QAA challenged over uniform degrees
The future of the quality assurance system was in doubt this week as the Quality Assurance Agency faced challenges to its attempt to impose a uniform set of national degree standards. The Association...
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London loans data missing
University College London and the universities of Westminster, Middlesex, London Guildhall and South Bank are among those missing from a database that local authorities use to process student loan...
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Scots seek to involve HE in economic plan
Scotland's further and higher education institutions should be involved in local economic forums responsible for creating an economic strategy for their area, according to a Scottish Parliament...
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National survey probes staff shortages
A national probe has been launched into staff shortages in further education. The survey by the Further Education National Training Organisation follows a report published this week that reveals...
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Oxbridge runs courses for state entrants
An Oxford college is to run induction courses to help students from state schools get to grips with the Oxbridge system. Mansfield College will run courses covering topics such as the tutorial system...
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EU pension ruling could cost millions
A European Court ruling on pension rights for part-time workers is expected to cost universities and colleges millions of pounds. Judges in Luxembourg this week backed a claim that part-timers who...
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De Montfort teams up with Fifa for MA
De Montfort University has teamed up with Fifa, the international football association, to co-produce the first international MA in the management, law and humanities of sport with SDA Universita...
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Vision restored with gene therapy
A genetic disease that gradually robs sufferers of their sight may finally have met its match. Scientists have used gene therapy to restore sight in laboratory animals with the most common genetic...
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Age matters for antimatter
Antimatter may be longer lived than previously thought. Piotr Froelich,professor of quantum chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden, has found that thelifespan of wholeatoms of antihydrogen exceeds...
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Think-tank places HE cost with individual
People should pay more towards their own further and higher education, according to a leading think-tank. Paying for Learning, by the Institute for Public Policy Research, focuses on individual...
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V-cs and lecturers lobby for more cash
Vice-chancellors and lecturers' leaders joined forces this week to lobby the government for more money. In a group meeting, three employers' bodies and five trade unions told education secretary...
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MSPs found to be a little classier than MPs
Scotland may believe it is more leftwing than the rest of the United Kingdom, but researchers at Strathclyde University have found that Scotland's new parliamentarians are more middle class than...
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Foundation degree concern
Employers have concerns about proposals for the creation of a foundation degree. A survey of Confederation of British Industry members found employers thought there was no obvious gap in the market...
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Bullying substantiated
The Welsh Assembly has condemned mismanagement at the North East Wales Institute of ÌÇÐÄVlog following The THES's report last month that staff were being harassed and bullied. The Welsh...
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Durham rapped for racial insensitivity
The bishop of Durham has criticised the University of Durham for being racially insensitive and has called for equal opportunities training, following his investigation as the university's visitor...