More opt for postgrad study
Taught postgraduate courses gained in popularity in 1999-2000, according to figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Numbers of students obtaining these qualifications climbed 7 per cent...
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Ancient visitors won't go quietly
Ministers are set to create an ombudsman for higher education, reforming universities' constitutions to end the ancient visitor system and opening all universities to external arbitration. Plans for...
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Being there
Northumbria University student Jean Bernard Rutagarama spent the holidays in his home country of Rwanda making a video diary. It is the first time in six years that he has been back to the country....
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Fear of censorship in education research strategy
Proposals that will lead to the creation of the first national strategy for research in education are contested by academics, who fear they are a mechanism for censorship. The National Educational...
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Figures show FE student decline
Student numbers in colleges are continuing to decline with no improvement in dropout rates, figures released this week by funding chiefs show. Full-time student numbers fell another 2 per cent in...
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Training falls short as post-16 providers fail to collaborate
Colleges and other post-16 providers must work closer and more cooperatively together to overcome "significant weaknesses" in education and training, the inspection agency Ofsted has said. Area...
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College course punters encounter lottery over concessionary rates
Part-time adult learners face a nationwide lottery when it comes to how much colleges charge for courses, a report has shown. A survey of fees carried out by the National Institute of Adult...
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Pupils invited to 'spot the don' in scheme to widen access
Disadvantaged eight-year-olds are being introduced to the world of higher education as part of an innovative access scheme that includes "spot the lecturer" exercises and tours of vice-chancellors'...
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RAE weak face freeze on funds
There may be no future funding for Scottish departments rated 3a or 3b in the forthcoming research assessment exercise, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has warned. Shefc is reviewing...
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Sector is given big brush-off by media
Schools issues are pushing higher education off the news agenda, according to student leaders. Student union activists say they are finding it hard to get the media to address higher education issues...
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Wales is denied its PGCE aid
Teacher training chiefs at two Welsh higher education institutions fear college teaching courses may have to close following a minister's decision to exclude their students from receiving grants....
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Glasgow University
Glasgow University this week launched its 550th anniversary through 'a tale of passion and decadence'. It began the celebrations by sponsoring Glasgow Film Theatre's January programme, which marked...
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Autonomy row hits LSE as sponsor axes research
A row over the commercialisation of university research and academic freedom has erupted at the London School of Economics following the decision of a major research sponsor to prematurely pull the...
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Lab to be economic powerhouse
The future of the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire could be secured through closer links with local industry and an independent management team, according to a report being studied by ministers. The...
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Natfhe action to hit NHS staffing
The National Health Service will soon be starved of thousands of newly qualified nurses because lecturers' are not processing undergraduate exam results as part of their campaign for better pay....