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One in ten academics has faced pressure to alter, suppress or delay findings, according to a survey by lecturers' union Natfhe. And almost a quarter of respondents said their academic freedom had...
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Education chiefs air concerns over mixed diploma
College and school heads have cast doubt on the government's proposals for 14-19 education and training reform and their likely impact on widening participation, writes Tony Tysome. Ministers were...
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Union invites lecturers to reject Blair's expansion
Lecturers are set to reject prime minister Tony Blair's 50 per cent participation target, sending a signal that they will not tolerate further increases in student numbers without major investment in...
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FE 'success' reaps £89 million reward
Further education funding chiefs have introduced an £89 million tonic for colleges facing financial crisis. The Learning and Skills Council hopes that the extra cash will help create a more...
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Luvvie launch pad celebrates 30th birthday
The Strathclyde Theatre Group celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The informal academy of theatre arts, which sprang from an English department student society, receives scripts from the...
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Oxford tutorials come under scrutiny
Researchers are taking a close look at Oxford University's traditional tutorial as part of an investigation into what undergraduates think helps or hinders their learning. In the first phase of the...
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Survey exposes barriers
Women's perceptions and established systems have created deep-rooted barriers to female success in science, engineering and technology careers, according to a new report from the Athena Project....
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CMI pioneers course in selling innovations
A groundbreaking masters course in bioscience enterprise has been put together in less than a year as the Cambridge MIT Institute begins to bear its first fruit. The intensive year-long course will...
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Software clinic will treat NI firms
Ulster University will next month launch a £1.5 million initiative to make Northern Ireland a global player in software development. The university will adopt a "capability maturity model", developed...
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Findings: Breakthrough in heli-science
The tiny unmanned helicopter smoothly corkscrewed through 360 degrees, prompting the small crowd gathered below in a field on the outskirts of Boston to burst into applause, writes Steve Farrar. The...
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British historians accused of "distorting" Indian history
Murali Manohar Joshi, the Indian education minister, has accused British historians of "distorting" Indian history and has vowed to correct the "colonial tilt", writes Hasan Suroor. "It's time to...
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Campus shuts to students over polls
Students at the University of Zimbabwe will return a month late from their summer break after this weekend's presidential elections. The last thing the government of president Robert Mugabe wanted...
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Kenyan women turn down study opportunities
Only 35 per cent of the more than 11,000 students who will get places at Kenya's public universities this year will be women, even though the government offered them places on lower grades than male...
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Cable channels fight on campus
Music video network MTV is planning a channel aimed at students in American universities and colleges. The 24-hour service will be delivered via campus cable TV systems to reach students in...
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State opts for fee freedom
British Columbia has become the first Canadian province to deregulate undergraduate tuition fees, giving its six universities the freedom to set fees as they choose. None of the province's...