Science sweeteners fail to move women
The old pattern of a poor take-up of science and mathematics by women aged 16-19 is stubbornly persisting, according to researchers at the Policy Studies Institute. In a report for the Department for...
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Welsh lose Pounds 20 million
Welsh universities and colleges will suffer cuts amounting to more than Pounds 300 per student over the next three years, under spending plans announced by the Government this week, writes Tony...
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'Safety net' funding has strings attached
Next year's funding safety net will come with strings attached following a decision by the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England. Meeting last week for their preliminary post-budget...
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Older is wiser for degrees
The best degree results are coming from mature students who began their degrees with no A levels, a study at Plymouth University has found, writes Aisling Irwin. The worst results are from male...
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Beak to beak
(Photograph) - Beak to beak: exhibition organiser Mike Ambrose admires "Corvous Coruium", a sculpture by artist Emily Mayer, at a show held to celebrate the new exhibition space at the John Innes...
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Scots heads warn of cuts
The heads of Scotland's 21 universities and colleges are drawing up plans to bring their financial difficulties into the public spotlight. The Committee of Scottish 糖心Vlog Principals said...
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Targets jeopardise teacher training
Many universities may consider pulling out of the teacher training market because of new funding pressures in the system, it was claimed this week. Cuts in funded places for primary teacher training...
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Oxford faculties revert to tests
Oxford University faculties are in danger of re-inventing the entrance exam - abolished this year to encourage more applications from state school pupils, student union leaders have claimed. Some...
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Rolling bunk
A similar ethos was in evidence in the department of international politics at Aberystwyth where the Christmas party was replaced by a programme in interpersonal and social skills. This featured a...
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Jacobite rewording
Edinburgh University has been celebrating the publication of lecturer Murray Pittock's The Myth of the Jacobite Clans by running a competition for the most appropriate anagram of Bonnie Prince...
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Karate chopped
So much for the idea that the martial arts promote self discipline and healthy living. A notice addressed to Heriot-Watt University's karate club reads: "I have managed to get our Aberdeen...
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Drink and derive
To cultivate the research ethos at the University of Hertfordshire a programme "The effect of alcohol on student-supervisor relationships" has been launched by the school of engineering's research...
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Acronym beef
The curse of the recurring acronym struck again this week with the exam-watchers of the Schools Examination and Assessment Council apparently implicated in the row over beef. The thought that there...
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Loan ranger
Overheard in the House of Commons on Tuesday, higher education minister Eric Forth telling followers the truth about student finance. "The trouble is," he said in the hearing of our sharp-eared...
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Remembered hills
As snowstorms sweep the country, Aberdeen University is turning its thoughts to June 25, when Scotland was recorded the hottest country in Europe. That day, more than 200 teams, involving 1,500...