A-level rise starts to slow
The relentless rise in A-level passes showed signs of slowing as university clearing began this week. The number of passes at grades A to E rose by 16,089 to 697,362 this year. This means that...
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South Africa sorted over dinner
SOUTH Africa's first female black vice-chancellor says white males were her biggest allies during a difficult period of sweeping changes at her university. Speaking this week at the Association of...
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Student gripes head for QAA
THE Quality Assurance Agency may take on the role of independent ombudsman for student complaints. At the moment the QAA has no powers to intervene in individual disputes between students and...
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UMIST joins NUS quitters
STUDENTS at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology are to disaffiliate from their national union. UMIST students' association will become only the second university student...
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Couple who went sick and ran pub settle for Pounds 25,000
A FORMER college principal and his lover, sacked after an inquiry by governors into staff complaints, have settled claims of unfair dismissal out of court. Neil Preston, dismissed as principal of...
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Number's up
So who says officials at the Office of Science and Technology can't count? We do. Staff totals in their SET statistics do not add up. After blaming the Universities Statistical Record and the Higher...
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Kiss and no make-up for animal groups
THE Boyd group of academics who perform research on animals this week joined animal welfare campaigners in calling for an end to using animals in testing cosmetics. But the cosmetics industry appears...
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Lasers put planets on accurate map
SPACE exploration will receive a boost from a new laser measuring technique due to be announced at a conference in Glasgow next month. Scientists at Nasa in the United States have devised a system...
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QAA raps Leeds for media studies failure
LEEDS University has fallen foul of Quality Assurance Agency inspectors, who found "clear evidence that the university's own quality assurance arrangements had been ineffective". The QAA said the...
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Welsh guide for foreign ventures
WELSH institutions offering franchised programmes abroad should ensure such activities are developed and managed within the institution's established planning and control framework, that management...
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Waive fees for caring professions, says AUT
TUITION fees should be waived for all students who enter careers such as teaching and medicine, the Association of University Teachers said this week. Graduates who join such professions will find...
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Career challenge outweighs high salary
STUDENTS will sacrifice high salaries for more interesting and challenging jobs, a study by exam awarding body Edexcel has found. Only one in five students said that a high salary was a top priority...
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Mature students SWAP direction
In the third of our series, Olga Wojtas looks at access to higher education in Scotland The Scottish Wider Access Programme celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, with more than 6,000 students...
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From beat to bait
In the third of our series, Olga Wojtas looks at access to higher education in Scotland David Henderson would work from 10.30pm until 7am as a traffic controller for Grampian Doctors on Call before...
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Meningitis jab for all Cardiff first-years
CARDIFF University has recommended that all first-year students and any others living in halls of residence should be immunised against meningitis. Up to 4,700 students are covered by the...