Sting in the tail
The maxim that there is no such thing as bad publicity seems to be in vogue at the Natural Environment Res-earch Council, as anyone who has just turned to June in the NERC calendar has seen. Pin-up...
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V-cs talk of deal on quality
The ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council submitted its proposals for a single quality assurance agency to Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, this week amid hopes that agreement had at...
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He's a jolly good. . .
The latest graduates' council magazine from Dundee University includes tributes to John Berridge, who has retired from the department of political science and social policy. One sounds rather...
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Sleek Greek
(Photograph) - Sleek Greek: Dimitris Katsanis, a Plymouth University engineering student, puts his revolutionary racing-bike frame through its paces. The lightweight cross-frame construction he...
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Forum to link FE
Further education could soon have its own quality assurance framework to replace the confusing array of requirements now in force. Fran Hulbert, national project director and regional education...
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Guildhall inquiry
London Guildhall University, which was found to have unlawfully victimised a black senior law lecturer last month, has set up an inquiry into "possible breaches" of its equal opportunities policy....
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No cash for five stars
University research departments receiving the new five-star grade in next year's Research Assessment Exercise should not expect any extra funding for achieving the highest accolade. Five-star...
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Rough rugger
Research at Edinburgh University has found that one in every four rugby players were injured in a single season, with the tackle most often associated with injuries. Michael Garroway of Edinburgh's...
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Summer bids
Eleven bids from higher education institutions to run a summer teaching semester were made by the closing date last Friday. A decision on which go ahead will be made at the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding...
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CBI pre-emptive move on training
The Confederation of British Industry is backing a training league table for employers. The table would set out the record of individual businesses on training investment, as a way of stopping the...
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Young medics 'must know the law'
Medical students should not be able to qualify without a clear understanding of their legal obligations, according to Sandy Macara, chairman of the British Medical Association council. Dr Macara,...
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Bank urges private growth for HE
Bold action is needed to reform overspecialised vocational, technical and higher education in Eastern Europe, according to the World Bank in its first overall review of education since 1980....
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Good company
Small businesses in Yorkshire and Humberside are to benefit from Pounds 2 million awarded to Leeds Metropolitan University for its Company Associates Partnership Scheme. The university said it was on...
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Civil changes
The civil service, especially its higher echelons, has traditionally been dominated by Oxbridge. But new figures from the Cambridge University careers service show that last year just 1.6 per cent of...
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Euro funnel
The Department of Trade and Industry is supplying Pounds 2.5 million for institutions that want to do feasibility studies and research projects starting in the next three years with European partners...