Degree is short of European standard
The title of the new foundation degree has been called into question because it breaks European qualification rules in the Bologna declaration. Universities and colleges will be forced to make it...
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Research councils launch e-application software
Britain's academic community will be able to complete and submit research proposals electronically over the internet within the next month. But only one of the four research councils involved in the...
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Sainsbury bolsters morale at Daresbury
Confidence is growing at Cheshire's Daresbury Laboratory after the allocation of £26.2 million to science projects in the northwest of England. Daresbury will have some involvement with six...
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Enigma variations
(Photograph) - Enigma variations: artist Simon Patterson with his mural Enigma 312, based on the keyboard and ratchets of the famous codebreaking machine. The mural is on show at Royal Holloway,...
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Staff concerns grow over planned Birmingham merger
Support staff have joined academics and students in raising concerns over merger talks between Birmingham and Aston universities, which started today. Members of Birmingham University's joint union...
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Data not up to the rigours of ranking
High dropout rates should not be used to judge universities and colleges because the data on which this performance indicator is based are insufficient. This was the view presented by economist Robin...
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McLeish set to take over
Henry McLeish, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, is widely tipped to succeed Donald Dewar as Scotland's first minister. A meeting of the Labour Party's MSPs and Scottish...
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Rise puts FEFC chief far ahead of troops
A bumper 8.3 per cent pay rise for funding chief Sir Brian Fender lifted his salary to £144,000 in 1999-2000. He earned more than twice as much money as anyone else on his staff except one...
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Middle management to go in SQA overhaul
The board of the Scottish Qualifications Agency has accepted plans for a shake-up that will streamline middle management. Interim chief executive Bill Morton has won support for his proposals to...
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Ex-Westfield head cleared of charges
A former principal of Westfield College has been cleared of motoring charges arising from the hit-and-run death of a pensioner. Sir Bryan Thwaites, 76, college principal from 1966 to 1983, was...
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Scottish Knowledge to join NIIT in e-learning
Scottish Knowledge and IT specialists NIIT Europe have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on e-learning. Under the agreement, Scottish Knowledge - a consortium of 19 Scottish...
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Pension confusion rife,Ulster research says
Many Northern Ireland workers are in for a nasty shock when they retire, according to research from Ulster University. Eileen Evason, professor of social policy, has discovered widespread confusion...
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Patients needing rehab may get robotic relief
A robot able to offer physiotherapy to stroke and accident victims is being developed at Cardiff University. Reharob will be programmed to replicate the arm movements of a human physiotherapist and...
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Unions warn of industrial strife
Union leaders are predicting a "winter of discontent" in higher education, with a national strike and disruption by lecturers and support staff over pay and conditions. Lecturers'...
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