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University report gives supermarkets seal of approval
Researchers from Manchester's universities have rejected accusations of profiteering among Britain's supermarkets. Kam Patel reports The accusation that the United Kingdom's elite supermarkets are...
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UK benefits from brain drain
Foreign academics are flocking to work in the United Kingdom to fill posts left by a rise in staff turnover, according to research for the European Commission. Analysis of figures from the Higher...
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Euro-women find Archilleas's heel
Conferences held at the behest of the European Commission tend to have laudable aims, but few concrete outcomes. Last week's women and science conference in Brussels was no exception. Archilleas...
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Prodi tries changing faces and places
European Commission president Romano Prodi this week named his proposed team of commissioners as well as their responsibilities and departments, writes Alison Goddard. Two new faces take over...
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Ethnic minority increase at uni
More students from Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian backgrounds started degree courses in 1997-1998, according to Higher Education Statistics Agency figures. Ethnic minorities accounted for 14 per...
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V-cs step out of CVCP after Warwick peerage
Two universities are to withhold more than Pounds 50,000 in subscriptions from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals as the row over chief executive Diana Warwick escalates. Graham Zellick...
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Woo private investors, urges FEFC chairman
Colleges should embrace partnerships with private investors to meet 20 per cent expansion targets, the Further Education Funding Council said this week. FEFC chairman, Lord Davies of Oldham (pictured...
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Said Business School loses first director
Oxford University has lost the director of its Said Business School to the private consultancy world. The departure of John Kay, who was appointed as launch director of the controversial Pounds 45...
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Graduate wage packets are getting bigger
Average graduate starting salaries have risen to Pounds 17,400 as a quarter of graduate recruiters expect not to fill all slots, the Association of Graduate Recruiters said this week. Although an...
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Source of OST cash boost discovered
Cash for the Joint Infrastructure Fund, University Challenge Fund and Science Enterprise Challenge Fund accounts for the Office of Science and Technology's budget boost. The OST had said that its...
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Pounds 17 million pledged to help students write
Ministers have pledged Pounds 17 million to help schools and colleges prepare for the introduction of the new advanced level Key Skills qualification. The money, which comes in addition to the Pounds...
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Post-16 plans to be discussed in the House
MPs are to investigate the government's proposals for the funding and framework of post-16 education and training. The education and employment select committee's short inquiry will cover the...
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Masons pay Pounds 250,000 to fund university chair
Sheffield University has defended its controversial decision to accept money from the Freemasons to set up a chair and research centre for masonic studies. Last month The THES revealed that the...
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May the course be with you
The University of Glamorgan has launched a degree in science and science fiction. The course aims to entice its graduates into science jobs by appealing to them through analysis of science fiction...