QAA fights changes to regime
Education secretary David Blunkett's plan to slash the burden of teaching quality inspections is in the balance as the agency charged with implementing it keeps raising fundamental objections. The...
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Bichard: access plan falling short
Top civil servant Sir Michael Bichard has admitted that the introduction of tuition fees and scrapping of maintenance grants has failed to widen participation. "I'm not going to say I'm proud of...
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Scot pot of cash levels the field
Scotland's further education colleges have won a 9 per cent increase for teaching and a 15 per cent increase for student support in a deal announced today by the Scottish Further Education Funding...
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Whistleblowers: Disabled symbol tainted
The Employment Service's "disability symbol" scheme offers a welcome tool to institutions seeking to celebrate their commitment to disability rights. But a growing number of staff in the education...
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Analysis: Short term and shortchanged?
Fancy a career on a series of fixed contracts with variable pay? Try research, where casualisation reigns supreme. Cherry Canovan reports. What sort of career could lead to a person having 54...
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Hose laughing now?
At the recent Scottish Trades Union Congress, the Fire Brigade Union arrived at the Association of University Teachers Scotland's hotel to invite delegates for a fraternal drink. The firefighters...
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No pain, no gain
The birth of any new enterprise can be painful, but we were astonished to discover this week just how agonising it can be to form closer ties between institutions. Visitors seeking to learn more...
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Is Reg a good advert?
The Southampton Institute is in a quandary. If the institution is to be judged on the opportunities it provides for lifelong learning, then its performance is excellent. If, however, it is to be...
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In need of a Lara luck
Good luck to the University of Kent's cricket club in its match next month against a local pub team, the Lashings. The Lashings has just signed West Indian batting legend Brian Lara, who will make...
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On the move
David Bleiman , assistant general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, has been appointed president of the Scottish Trades Union Congress . Van Gore , professor of quality management...
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Glittering prizes
Alfred Cerezo , of the University of Oxford, has received the Beilby medal and prize, awarded jointly by the Institute of Materials, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical...
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Don's Diary: telly addict
Week one I blame it all on Dave Harvey. Having agreed to give up television for Lent, it is already beginning to hurt. Dave, the producer of Radio 4's The Message , has chosen me as an ideal person...
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In the news: Gloria Laycock
Gloria Laycock, who gave her inaugural speech as director of the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science yesterday, has found herself the focus of much interest this week as the Dando trial returned to...
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World watch
Trieste A court ruled this week that 21 foreign-language lecturers at the University of Verona should have their status as lettori restored after they contested their downgrading to technical staff...
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Eyewitness: Kremlin moves on media magnate's empire
The armed takeover of Russia's last independent national television channel, following a boardroom coup, has provoked a storm of criticism the world over. The forced imposition of new management at...