Confused v-cs given free hand over £330m fund
Vice-chancellors appear to have been given the green light to channel an extra £330 million into lecturers' pay packets over the next three years. Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone told...
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Disease diagnosis tops list as last of JIF riches is dished out
The last £24 million of the Joint Infrastructure Fund has been dealt out from the £750 million pot set up by the Wellcome Trust and the Department for Trade and Industry in 1998. At the same time,...
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High-cost capital is low on attraction
London universities may be jeopardising their application rates because of the high cost of their accommodation. A survey shows that many of the institutions pinpointed as having the most expensive...
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New PhD to attract overseas students
Ten British universities are preparing to launch a broader PhD programme designed to answer growing competition for overseas graduates from the United States. The "new route" PhD, backed by the...
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Social worker degree doubts
Social work academics are concerned that the government's drive towards competences and vocationalism could undermine the academic content of the new three-year degree-level qualification. Last month...
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Money for Merlin will buy Britain best ears on Earth
Astronomers are cautiously optimistic that they will soon raise the money needed to turn the United Kingdom's radio telescope network into one of the most powerful on the planet. Fears for the future...
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Lecturers fear impact of e-learning project on jobs
Academics at Warwick University have warned that plans for a new e-learning system could cost millions of pounds in staff time, writes Tony Tysome. The university is consulting staff and students on...
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Spectre vector
Psychologist Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire attempts to measure ghostly activity in Edinburgh Castle as part of the city's international science festival. Dr Wiseman leads a...
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Ombudsman scheme to focus solely on students
University staff will be excluded from the higher education ombudsman scheme being developed by vice-chancellors and principals, The THES can confirm. A students-only complaints and appeals scheme is...
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New learndirect leader looks at foundation-degree courses
The University for Industry should be gearing up to offer degree-level courses, Ann Limb, its new chief executive, has said. The UfI's learndirect online service should be working with universities...
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Registrar seeks to shake off the state
Universities must free themselves from the "rigged" student market, where prices are set by the state, the annual conference of the Association of University Administrators in Exeter heard this week...
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Delta adds to UEL woes
Staff at the University of East London fear that database problems and a lack of capital investment could jeopardise external reviews. A report from the institution's Quality Assurance and...
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RDAs get say in expansion plans
Regional development agencies will help to decide which universities and colleges should be allowed to expand under funding council proposals published last week, writes Alison Goddard. At present,...
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Card index
James Lake is making sculptures from cardboard as part of his part-time fine art degree course at Exeter College, validated by the University of Plymouth. James lost a leg through bone cancer and...
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Exposé lands in legal quagmire
Two Sheffield University students could face criminal charges after using fake CVs as part of their investigation into alleged race discrimination at Sheffield's Royal Hallamshire Hospital. They may...