Clark makes ILT exit
The head of the Institute for Learning and Teaching is leaving amid a shake-up that raises questions about the agency's future. Chief executive Paul Clark is returning to the Open University as pro...
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Externals set to bow to Hefce's scrutiny
External examiners face accreditation by a new national college as part of a plan to increase central control over degree standards. Under the proposals, seen by The THES , external examiners would...
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Leeds to lead NHS training initiative
Leeds Metropolitan University has teamed up with a private training provider to offer courses to National Health Service staff. It is the first commercial-academic partnership in the UK aimed at...
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Teeth may hold key to identity of child Titanic victim
Scientists have collected DNA from two British sisters and a Swedish family in a bid to identity an unknown child victim of the Titanic tragedy. The experts will try to match it with genetic material...
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Rome
A 26-year-old student from Rome has been arrested for murdering his parents last March after they discovered he had failed exams.
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A survey by Colombia's Fulbright scholarship commission has revealed that 89 per cent of Colombian graduates lack sufficient English to carry out postgraduate research at US universities.
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Update: 12:35
Student expansion target under threat, warn Tories Shadow higher education minister Alistair Burt today warned that student numbers are falling "well short" of the government's target. Mr Burt said...
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Posh splice
Manchester University vice-chancellor Sir Martin Harris is "not slow at coming forward" in his fundraising attempts, according to higher education minister Margaret Hodge. She told last week's...
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Degrees of influence
Gordon Brown was due to receive an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh last Friday. But he had to postpone the ceremony as he concentrated on finalising the details of this week's...
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Floppy's no good in bed
Over the past week, a row has been raging in cyberspace between university librarians after an article on Marquette University in the US, which will be stocked primarily with computer consoles rather...
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Bingo with the lingo
Language was key to the success of education secretary Estelle Morris in gaining money for education in the spending review apparently. Ms Morris deployed new Labour buzzwords to woo the prime...
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Sounds about right
Evidence of hard work at Amazon last week. It recommended that The Diary buy the Stereophonics CD Just Enough Education to Perform . Either Amazon has noticed the titles of books for which The Diary...
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A fair, flexible system is an economic necessity
The UK must look to Europe and the US to develop the higher education system it needs, argues David Robertson The biggest public spending settlement in living memory, higher education prospects...
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Spending plans welcome, but pay still an issue
In a week of collapsing stock markets in London and New York, chancellor Gordon Brown is starting the expansion of public spending he has always wanted in a climate far more uncertain than the...
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Madrid
Josep Pique, former minister of foreign affairs, has replaced Ana Birules as Spain's minister for science and technology in a cabinet reshuffle.