Staff oppose degree move
Buckinghamshire College of 糖心Vlog has taken a further step towards full university status by announcing that it will offer its own degrees for courses starting next academic year. The High...
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Misplaced pressure
Rebel scientist Terence Kealey's failure to win over a well-informed audience at a debate this week in London (page 44) by arguing that government funding of science does more harm than good (and...
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Ancillary staff support
Iwrite to associate the Transport and General Workers Union with the battle against cash cuts in higher education (THES, June 28). Attention may have centred on mortar boards but the T&G is...
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Science and the state
The controversial Cambridge University scientist Terence Kealey, who claims science would be better off without Government funding, lost a debate on the issue this week. Dr Kealey and Unilever's Tony...
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Jitters over cash delay forecasts
Last Friday was the deadline for English universities to file financial forecasts with the funding council. Not all met the deadline. With a cash crisis looming, THES reporters look at the sums and...
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College warder
Wanted: Someone experienced in counselling undesirable members of the community institutionalised by years confined to aged, fortress-like buildings. No wonder then that Anthony Butler, chief careers...
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Greens and genes are key
European research should focus on genetics development, creating a sustainable environment and examining social change, according to the European Science Foundation. The recommendations form part of...
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Pioneer state struggles to keep access door ajar
California's 30-year-old policy of offering a college education to any state resident who could benefit appears on the verge of falling apart. There is mounting concern among experts that a tidal...
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Unbecoming foreign trip up
India's University Grants Committee is planning to set up entry rules for foreign universities planning to provide higher education to the immense and potentially lucrative Indian market (page seven...
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Degrees in a class of their own
Mass higher education calls for a rethink of the honours classifications, argues Peter Wright A decade or so ago critics of British education sometimes described the system as a "pyramid of failure...
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Medics lose option of extra year
Medical schools have failed to find alternative funding for undergraduates who want to study for an extra year. The option, open only to the brightest students during their degrees, has been dashed...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a German politician, novelist and playwright: "So the lovers are side by side, at rest. Peace hovers over their dwelling-place, cheerful images of angels, their kith...
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A friendly guide through Europe
The Penguin Companion to European Union
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A read star over China
Season of High Adventure
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A renaissance of repugnance
King Death - Master of Death - Medieval Death