling...