Bitchy hardsell turns off pupils
Universities should stop criticising each other if they want to attract students, according to a survey of more than 10,500 students who applied for entry in autumn 2001. "I changed my mind about my...
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Leicester hellraisers cautioned
Noisy undergraduates are causing sleepless nights for university chiefs and residents alike in Leicester. Householders in the west end of the city - an area popular with De Montfort University...
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Bristol college fails QAA teaching inspection
Soundwell College in Bristol has become the first institution of the millennium to fail a Quality Assurance Agency teaching inspection. Two other further education colleges have been ordered by the...
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No UK funds for pioneer telescope
Telescope technology that allowed Cambridge University astronomers to take sharper pictures than the Hubble space telescope has failed to attract the British funding needed for its next step. Foreign...
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Graduate tax widely opposed
Government plans to consider a graduate tax as part of a review of university funding and student support have been condemned by leading higher education figures. Delegates at a conference on higher...
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Whistleblowers: Settlement in 'race row'
The London Institute has paid a five-figure sum to former student Brian Moore following a THES investigation that found he was unfairly excluded from his degree course after raising the alarm about...
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Union bars fail to pull punters
London's student union bars may be on the brink of extinction as competing pub chains slash prices and poverty-stricken students socialise less. The rise of student-targeted pubs such as the It's A...
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GA degree backed by kite mark
New "graduate apprenticeships" are to be kite-marked by universities backing vocational training in higher education. The move by 13 institutions represented on the University Vocational Awards...
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Cambridge debacle may lead to inquiry
Parliament's public spending watchdog may investigate financial controls and governance at Cambridge University. The National Audit Office has already been in correspondence with Cambridge over "long...
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Analysis: Challenge 'too huge' for LSC?
Further education colleges need less red tape, simpler funding and support that does not stifle autonomy to thrive. Can the Learning and Skills Council provide the right conditions? Tony Tysome...
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Squabble delays student tracking system
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation believes that at least two - and possibly four - of the hijackers implicated in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon entered the...
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Turkish scheme to confront brain drain
Turkey is launching an initiative to stem brain drain and reduce the country's reliance on imported technology. The State Planning Agency is working with the Istanbul Technical University across six...
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Sheffield protein study wins deal with Novartis
The chance discovery of a protein fragment that prevents the excessive growth of new blood vessels has won two female scientists one of Sheffield University's most lucrative commercial deals. The...
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The bakers' last gasp
Baking was all Barry Felton ever wanted to do. He got top grades at college and for 12 years ran his own business without problem. But today, if the 39-year-old Cheshire man comes into contact with...
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Parasites get a leg-up on pest grasshoppers
An insect whose lifestyle sounds like something from a B-movie could be a godsend for the palm oil growers of Papua New Guinea, writes Caroline Davis. The parasite, which lives and reproduces inside...