Fellowships
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Elected fellows Richard Allsop, transport studies, University College London; Ann Dowling, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; Christopher Harris, aerospace systems...
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM The following senior lecturers have been promoted: Neil Goulty, geological sciences; David Gregory-Smith, engineering; Rosemary Stevenson, psychology. Readerships have been...
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Exams to get level pegging
Foreign qualifications such as the German Abitur or French Baccalaureat could be rated against British exam grades in a new tariff of student achievements. The University and Colleges Admissions...
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Awards
THE BRITISH ACADEMY Burkitt Medal for Biblical Study: Edmund Schweizer, emeritus professor of New Testament studies, University of Zurich Derek Allen Prize (in numismatics): J. Kent, keeper,...
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Institute of Management
INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT Kevan Scholes, director of the business school at Sheffield Hallam University, has been awarded a companionship of the Institute of Management. He is also vice president of...
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Marriage lines
(Photograph) - Marriage lines: honorary degrees for husband-and-wife actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales
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Grants
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Charities Drs K. Kane, G. Williams and Professor M. Langman, Pounds 24,974 from STFUBHT (molecular characterisations of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D action in the colon); Dr P....
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY DCL: Rosemary Leigh-Pemberton, former president of the Kent branch of the Red Cross, president of Kent Council on Addiction, deputy chairman of Caldecott Community...
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Auditors called in
Auditors have been called into a further education college to investigate accounting errors of up to Pounds 1 million. Exeter College spotted the errors two months ago and principal John Capey called...
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Oh baby
(Photograph) - Middlesex University first-class graduate Kate Carrick exhibits a baby baked out of dough at the university's fine art show.
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European funding probed
The Government has launched an investigation into an English higher education institution's claims for European funding. Secrecy surrounds the inquiry by the Department for Education and Employment's...
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Only here for the cheap beer
Growing student debt is pulling in profits for Britain's student unions as hard-up undergraduates flock to campus watering holes for cheaper beer, union managers have claimed. Figures from SUSOC, the...
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Top dogs to get cash for quality bonus
Top-rated universities and colleges are to get an Pounds 8 million boost in the first direct link between teaching quality assessments and funding. The 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England is...
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Scots for auld lang syne
Visitors to Historic Scotland sites this weekend face being quizzed about their views on the Scots language, following a two-year campaign by Aberdeen University students for an official...
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Rectors reject fees for students
German university rectors have overwhelmingly rejected plans to introduce student fees, throwing open the debate over desperately needed reform of higher education funding. Student fees are "not a...