Flagship degree wins over students
Foundation degrees are proving a hit with students and institutions, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, which will bolster the government's drive to expand...
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Goose brothers tune in to foundations
Identical twins Ramon and Josef Gasewicz left work on a building site to take up places on a popular-music foundation degree course, writes Tony Tysome. Before joining the course at Colchester...
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Tories: grammars answer to access
New grammar schools will be established in Tory-controlled areas in a bid to widen participation in higher education, shadow further and higher education minister Tim Boswell said this week. The...
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Top ten favourites retain poll positions
The radically altered picture of graduate employment prospects that emerged from the reclassification of jobs for league tables published in The THES last spring was no flash in the pan, a more...
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Graduates set for low-paid first jobs
Almost three-quarters of students starting university this year are clueless about their career after graduating, according to new research. A significant proportion was heading for low-paid casual...
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Hefce 'farce' makes sign-up to teaching academy compulsory
Universities will be forced to sign up to the government's planned new teaching quality academy despite widespread opposition, writes Phil Baty. The ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England was...
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Midlands braced for strike over research
Academics at Nottingham Trent University are threatening to strike after being told to "focus their efforts on teaching" if they cannot pay their own research bills. In a memo sent to all staff last...
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'Savage' cash cuts put bioscience jobs at risk
The £17 million cut to bioscience teaching funding is disastrous and risks the closure of several departments, academics and science bodies warned this week. Under the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding...
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'Scottish high-fliers will be poached'
Medicine, modern languages and science in Scotland could suffer from the knock-on effects of England's white paper on higher education, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Parliament's enterprise and...
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Night light hinders UK astronomers
MPs this week condemned the government and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council for their lack of action in dealing with light pollution, writes Caroline Davis. They said astronomers...
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RAE rejig skirts cash plight
Plans to replace the research assessment exercise ignore fundamental problems with the current funding model for universities, say academics and business leaders. Responses to Sir Gareth Roberts'...
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Pay for project costs in full, say business leaders in call for an end to dual support
Research assessment exercise funding should be replaced entirely by a system where project costs are paid in full by research councils and external funders, higher education and industry leaders have...
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College breached data act
A college that withheld examiners' comments from a student during a dispute over his tuition has breached the terms of the Data Protection Act, the information commissioner has ruled. The Anglo-...
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£4.8m to kickstart brain research
The Medical Research Council is trying to encourage research into brain disease by offering proof-of-concept grants worth a total of £4.8 million. Researchers gave the news a cautious welcome....
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Bid to train student assessors
Scotland has set up a training system for student representatives to ensure that they can play a full part in its radical new quality assurance scheme that focuses on students' experience. Sparqs,...