Blunkett rules out top-ups
Education and employment secretary David Blunkett today confirmed the government’s position that there will be no top-up fees in the next Parliament. Mr Blunkett said: “I have made my position clear...
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Hopeful Blair plugs access plan
In a wide-ranging speech setting out his government's case for re-election this spring, prime minister Tony Blair said today that there would be £2,000 bursaries for students from poor families, a...
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Latest international news
Demonstrators strip staff Demonstrators commemorated the first anniversary of the police raid that ended a ten-month occupation of the National Autonomous University of Mexico by blockading...
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Latest UK news
Laptop plan criticised by NUS Warwick University's proposal to require students to have laptop computers has been called “top-up fees by the back door” by the National Union of Students....
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES MPs' calls for universities to receive greater financial rewards for taking students from poor areas are likely to be rebuffed by the government. A Japanese law has opened...
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Pressure grows to widen participation A post-qualification applications system should be introduced to increase the numbers of state-school pupils at top universities, a report by the...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The Law Society is to check the quality of all undergraduate law degree courses in England and Wales. THE GUARDIAN Geoffrey Alderman argues that the American model of positive...
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Latest international news
Senegal appoints education minister Senegal's minister for higher education has been replaced less than a week after a student was shot dead during clashes with the police, and on the eve of a...
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Clouds, Water Vapour and Climate
Deadline: 15/03/2001
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Higher education awards and prizes
Academy of Learning Societies for the Social Sciences Sara Arber , Martin Bulmer , Greville Corbett and Nigel Gilbert , professors at the University of Surrey have been elected to the Academy....
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Higher education appointments
University of Warwick Lectureships: Richard Baines (former senior research associate at the University of Cambridge) the department of biological sciences. Baibel Finkenstadt , department of...
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Latest international news
Education minister quits to take on Italian government Italian premier Giuliano Amato has taken over the universities ministry following the resignation of its minister Ortensio Zecchino, who is to...
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Latest UK news
£15 million announced for Scots technology programmes Wendy Alexander, Scotland’s minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has announced £15 million for information and communications...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Douglas Breeden has been named dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, North Carolina. THE GUARDIAN University of Surrey biologist Johnjoe McFadden argues that unless...
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Vital research put at risk
Researchers fear that a knee-jerk reaction to the Alder Hey body parts scandal could hit vital medical research and teaching. In the wake of the Redfern report, medical schools insist procedures to...