Green and efficient
In this spirit, well done to Mr Blunkett himself. His thoughtful department is saving university and college heads from mountains of paperwork. Many have told of how the DFEE has not delivered them a...
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Discourtesy call
Opposition peers have found the Achilles' heel of the normally unflappable Baroness Blackstone: her decorum. The rare moment of humility from the baroness came amid last week's hullabaloo in the...
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Hair-raising sight
After the government's loss of votes during the report stage of the higher education bill, the biggest shock was the sight of Lord Desai, the LSE economist with the Don King hairstyle, going into the...
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European means
Has Lord Baker spotted the hidden agenda integrating the different bits of the government's seemingly chaotic post-compulsory school policy? Noting the administrative demands of means testing 70,000...
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Historical votes
They may have produced their best voting strength for years in the Lords, but the Liberal Democrats are still haunted by history. Among the 16 cross-benchers who helped give the government its...
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Bond's degree success
Poor Sean Connery, allegedly vetoed for a knighthood by Labour because of his support for the Scottish National Party, can at least be sure of one impending honour. He has been invited to Glasgow...
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Blacklist for bishop?
Alumnus to be proud of No 161 may be assumed to have done in his chances of becoming Archbishop of Canterbury, at least during the present government. The Rt Revd Keith Sutton, also known as the...
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Libraries condemn 'crisis'
Libraries in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom have united to raise concerns about the pricing and licensing of scholarly journals. A group of Dutch and German libraries, led by...
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Medical education anxieties
Medical school heads fear that cost might be put before quality when it comes to deciding how and where to train extra doctors for the United Kingdom. Medical schools and associated hospitals...
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Final-year students forced to commute for two hours a day
Final-year students at the University of Wales College of Medicine are being forced to commute for two hours a day because a change in the medical curriculum means their normal hospitals are overrun...
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Reading opens door to dealing rooms
Reading University's business school will open next week a Pounds 2.5 million building for the financial markets complete with dealing rooms, writes Kam Patel. The building's costs were covered by...
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Employability courses attract cash
LARGE chunks of money accompany the more than 100 key skills projects that run across higher education. Many are concentrated in the new universities but some research-led institutions are also...
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Job skills may be added on
UNIVERSITIES should consider bolting on crash courses in skills that make students more employable, a government-commissioned report is to recommend. The courses could be part of a wider effort by...
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Mega-classes lead to new methods
LECTURERS are increasingly abandoning the lectern in favour of other teaching methods, according to the interim findings of a survey of universities. Harold Silver, who is conducting the survey for...
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Technology for art's sake gets share of Pounds 10m
THE third phase of a Pounds 10 million programme to develop technology for improving teaching in higher education is being announced this week, writes Alison Utley. Thirty-two new university projects...