Stars conspire for IVF success or failure
In vitro fertilisation success may be down to heavenly bodies - not the physiques of the couple in question, but the movement of the planets. Researchers at Southampton University set out to prove...
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Few women on RAE panels
Women comprise 17 per cent of the panel chairs for this year's research assessment exercise and 20 per cent of total panel membership. Alan Carr, president of the Association of University Teachers,...
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Political row rocks Saïd school
The head of the Saïd Business School in Oxford, which has been plunged into controversy over the involvement of the prime minister's office in its planning process, said this week that the row could...
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Chiefs blamed for sector's failure
Further education funding chiefs are responsible for a new wave of failing colleges, education researchers have claimed. Recent problems at Barnsley, Basildon, Stafford, Rotherham, Broomfield,...
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Cuts loom amid UEL shortfall
The University of East London will not fill any staff vacancies, and staff cuts may follow as the institution faces up to a funding gap of £2.5 million. The university is due to submit a...
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QAA rethinks 'lighter touch'
Quality chiefs have been forced into a rethink of the quality assurance framework as vice-chancellors and funding chiefs remain to be convinced that the system will deliver the promised "lighter...
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Curriculum may hit intake
The difficulties of adapting the new school curriculum to university entry requirements could compound recruitment problems. Institutions could find young people deferring entry, or starting and then...
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Gamble on PhD double or quits
Cambridge University is to offer "two-for-the-price-of-one" doctorates in partnership with overseas universities, writes Phil Baty. The board of graduate studies has approved a plan in which...
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Marine lab restructure will cut loose 30 staff
Plymouth Marine Laboratory is to lose up to 30 of its 160 staff by voluntary redundancy. The institute, once part of the Natural Environment Research Council's Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences...
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Caution for student who threw egg at v-c
Police have cautioned a student who hurled eggs at Warwick University's vice-chancellor. The student, who has not been named, entered Sir Brian Follett's office. Sir Brian received a minor cut to his...
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College collaboration on cards in Scotland
Scotland's 47 further education colleges are being told to look at working more closely together as part of their strategic planning. The Scottish Further Education Funding Council yesterday...
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Obesity rises in Ireland as men pile on pounds
Researchers studying the Irish diet have found a huge rise in obesity in the past decade, with men now overtaking women. The Irish Universities Nutrition Alliance - which comprises the nutrition...
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Hub provides virtual viewing of treasures
Priceless artefacts in archives and special collections in universities around the country were released to the public this week. The electronic Archives Hub grew out of a collaboration between the...
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Liverpool Hope may fuel Ripon resurrection
Liverpool Hope University College may set up a new college in Ripon, North Yorkshire, after next year's expected closure of the University College of Ripon and York St John campus. A spokesman for...
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Durham's Stockton campus expanding
Two colleges will be created at the University of Durham Stockton Campus ahead of a planned expansion of the site, which is expected to house 2,000 students within two years. George Stephenson...