New heights 100-foot Douglas fir tree
(Photograph) - An arboricultural student from Durham College of Agriculture and Horiculture scales a 100-foot Douglas fir tree in Dalby forest, north Yorkshire. The tree will be felled and used in a...
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Unis face cash shortfall
Most universities and colleges in England lack the cash to reinvest and many are losing money, according to financial results for 1997-98. More than half of England's institutions failed to generate...
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Incentive grows to broaden student profiles
Universities and colleges recruiting part-time students from disadvantaged backgrounds are to receive additional cash rewards, writes Alison Goddard. The 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England...
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HEFCE is planning to revise its relationship with universities and colleges
HEFCE is planning to revise its relationship with universities and colleges. It wants to look at accountability for public funds in cases where an institution is collaborating with another...
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TVU scores with FE
Thames Valley University has been judged one of the country's top providers of further education courses, writes Alan Thomson. Twenty-eight (71 per cent) of the 40 TVU further education courses...
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Blunkett rejects CVCP complaint
Education secretary David Blunkett has rejected pleas by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals to delay his review of universities' procedures for handling complaints. Mr Blunkett is...
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V-cs stand firm over titles and degree powers
Vice-chancellors and higher education college heads are preparing for a showdown with the government and quality chiefs over plans for tougher rules on university titles and degree-awarding powers....
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Worm watch
(Photograph) - School children across Wales are taking part in a hands-on Cardiff University research project. Each child is given a worm-watch kit to help them identify the 15 or so different...
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ESA asks for Mars, but not moon
Europe's science ministers meet in Brussels next week to decide the future of the continent's space programme. Issues under discussion include the planned Mars Express mission and the United Kingdom'...
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Scotland in lead with UK credit plans
Scotland is leading the United Kingdom with its blueprint for a national framework covering all qualifications, from those for people with learning difficulties to postgraduate degrees. The Scottish...
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Bangor exploits cell spotter
Engineers at University of Wales, Bangor, have joined forces with a new biomedical company in the United States to exploit an electronic method for rapidly detecting cancer cells. Developed by a team...
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Biologists get drawn to web
The National Institute of Health is proposing to launch a radical scheme for publishing biology research papers on the web. The NIH is consulting the scientific community on the proposal, which has...
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Modern explorers chart demise of the 'lone hero'
Ask people to describe the study of geography and most will mention fieldwork. But there has been surprisingly little analysis of what fieldwork is and how it developed. "We often write about the...
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Women in province seize the day
Women students from across Northern Ireland have been debating their role in the province's future development at the National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland women's annual conference...
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In the news
When Rodney Bickerstaffe was elected general secretary of Britain's biggest union, Unison, in November 1995, he turned down a Pounds 9,000 pay rise. "What you don't have, you don't miss," he said at...