QAA's role challenged
The QAA's role in monitoring standards in subjects with statutory professional bodies was challenged by the British Medical Association this week, writes Julia Hinde. The General Medical Council has...
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Black power
(Photograph) - Fifty years after the vanguard of West Indians arrived on the troopship Empire Windrush, Britain has its first black woman professor. Lola Young, professor of cultural studies at...
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Swiss take genes to the polls
Switzerland's citizens vote this weekend on whether to severely restrict genetic engineering, potentially forcing thousands of biomedical researchers abroad and seriously harming university and...
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Watchdog snarls at UFI's use of title
QUALITY watchdog John Randall has cast doubt on the use of the term "university" in the government's flagship University for Industry project. At a lifelong learning conference last week, Mr Randall...
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Opposers in final bid to alter bill
OPPOSITION parties are staging an eleventh-hour challenge to the government as the controversial Teaching and Higher Education Bill approaches its last Commons' hurdle. Both the Conservatives and...
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MPs urge Pounds 600m benefit switch
MPs have recommended taking Pounds 600 million a-year in child benefit from parents and handing it to their teenage children to spend on further and higher education. The Education and Employment...
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Willetts hopes to befriend foes
The new Conservative frontbench education and employment team appointed by William Hague in this week's reshuffle will go straight into parliamentary action next Monday and Tuesday as the Teaching...
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Internet
OUR1998 university league tables, are now on THESIS, The THES Internet service. Go to the Statistics section to find three years of league tables and many other useful facts and figures about higher...
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Bolton seeks compromise over title fight
Bolton Institute chiefs are hoping a meeting last month with ministers will lead to a "useful compromise" over their application for a university title. Education and employment secretary David...
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Napier unveils direct-debit fee plan
Napier University is planning to give new entrants the option of paying their tuition fees by direct debit in up to ten monthly instalments. It is also planning a reward system for prompt payment by...
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Nursery workers win parity with technicians
TWO nursery workers have won a six-year battle for equal pay against Oxford Brookes University. Rose Chalmers, a former deputy nursery manager, claimed she should have received the same as a senior...
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Familiar faces elected to council
Five members of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals have been elected to its council. Ken Edwards, vice-chancellor of Leicester University, Peter Knight, vice-chancellor of the...
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Scots funding body appoints new faces
THE Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has appointed four new members: Alice Brown, professor of politics at Edinburgh University; Georgina Follett, head of the design school at Dundee; Tom...
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Extra Pounds 5.5m to be shared by 252 colleges
The government has announced an extra Pounds 5.5 million for further education. The funds have been spread thinly, between 252 colleges, who will use the grants to run summer schools for basic skills...
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Melville advocates single credit transfer system
A single system for the accumulation and transfer of students' learning credit should encompass both further and higher education, David Melville, chief executive of the Further Education Funding...