The poor get stuffed for Christmas
Some mature students are so poor that their children will go without presents this Christmas, according to an explosive report into student finances commissioned by the government. Lone parents, who...
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Mounties on trail of student loan fraudsters The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is investigating a C$2 million (£893,000) student loan fraud. One man has been arrested and more arrests are expected....
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FINANCIAL TIMES Early January should see the blooming of the government's new white paper on the knowledge economy - the latest competitiveness white paper. BP will announce £2.5m funding for...
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Pay bargaining chief resigns University pay bargaining chief Peter Humphreys today announced his resignation and said that local pay bargaining is almost certain to become the norm in the sector. Mr...
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University reopens after student protest The University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso has reopened two months after a boycott of lectures by students demanding better living and...
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THE GUARDIAN After 30 years of stonewalling, the United Kingdom government is finally considering following the lead of 91 other countries and signing the Unesco convention banning the international...
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OU vice-chancellor leaves for Unesco Sir John Daniel, vice-chancellor of the Open University, is to be assistant director general of Unesco from next spring. Sir John said it would be a “wrench” to...
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Court frees academic jailed for terrorism United States attorney general Janet Reno has freed Mazen Al-Najjar, who was jailed as a suspected terrorist in May 1997. Professor Al-Najjar was...
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London's research dominance comes under threat Vice-chancellors from London universities and further education institutions have told London mayor Ken Livingstone that the capital’s position as the...
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DAILY MAIL MPs will decide tomorrow whether British scientists should be allowed to clone human embryos for research that might lead to cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's Research from...
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China calls for increased cooperation withRussia
Chinese vice-premier Li Langqing has called for increased cooperation in higher education between China and Russia to enable the two countries to "continue to contribute to world civilisation" in the...
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Discord greets hymns for her
A York University researcher is wading in to one of the most contentious issues facing the church - are girls' voices suited to singing the Divine Office? Purists argue that while girls' voices may...
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Vauxhall closure to hit Luton
Luton University will lose "several hundred thousand pounds a year" with the closure of the Vauxhall car plant. But vice-chancellor Dai John told The THES that he is sure the local economy will...
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Welsh funding 'must rise'
Welsh higher education is facing a funding and recruitment crisis that could set it on "a spiral of decline", vice-chancellors and funding chiefs warned the Welsh Assembly this week. Universities and...
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Law fails to assure animal researchers
Scientists have expressed anger over the government's failure to protect them from animal rights extremists. Last week's Queen's Speech made no mention of measures to tackle animal rights "terrorism...