Aberdeen honours Gaelic guru Gillies
Norman Gillies, director of Scotland's only Gaelic college, has been appointed to an honorary chair in contemporary Highland studies at Aberdeen University. Dr Gillies has been a key figure in the...
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Physics enjoys revival of interest from pupils
The Institute of Physics has welcomed the end to a decade of year-on-year declines in the number of students sitting physics A and AS levels. The number has gone up from 63,955 in 2001 to 70,539 in...
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New students should pursue part-time work
Ben Archibald, convenor of the National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland, has advised higher education entrants to start thinking about part-time work to keep financial problems from...
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Public bodies team up to double fellowships
The Royal Academy of Engineering will double the number of postdoctoral research fellowships it funds by teaming up with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The academy's existing...
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Janet links up with two new partners
The UK Education and Research Networking Association has selected two new suppliers to connect universities to the internet after the previous contractor went into administration. Level 3...
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Space agency offers weather-watch fund
The European Space Agency has unveiled its five-year, £53 million plan to establish environmental information services from space. The ESA and the European Commission set up the global monitoring for...
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Consortium to tackle flooding in Britain
A research consortium to tackle flooding in the UK is being backed by a £4 million commitment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Department for Environment, Food and...
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UK's top e-tutor to show off winning ways
The E-tutor of the Year 2002 competition, organised by The THES and the Learning and Teaching Support Network generic centre, will demonstrate the prizewinning entry at the Association for Learning...
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Insects tip off police about crowd control
Analysis of swarming insects is being used to help ensure the safety of the crowds expected at this weekend's Notting Hill Carnival. A team of geographers at University College London has developed a...
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Scottish history enlightened
Young Scots are failing to develop an interest in Scottish history because schools have not picked up on the lively research being done in higher education. At the Edinburgh book festival, Rab...
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Contact with dropouts can lure them back
Universities and colleges should try to get in touch with student dropouts, who may wrongly believe they have blown their only chance of higher education, writes Olga Wojtas. Paisley University...
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Embattled Luton v-c to retire at 60
One of the toughest jobs in higher education has become vacant after an announcement that Dai John will take early retirement as vice-chancellor of Luton University. Dr John will leave Luton next...
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Freshers off to flying start
Newly recruited students at the University of Central Lancashire have been offered a "flying start" four-day residential induction course to ease them in to higher education. The special summer...
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Ulster pupils change track
All 50 pupils in an Ulster University access scheme are set to enter higher education, despite 49 of them initially saying that they could never see themselves going to university. Ulster launched...
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Attacks on vocational study are 'confused and out of date'
Vocational higher education leaders have hit back at captains of industry who claim university education has been dumbed down by falling entry standards, writes Tony Tysome. The University Vocational...