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New minister appointed for higher education Tony Blair has appointed Margaret Hodge minister of state for lifelong learning and higher education in his cabinet reshuffle. Ms Hodge, former junior...
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Businesswoman appointed Italian universities minister Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has appointed Letizia Moratti, head of a Milan brokerage firm, to be universities minister. From 1994 to 1996,...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Alistair Darling, secretary of state for work, has announced a £1.5m scheme to train lone parents for careers in the financial services industry. The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has...
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Kenyan MP has degree withdrawn Makerere University has cancelled a degree awarded to a Kenyan member of parliament in 1990 after it was discovered that she had used forged papers to gain...
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Financial Times US President George W. Bush is to use his first trip to Europe to offer millions of dollars in new research spending as an alternative to the Kyoto accord on climate change, which he...
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Estelle Morris steps into Blunkett's shoes Estelle Morris has been confirmed as secretary of state for education and skills. She replaces David Blunkett, who moves to home secretary. Ms Morris,...
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Kiss glasnost goodbye, top scientists told
Russia's leading scientists have been ordered to report all foreign contacts involving cutting-edge science and technology to their superiors. Financier George Soros, who is in Moscow in connection...
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For the record
Parties fail devolution quiz The United Kingdom's main political parties have only a sketchy understanding of what devolution means in policy terms, according to a new paper from University College...
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EC completes blueprint for research framework
The European Commission has completed its proposals for a European Research Area, creating the first picture of the £12 billion Framework. Three research and development programmes will concentrate...
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Universities to grant points for more rounded students
Three universities in the East Midlands have joined with schools and colleges to sign a unique accord, writes Tony Tysome. Representatives of De Montfort and Loughborough universities joined college...
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Scot roots are not Irish
The Scots are Scottish after all. A study has thrown doubt over the long-held belief that the Scots were originally an Irish tribe that invaded the British mainland 1,500 years ago. Research by Ewan...
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Threat to cut budget scuppers fees strike
A student union has been forced to call off a planned fees strike after threats that its university would cut £60,000 from its budget. University College London students were told that their funding...
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Elite joins rebel cry for revised quality system
The Russell Group is to publish a blueprint for an alternative quality assurance regime, putting the future of the Quality Assurance Agency at the top of the agenda for the new secretary of state for...
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Derby in China fraud probe
Police are investigating a suspected bogus-student immigration racket after reported attempts to obtain university places for Chinese students with fake qualifications. Derby University this week...
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Talented trio
A triumvirate of leading Scottish writers has been appointed jointly to a new chair of creative writing at Glasgow University. Novelists Alasdair Gray (left) and James Kelman (back) and poet and...