The new ministers
TESSA BLACKSTONE: MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE LORDS TESSA Blackstone's appointment takes the tradition of appointing further and higher education ministers capable of holding their...
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The new ministers
KIM HOWELLS: PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING KIM HOWELLS first entered the then Department for Education and Science in 1968 as a radical student invited to meet then-...
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The new ministers
BRIAN WILSON: SCOTTISH OFFICE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND INDUSTRY BRIAN WILSON, MP for Cunninghame North, becomes Scottish Office minister for education and industry, marking the joint remit of the...
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The new ministers
ESTELLE MORRIS: UNDER SECRETARY FOR SCHOOLS THE OTHER schools minister is ex-teacher Estelle Morris, also 44. After capturing Birmingham Yardley from the Tories in 1992, she held off a strong LibDem...
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The new ministers
ANDREW SMITH: MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY RIGHTS FIVE YEARS ago Andrew Smith was hoping for a ministerial post in the Department for Education and Science. Then he was thwarted by the 1992...
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Leaders of tomorrow have a say
EUROPE is in crisis over job creation. Long-term and youth unemployment are areas where education is seen as a key factor in improving the sad statistics: five million people aged 16 to 25 are...
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IQ man faces axe after child sex letter
Edinburgh University's self-styled "scientific racist" psychology lecturer Chris Brand is today facing a university tribunal which could call for his dismissal. Mr Brand has been suspended from...
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New lava, new danger
(Photograph) - New lava, new danger: Scientists are blaming volcanoes such as Kilauea on Hawaii (above) for destroying civilisations and altering the climate (page 7). But the chaos is even worse...
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Get in training for huge student hike
The prospect of a compulsory training scheme for lecturers has prompted vice chancellors to set up a working party on teaching chaired by former Oxford Brookes vice chancellor Clive Booth. The group...
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Get in training for huge student hike
MERGER of the further and higher education funding councils could help boost post-16 participation rates to 95 per cent of the population, according to one university vice chancellor. Brian Roper,...
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FE crisis heads queue
UNION and employer delegations from further education are poised to beseige the incoming education secretary with urgent demands for more money to avoid massive job cuts. John Brennan, the...
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How Jericho tumbled
The Geological Society conference on volcanoes, earthquakes and archaeology THE RISE and fall of many ancient societies may have been due to earthquakes, according to a Stanford University researcher...
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German volcano could erupt
A "FIRE-SPITTING" volcano in the heart of Germany may force scientists to revise the European geological map, it is claimed. Until now geologists thought the most recent volcanic activity in Germany...
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Electron 100
(Photograph) - Bright sparks: experience the wonders of science first hand at Electron 100, which celebrates the centenary of the discovery of the electron by J. J. Thompson. The exhibition runs at...
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FE crisis heads queue
The Government has consistently exaggerated the cost of further education's 16 to 19 provision while under-estimating school costs so it can sell plans for funding convergence, say college heads. The...