Law training set for revamp
The first full-scale review of legal education in 25 years has called for greater flexibility and a stronger partnership between law schools and professional bodies. New entry and exit points should...
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Job cuts to mean worse doctors
Medical schools will have to shed at least 100 academic staff to meet Government cuts, Sir Michael Thompson, chairman of the vice chancellors' medical committee, warned this week. The shortfall comes...
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Thesis
Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features and reviews in the newspaper. Job advertsare updated on the Tuesday before publication. Coverage of the recent...
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Shephard to unveil electronic image bank
An educational image bank with global ambitions will be launched next week by Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education and Employment. The Knowledge Gallery's stock in trade will be the...
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Live wire
(Photograph) - Live wire: John Knapton, Newcastle University's professor of civil engineering, has been lecturing to third-year students from a construction site using the audio visual centre's...
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Staff losses
Edinburgh University is to suspend the MSc course at its Centre for Human Ecology following the resignation of director, Tim Birley. While the court is yet to decide the centre's long-term future,...
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NUS anger
The National Union of Students has expressed its disappointment with the 18-month suspended sentence given to landlord Thomas Beedie, of Cottingham, near Hull, at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday. The...
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Temporary hitch
Labour Party leader Tony Blair was pushed for a commitment to remove "waiver clauses" for staff on temporary contracts at the Scottish Trades Union Congress last week. The Association of University...
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Scots think tank
Academics meet industrialists next week in a forum on how to capitalise on Scotland's scientific research. The Royal Society of Edinburgh and Scottish Enterprise are bringing together both sides in...
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Old age can be a golden era
Living to 120 may be a pleasant experience that is relatively free from disease, not a chore of enduring decades of ill-health, a leading geriatric psychiatrist suggested this week. The theory is a...
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Savage at school helm
Vice chancellors should beware of Nigel Savage. He is about to take the helm of a new "university" and is out to get a nice slice of their business, writes Tony Tysome. Professor Savage, one of the...
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V-cs told to toughen their act for budget
Higher education heads should prepare to fight their corner in one of the toughest ever public expenditure rounds this autumn, Michael Bichard, permanent secretary of the Department for Education and...
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Learning market launch
Education, industry and Government have joined forces in a unique campaign designed to sell learning to the public. The Campaign for Learning, launched on Wednesday, promises to market learning like...
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Queen's supports legislature move
Queen's University is backing a plan to take the "storm" out of Stormont. Its outreach centre in Armagh is supporting an ambitious project to site a new parliamentary body 40 miles from the...
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Happy days
(Photograph) - Happy days: Students at Wi****ersrand University, which with other universities and technikons have become part of a united system