Blunkett's right hand man leaves early
Education department chief Sir Michael Bichard is quitting his job six years before retirement, fuelling speculation that education secretary David Blunkett will be moved to a different ministry...
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Science draws up its wish-list for the future
Science and engineering organisations have produced a charter of ten areas the next government will need to address. The charter was launched at a meeting of MPs from all parties. It calls for...
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Relief at new EU laws on copyright
Universities and libraries heaved a sigh of relief this week as the European Parliament passed legislation to harmonise copyright law across Europe. MEPs rejected all but a few amendments to the...
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NI takes more steps to educate youth for jobs
Queen's University, Belfast, and the University of Ulster are working with further education colleges to provide foundation degree pilots from September. Higher and further education minister Sean...
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Manchester library gets £6 million boost
Manchester University was celebrating a windfall yesterday as its John Rylands Library received a grant of £6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Victorian neo-Gothic library and its...
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UfI chief leaves for post-16 e-learning job
Anne Wright, chief executive of the University for Industry, announced this week that she is to leave her post in September to become an adviser on post-16 e-learning to the Department for Education...
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Oxford research grant income up 10 per cent
Oxford University's income from research grants and contracts rose by 10 per cent last year (1999-2000) to £130 million. For the first time the value of research grants from United Kingdom charities...
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Cartman loves Tinky Winky
Characters from children's television programmes are the favourite pet names used between lovers, researchers have found. This year, ÌÇÐÄVlogr and Marge from the The Simpsons, Cartman from South Park and...
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Correction: Diana Green's article on student finance
Due to an error in editing, Diana Green's article on student finance incorrectly referred to Unite Student Living Report as the MORI Student Living Report. We apologise for this error.
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Evan Harris urged to quit over criticism
Liberal Democrat higher education spokesman Evan Harris is being encouraged to quit the education select committee following his attack on Labour members. The committee's Labour chairman, Barry...
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Pressure to extend postcode premium
Ministers are considering a further increase in the premium paid to universities for each student they recruit from a poor neighbourhood. The cash would be in addition to the £6 million a year for...
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Local centres key to wealth
Innovation centres based in world-class universities and college-based technology institutes were unveiled this week as part of the government's white paper on enterprise, skills and innovation. Both...
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Strike threat greets Southampton scheme to dump courses
Lecturers are ready to strike at Southampton Institute in protest at plans to scrap key humanities courses and cut at least 22 academic posts following shortfalls in student recruitment. Despite the...
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Sheffield Business School cuts programmes
Sheffield Business School is to shut non-profitable programmes in an effort to get out of the red. This could affect up to 70 members of staff. The postgraduate school at Sheffield Hallam University...
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QAA withdraws licence from validating agency
The Quality Assurance Agency has withdrawn accreditation from one of its Authorised Validating Agencies after uncovering serious failings with its stewardship of the quality and standards of access...