Fees will set us free
A system of fees and bursaries will lead to greater autonomy and efficiency, says Bruce Charlton Universities are in a mess. And the blame lies firmly at the door of government policy, which has...
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Exclusive: £1.25bn equals 'no excuses'
Universities have no excuse for getting into financial difficulties over research after this week's spending review, science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury has said. Lord Sainsbury told The...
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Today's papers
Oxford grade inflation laid bare Nearly nine out of ten Oxford students are being awarded good degrees and the proportion of firsts has doubled over the past two decades. This summer's results show...
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Cambridge spin-off wins top UK prize
Cambridge Display Technology, a firm spun off from Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory, has won the UK's biggest engineering prize. The £50,000 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award...
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Morris plan for schools to boost participation
Education secretary Estelle Morris this week unveiled how school improvements will help to reach the government's target of 50 per cent of young people experiencing higher education by 2010. Ms...
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Gates gives £20m to fight parasitic disease
n The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of £20 million to establish the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative at Imperial College, London, in partnership with the World Health...
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With which arm does an octopus greet you?
If being left-handed in a right-handed world is confusing, spare a thought for the octopus. Ruth Byrne and colleagues at the Konrad Lorenz Institute, Austria, found that the waters became rather...
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NHS training consultation
Universities UK has welcomed the Department of Health consultation document on the funding of National Health Service education and training. Sir Martin Harris, UUK health committee chairman, said: "...
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Disasters spur call for vets shake-up
A £250 million overhaul of animal disease research and veterinary education in universities is needed if the government is to avoid repeating the farming crises that have cost £15 billion over the...
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Jobs market will not keep pace with graduates
Government plans to make students pay more for higher education are based on false assumptions about graduates' job prospects and earnings, Anthony Hesketh, lecturer in management learning at...
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Russell bursaries to aid just 2,500
Elite Russell Group universities could help only about 2,500 students through bursary schemes should differential fees be introduced, a THES survey reveals. A number of Russell Group universities...
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Threat to 2,000 research jobs
Up to 2,000 research jobs across the UK are under threat despite an injection of cash in this week's spending review, the Association of University Teachers has said. Cuts will go ahead in the autumn...
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Cut the red tape, report tells QAA
A raft of measures designed to cut the burden of accountability faced by academics and university managers is being proposed by a government task force. The long-awaited report, by the Cabinet Office...
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'Support hard-up foreign students'
Universities should use overseas student fees to support more scholarships and hardship funds for foreign rather than home undergraduates, a conference heard this week, writes Tony Tysome. About a...
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Tables show 'small is beautiful' in teacher training
Universities continue to provide the best teacher training in England, according to the latest league tables. But there is evidence that big providers are losing ground to smaller specialist...