Kennedy calls off raid on universities
HELENA Kennedy QC has been forced to clarify demands to redistribute resources between further and higher education after protests from vice chancellors seeking cross-sector unity in the campaign for...
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Factfile
68 per cent of academic staff are male, and 32 per cent are female 9 per cent of full-time professors are female, compared with 7 per cent the previous year 36 per cent of full-time staff in medicine...
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Oral atrocities
"Mouth-to-mouth prophecy was no longer effective," according to a recent theology student at the University of Leeds. Instead, please post, fax or email your exam howlers by July 4.
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No profit in moving
A four-year programme is examining how and why we spend money THE STATE of the housing market has no bearing on the behaviour of house buyers, according to research conducted for the Economic and...
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Degrees revamp on way
A multi-million pound overhaul of the way degree standards are defined and checked has been called for by quality watchdogs. This could eventually lead to a minimum pass level, or threshold standard...
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The three degrees
(Photograph) - Huddersfield University organised an impromptu graduation for its students from Hong Kong last week. The students had to return early in order to preserve their Hong Kong citizenship...
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Second coup for Bain
George Bain, already in the news after his appointment to head the Government's new Low Pay Commission, has won his second high-profile job in a month. Professor Bain, 58, principal of London...
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Marshall plan urged for Ulster peace
Sir Trevor Smith, vice chancellor of Ulster University, has called for a "Marshall Plan" for the north of Ireland, with tertiary education playing a key role in regeneration. Sir Trevor, speaking as...
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Queen's set to provide next Irish president
The pro-vice chancellor of Queen's University Belfast has been tipped as the next president of Ireland. Mary McAleese will not comment on speculation that she could succeed Mary Robinson. But the two...
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Unreconstruction
Lewisham College is attempting to bolster the fragile male ego with a men's week. But far from male bonding in the primal scream style, the events appeared suspiciously macho: business breakfast, a...
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Lib Dems appoint Lamont nemesis to higher role
Phil Willis, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, has been appointed Liberal Democrat higher education spokesman in an expanded front bench team led by Don Foster. Mr Willis, a headteacher before...
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Edinburgh ponders fate of 'scientific racist'
An Edinburgh University tribunal is expected today to hear the final evidence in its investigation of self-styled "scientific racist" psychology lecturer Chris Brand. The tribunal, which is being...
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Bath senate rejects marriage with UWE
Plans to merge the universities of Bath and the West of England in Bristol suffered a further setback this week when over half of Bath's senate members rejected the idea. The vote follows doubts...
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Greenwich observatory enlists global support
International players have joined the campaign to save the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Cambridge. Keiichi Kodaira, director general of the National Astronomical Observatory in Japan, said in a...
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V-cs' stats agency links up with private players
In an unprecedented partnership with the commercial sector, the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals' statistics agency HESA has signed a collaborative publishing contract with Hobsons...