PAC: colleges must improve quality and appeal
Further education needs to become better at attracting students and improving their success rates, the government's Public Accounts Committee has said, writes Tony Tysome. Just over half of 3.8...
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Threat to hard-up science
A budget crisis already threatening severe cutbacks for UK particle physicists is set to hit prestige astronomy projects. The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council's problems mean that UK...
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QAA role 'essential'overseas
Education secretary Estelle Morris has said that it is "essential" that quality watchdogs monitor the standard of degree courses delivered overseas. Ms Morris's warning came two weeks after The THES...
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PGCE is shunned by elite students
Graduates of leading research universities are shunning teaching as a career option, and the institutions are doing little to change their minds, according to researchers at the country's leading...
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Green paper: Sour notes mar chorus of approval
The government says its 14-19 initiative will construct a clear route to higher education. But critics disagree. Tony Tysome reports. University admissions chiefs have welcomed the green paper...
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Whistleblowers: Scholar in Oxford race row loses his appeal
Oxford University did not racially discriminate against researcher Chinasa Anya, despite a number of "regrettable" breaches of its equal opportunities procedures, when it rejected him in favour of a...
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Green paper: Is it a path to progress or will it end up as just another chaotic cul-de-sac?
The government says its 14-19 initiative will construct a clear route to higher education. But critics disagree. Tony Tysome reports. A revamped modern apprenticeship that could provide a vocational...
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Green paper: New diploma flags up Morris revamp
The government says its 14-19 initiative will construct a clear route to higher education. But critics disagree. Tony Tysome reports. An overarching "matriculation diploma" marking the completion of...
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If you ain't got that swing...
Do not blame your golf clubs - it is not their fault. An investigation into how the characteristics of different clubs affect a person's game has found that the problems most golfers suffer out on...
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Pursuing the perfect print
Up to now, artists who used computers to generate their work ran into difficulties when they wanted to print out their images on art-quality paper. Printed artwork images have been known to disappear...
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Patent grace period debate
United Kingdom researchers are being asked if patent law should be changed to allow an inventor to discuss or sell an invention for a limited time before filing a patent application. The Patent...
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Map makeovers transform texts
A Dundee-based e-learning company has sent a Valentine email to 400,000 students in the hope of wooing them into transforming the way that they study textbooks. Mindwarp Pavilion, founded by former...
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MoD praised for PFI contract for campus
Parliament's public spending watchdog has put its weight behind the government drive to use the private sector to help deliver education and training. The National Audit Office has praised a Ministry...
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Demos see off Danish budget
Denmark's Liberal-Conservative government has dumped proposed cuts in higher education after a week of protests by academics, students and business. The coalition parties promised in last November's...
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Greeks lock horns over pay and status
Academics at Greece's universities and technological institutes are squaring up for industrial action after a new education act was adopted by parliament. Five of the country's largest technological...