Poor still slipping behind
Widening participation strategies for further and higher education have increased the gap in achievement between the poorest in society and the better-off majority, according to a new report. The...
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Universities set primary targets
A growing number of universities are targeting primary school pupils as potential undergraduates as selectors struggle to fill courses. But will their attempts to raise the aspirations of inner-city...
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Outreach programmes win share of special Pounds 9m funding pot
A scheme to target school-children for university places run by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne was promised Pounds 1.7 million this week. It was one of 70 projects to raise participation by...
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Medical schools seek end to bias on entry form
Medical schools' admissions policies are being revised in response to mounting evidence that there is an unwitting bias towards women and whites. Research by David James, admissions sub-dean at...
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Lobby for the first black v-c swells
Race equality watchdogs have urged universities and colleges to move faster on opening employment opportunities so that Britain could have its first black vice-chancellor within five years. The...
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Student claims: 'I was robbed'
Worcester University College is facing a challenge from one of its graduates who claims poor course management robbed him of a first-class degree, writes Tony Tysome. Symon Garfield had notched up...
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Cash flows to Chinese studies
English universities offering Chinese studies received Pounds 5 million this week following Foreign and Commonwealth Office concern at the poor state of such courses. Firms in the Midlands, meanwhile...
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Critics spur Cambridge to take don teacher training seriously
Cambridge University dons may be forced to do some teacher training following criticism that their research too often comes first. Cambridge's governing general board is consulting staff on plans to...
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Ethical squeeze leaves US postgrad set to sue
Swansea University attracted a postgraduate student from the United States to a Pounds 20,000 doctorate programme with misleading claims that it had plenty of academics who would make "perfect"...
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Postgrad funding reforms mooted
New ways to fund postgraduate studentships are being considered in an attempt to win more money for science in the next spending review. At present, the number of postgraduate places and the stipends...
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Student debt
Student debt is deterring final-year undergraduates from pursuing postgraduate qualifications, according to a study published by the Office of Science and Technology. The study found that "a...
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Payment stoppages pose legal problems
Ministers' clampdown on salary payments to suspended college managers will create a legal minefield, the Association of Colleges has warned. Following a string of scandals in which suspended college...
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Police training scheme under fire from both sides
Politicians from both sides have criticised the University of Ulster for deciding to validate part of a new training programme for police recruits. The future of policing is at the centre of...
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An unloaded chamber
The Lords have furthered the cause of higher education in the past. Alan Thomson asks whether a diminished upper housecan help in future. The histories of universities and the House of Lords are...
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New economy, new slavery
Disposable People