N Ireland split on top-ups proposal
The prospect of variable top-up fees in Northern Ireland has split the province's two universities. Queen's University Belfast feels top-ups would improve university finances, but Ulster University...
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ALL WORK AND NO PLAY? Life as a student isn't what it used to be. Read the full results of the Sodexho/ Times Higher university lifestyle survey to find out why Also Crumbling foundations: Richard...
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More carry on learning
Some 44 per cent of young people entered higher education in 2002, according to figures released this week by the Department for Education and Skills. The figure is up 1 percentage point on the...
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University head dies
Ben Pimlott, warden of Goldsmiths College, University of London, died last Saturday, aged 58. He had been suffering from leukaemia. Historian, biographer, broadcaster and commentator, Professor...
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Midwives lose out
Three student midwives who were denied paid maternity leave while training lost their sexual discrimination case yesterday. Despite ruling against the three women, the Central London Employment...
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Eureka! Puzzle solved
Neuroscientists in the US have identified the brain region involved in the "eureka moment", when a solution to a puzzle suddenly appears from nowhere. The researchers, from Northwestern University...
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Stay-at-home students
The number of UK students attending universities in other countries under the European Union's Erasmus programme fell again last year, compared with an increase of 7 per cent in the total from all...
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Safety is still main worry
A spate of attacks has alerted universities to security problems University security guards are facing an uphill struggle to keep their students safe despite attempts to raise awareness about crime...
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'Students here for the first time may not be aware of dangers associated with the city'
Anne Monaghan, Ulster University's community relations manager, explained Ulster's specific issues. "Some of the student areas border on paramilitary territory. No one to my knowledge has been...
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Campaign to fight street violence, rape and fires
Edinburgh University student leaders will next week launch a major "stay safe" campaign with advice ranging from how to avoid street violence and date rape to preventing fires in flats. Sarah...
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17 deal blow to ombudsman
The credibility of the long-awaited scheme designed to provide a fair and transparent system for handling student grievances is being undermined by a host of universities failing to sign up. At least...
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Cash crises lead to student depression
Financial pressures are driving many students to depression and blighting their academic results, according to a survey. Research to be presented at the British Psychological Society's annual...
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Church stymies Ulster plans
The Catholic Church has scuppered Ulster University's plans to expand in Northern Ireland's second city, Londonderry, writes Noel McAdam. UU had originally planned to set up a research centre on the...
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Religious divisions rife in NI
Almost half of young people living in Catholic areas and a third from Protestant areas in Northern Ireland have no friends from the other religious community, a poll of more than 900 16-year-olds...