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V-cs' boss quits to head education department The executive director of the Australian vice-chancellors’ committee, Stuart Hamilton, has quit to head the department of education, employment and...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Private sector companies would play a big part in running a revamped secondary school system in a second Labour term. Keele University has spun off a company to exploit breakthroughs...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Chancellor Gordon Brown is attempting to safeguard his plan for a US-style tax credit on research, which could fall foul of European Union rules. A white paper on industrial...
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Cash proposal to recruit teachers Undergraduates would be paid up to £2,000 to train as teachers during their summer holidays under plans unveiled today. Other initiatives outlined in the...
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Mexican undergraduates face expulsion Students who last week held captive more than 30 political science professors by removing their trousers and shoes face expulsion from the National...
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Notts cancer team at risk
One of Nottingham University's leading cancer drug researchers has warned that he could take his research team elsewhere unless the university gives back £3.8 million from the tobacco industry. David...
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Union jubilant as pay talks start
Union leaders are claiming victory in their pay battle with new universities and are set to halt paralysing industrial action. Vice-chancellors have dropped their opposition to minimum national terms...
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Poor students put off university by Ucas forms
Potential students from the poorest families are being turned off university education because of the application process, according to marketing and access staff. "If you imagine going into a car...
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Go to jail or study history, Nazis told
Linz University is to mount a pilot scheme giving former neo-Nazis the chance to study history and sociology in a bid to change their outlook. Around 45 extremist skinheads, who were found guilty of...
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Labour dumps top-up fees in election ploy
Education secretary David Blunkett ended months of speculation this week when he categorically ruled out top-up fees for the duration of the next Parliament, should Labour win the general election....
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Shortage subjects suffering
Newly qualified teachers in shortage subjects such as maths and science are more likely to teach poor lessons, according to a report by Ofsted. Teaching by 16 per cent of maths NQTs and 15 per cent...
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Next week
News : Costing and pricing: do you charge as much as a plumber? Features : What makes the world go around? Niall Ferguson charts the history of money Research : Which universities will gain from...
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England may fare better than Scots after RAE
English research departments could be better funded than their Scottish counterparts after this year's research assessment exercise. Last week, a board meeting of the Higher Education Funding Council...
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NI provides for two more scholarships
The government is to expand the Mitchell scholarship programme in Northern Ireland, set up in honour of US senator George Mitchell who brokered the Good Friday Agreement. The Northern Ireland...
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Ulster launches £3m Unesco centre
The director general of Unesco, Koichiro Matsuura, this week inaugurated a £3 million Unesco centre at Ulster University. It will house two research fellows, eight research students and director Alan...