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100 Birmingham jobs under threat Birmingham University's new vice-chancellor, Michael Stirling, has told academics and support staff that up to 100 jobs may be axed as part of a restructuring...
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Warning issued to Iran's hardliners Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has warned of internal conflict if hardliners continue to stifle student dissent. He told university officials and students: “...
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£1bn bill for expansion, says Hefce Funding chiefs estimate that universities will have to recruit at least 300,000 more students, at a cost of well over £1 billion, to reach the government’s 50 per...
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From today's UK papers
Riot report blames police, ministers and communities Police, central government, local media, inept councillors and inward-looking Asian communities are all attacked in a damning Home Office report...
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Teacher training places increase The Teacher Training Agency has announced plans to allocate 1,900 more teacher training places next year. This is the highest increase for a decade, bringing the...
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From today's UK papers
More departments make excellent research grade Record numbers of British academics are conducting world-class research, according to a five-yearly assessment to be published this week. Gradings of 65...
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APPOINTMENTS University of Surrey Ross Lawrenson , head of the postgraduate medical school, has been appointed part-time primary care network director for Kent, Surrey and Sussex for three years from...
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£2,000 fees on Blair's agenda
Student tuition fees should be doubled to £2,150 a year and full differential fees introduced, according to a report by a Blairite think-tank. A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research to...
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For the record
Hefce still unsure how to handle RAE results Funding chiefs are still pondering when and how to implement the results of the research assessment exercise, which will be published next week. Members...
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Student number cap set to be axed
The lid is likely to be lifted on the maximum number of students universities and colleges can recruit. Education secretary Estelle Morris has called on funding chiefs to set interim targets for the...
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Spinoffs put UK in the lead
British universities compare favourably with their North American counterparts in their links with business, a survey has shown. UK universities spun off 199 companies in 1999-2000 - one company for...
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SFEFC power may rise after damning Moray report
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council has circulated a damning report on Moray College. Allegations of misconduct against Moray's then principal, Robert Chalmers, were sent to the National...
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DoH memorandum promises no overlap in training for health staff
Bob Fryer has been appointed chief executive designate of the National Health Service University. News of his appointment came as Universities UK and the Department of Health announced that they had...
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'We must fight inequities'
Unequal access to universities between rich and poor is just one of many institutionalised inequities, the annual conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education will hear next week....
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Brit in US signed in 'Beckham scheme'
A British-born scientist is one of three researchers to be brought from the United States to Britain under the Royal Society's "David Beckhams of Science" scheme. The Royal Society unveiled the 13...